{"id":2259713,"date":"2026-01-31T13:35:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T13:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2259713"},"modified":"2026-01-31T13:35:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T13:35:04","slug":"taylor-swifts-popularity-reportedly-plummeted-even-prior-to-the-release-of-her-texts-with-blake-lively","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/taylor-swifts-popularity-reportedly-plummeted-even-prior-to-the-release-of-her-texts-with-blake-lively\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor\u00a0Swift\u2019s popularity reportedly plummeted even prior to the release of her texts with Blake Lively"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>She had a swift downfall.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor\u00a0Swift\u2019s popularity rating dropped even before the release of her controversial text messages with Blake Lively.<\/p>\n<p>The billionaire songstress\u2019 popularity fell to 46.7% \u2014 down from 55.4% this time last year, according\u00a0to a\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/today.yougov.com\/topics\/entertainment\/trackers\/fame-and-popularity-taylor-swift\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouGov\u00a0poll<\/a> taken on Jan. 5, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/entertainment-news\/taylor-swift-popularity-tanks-blake-lively-drama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NewsNation\u2019s Paula Froelich reported.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two weeks later, on Jan. 20, text messages between <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/04\/05\/entertainment\/taylor-swift-talking-to-blake-lively-again-amid-justin-baldoni-lawsuit\/\">Swift and Lively<\/a> were shared in court during the trial between the \u201cGossip Girl\u201d actress and her \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/books\/2025\/11\/20\/colleen-hoover-it-ends-with-us-blake-lively-justin-baldoni\/87375636007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">It Ends With Us<\/a>\u201d\u00a0co-star Justin Baldoni.<\/p>\n<p>The messages included one from Swift where she bashed Baldoni, saying, \u201cI think this b\u2014h knows something is coming because he\u2019s gotten out his tiny violin.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"38340471\"><br \/>\n\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38340471\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/000-people-johan-cruijff-arena-116194169.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Taylor Swift 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/000-people-johan-cruijff-arena-116194169.jpg?resize=1200,800&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/000-people-johan-cruijff-arena-116194169.jpg?resize=1038,692&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 1038w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/000-people-johan-cruijff-arena-116194169.jpg?resize=87,58&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 87w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/000-people-johan-cruijff-arena-116194169.jpg?resize=50,33&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 50w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/000-people-johan-cruijff-arena-116194169.jpg?resize=150,100&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 885px) 100vw, 885px\"\/><figcaption>Taylor Swift\u2019s popularity is down from what it was last January. <span class=\"credit\">\/ SplashNews.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Another note from the pop princess praised Lively after Baldoni was dropped by his agency, gushing, \u201cYou won. You did it. And you \u2026 helped so many people who won\u2019t have to go through this again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Swift has been struggling since the texts leaked, a source<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/inside-taylor-swifts-reaction-to-unsealed-blake-lively-texts-excl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00a0told\u00a0Us Weekly<\/a> Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s honestly been really hard for Taylor,\u201d they spilled to the outlet. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving her texts out there made her feel exposed and kind of violated, like, something private suddenly wasn\u2019t hers anymore. That doesn\u2019t sit well with her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There was one silver lining, however. Swift kept her nearly perfect rating for name recognition at 97.6%.<\/p>\n<p>The next popularity poll, which is taken quarterly, will be released in April \u2014 just two months before Swift\u2019s rumored wedding to fianc\u00e9 Travis Kelce.<\/p>\n<p>However, Kelce\u2019s sister-in-law, Kylie, seemed to dispel the rumor on the \u201cToday\u201d show Friday, saying she had \u201cno idea\u201d if the highly anticipated nuptials would happen this year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She had a swift downfall. Taylor\u00a0Swift\u2019s popularity rating dropped even before the release of her controversial text messages with Blake Lively. 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