Blake Lively<\/strong><\/a> may have finally settled her It Ends With Us lawsuit<\/a> against Justin Baldoni<\/strong><\/a> and his production company, but they\u2019ve still got a battle ahead to win back their status in Hollywood<\/a>, a source reveals.<\/p>\n The Gossip Girl alum, 38, and her husband, Ryan Reynolds<\/strong><\/a>, 49, are \u201clooking forward to getting back out there and re-integrating themselves socially a whole lot more now things have finally died down,\u201d a source tells Star, but because multiple celebrities \u2014 including Taylor Swift<\/strong><\/a>, Ben Affleck<\/strong><\/a> and Hugh Jackman<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 were name-dropped into the nearly 18-month legal battle, they realize their \u201cpopularity has taken a dent.\u201d<\/p>\n In a May 2024 email filed in court and obtained by Star, Lively writes to Affleck that she \u201cended up rewriting and restructuring the entire script, I also ended up having to direct the movie,\u201d calling Baldoni a \u201cchaotic clown.\u201d She also asks her The Town costar and director to watch her edit of the film, but there was no response from him in the filing.<\/p>\n Steven Bergman\/AFF-USA.COM \/ MEGA<\/span><\/p>\n Jackman, 57, and Swift, 36, seem to have been more directly dragged into the battle. They both allegedly witnessed Reynolds berate Baldoni for asking about Lively\u2019s weight around April 2023, according to a timeline of events sent in an email by Baldoni\u2019s producing partner, Jamey Heath<\/strong>, that was filed in court documents obtained by Star.<\/p>\n \u201cRyan insists he\u2019s still cool with Hugh,\u201d the source says of the Deadpool & Wolverine costars, noting that Jackman likes to \u201cdistance himself from drama\u201d but won\u2019t let that stop him from working with Reynolds again. \u201cThey go way back and still have a deep affection and respect<\/a> for one another.\u201d<\/p>\n MEGA<\/span><\/p>\n Swift might be another story. As Star previously reported, she\u2019s mentioned several other times in the lawsuit<\/a>, with texts from Lively asking her to show excitement for a scene in front of Baldoni, and another comparing the pop star and Reynolds as her \u201cdragons.\u201d<\/p>\n In one text exchange from December 2024 obtained by Star, Lively even asks the \u201cBad Blood\u201d singer if \u201call is good\u201d between them because she feels like a \u201cbad friend.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019re not wrong, but it\u2019s also not a big deal,\u201d Swift wrote back. \u201cI think I\u2019m just exhausted in every avenue of my life and in recent months had been feeling a little bit of a shift in the way you talk to me.\u201d<\/p>\n Having those private messages exposed<\/a> made the Grammy winner, who Baldoni\u2019s team briefly tried to subpoena for the trial, \u201cuncomfortable,\u201d People<\/a> has reported.<\/p>\n \u201cTaylor was Blake\u2019s very best friend before this nightmare engulfed their world,\u201d the source tells Star. \u201cIt remains to be seen if she\u2019ll be inviting Blake and Ryan to her wedding<\/a>, but regardless of that, they hope that as time passes things will steadily soften and in the not-too-distant future it\u2019ll all be water under the bridge.\u201d<\/p>\n This story Where Blake Lively Stands With Taylor Swift, Ben Affleck and Others After Justin Baldoni Legal Battle<\/a> first appeared on Star<\/i><\/a>. Add Star<\/i> as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Blake Lively may have finally settled her It Ends With Us lawsuit against Justin Baldoni and his production company, but they\u2019ve still got a battle ahead to win back their status in Hollywood, a source reveals. 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