{"id":2485350,"date":"2026-07-02T18:52:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T18:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2485350"},"modified":"2026-07-02T18:52:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T18:52:27","slug":"taylor-swifts-falling-outs-revisiting-friendship-breakups-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/taylor-swifts-falling-outs-revisiting-friendship-breakups-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift&#8217;s Falling Outs: Revisiting Friendship Breakups\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/taylor-swift\/\"><b>Taylor Swift<\/b><\/a> has built a reputation for tight-knit <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/taylor-swifts-bffs-2014144\/\">celebrity friendships<\/a> over the years, from her much-discussed \u201csquad\u201d era to walking the red carpet with her BFFs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">However, not every bond has stood the test of time as several once-inseparable friendships have quietly cooled or fractured entirely. Scroll to take a look back at some of Swift\u2019s most notable friendship fallouts and where things stand today:<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p2\"><b>Blake Lively<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">Swift\u2019s longtime friendship with <b>Blake Lively<\/b>, which began in 2016, has significantly diminished, with the <i>Gossip Girl<\/i> alum<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/blake-lively-not-invited-to-taylor-swift-travis-kelce-wedding\/\"><span class=\"s1\"> not receiving an invitation<\/span><\/a> to Swift\u2019s upcoming wedding to <b>Travis Kelce<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cBlake understands why she wouldn\u2019t be invited and that it would be a media frenzy,\u201d an insider exclusively told <i>Us Weekly <\/i>in June 2026. \u201cShe also understands that she and Taylor don\u2019t have the same level of friendship they once had.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Swift and Lively\u2019s bond dissipated after the actress\u2019 legal battle with her <i>It Ends With Us<\/i> director and costar <b>Justin Baldoni,<\/b> during which private texts between Lively and Swift were made public.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cHaving her texts out there made her feel exposed and kind of violated,\u201d a source previously told <i>Us<\/i> of Swift, noting that the once-besties \u201chaven\u2019t been in touch in several months.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p2\"><b>Karlie Kloss<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">Swift and <b>Karlie Kloss<\/b> were once inseparable after bonding in 2012, when Swift <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/taylor-swifts-friendship-with-karlie-kloss-a-timeline\/\"><span class=\"s2\">told <i>Vogue<\/i><\/span><\/a>, \u201cI love Karlie Kloss. I want to bake cookies with her!\u201d Their friendship played out across social media and red carpets for years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Then, came the \u201cLook What You Made Me Do\u201d music video, which pointedly excluded Kloss from Swift\u2019s onscreen squad. Kloss repeatedly shut down fallout rumors, but Swift seemed to acknowledge the shift in a March 2019 essay for <i>Elle<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cSomething about \u2018we\u2019re in our young twenties!\u2019 hurls people together into groups that can feel like your chosen family,\u201d Swift wrote at the time. \u201cAnd maybe they will be for the rest of your life. Or maybe they\u2019ll just be your comrades for an important phase, but not forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p2\"><b>Katy Perry<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">The most public feud \u2014 and reconciliation \u2014 belongs to Swift and<b> Katy Perry<\/b>. After nearly four years of tension sparked by a 2014 backup dancer dispute, Perry sent Swift a literal olive branch in May 2018.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI just went up to her and I was like, \u2018Hey, you know it\u2019s been a long time and I think we\u2019ve grown up a little bit, and I just wanted to say I\u2019m sorry and that I\u2019m really here for you and I love you,&#8217;\u201d Perry <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/how-katy-perry-taylor-swift-learned-to-trust-each-other-again\/\"><span class=\"s2\">recalled on KIIS 1065<\/span><\/a> in July 2019, describing an Oscar party approach that led to texting and slowly rebuilt trust.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cShe invited me over to her house and she made me some cookies,\u201d Perry said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Perry later appeared in Swift\u2019s \u201cYou Need to Calm Down\u201d video, cementing the reunion, before attending the <i>Eras Tour <\/i>in 2024.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p2\"><b>Lorde<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Lorde<\/b> was often lumped into Swift\u2019s squad after the two met at the 2014 American Music Awards, but the New Zealand singer distanced herself from the label.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI don\u2019t hang out with these people at all,\u201d Lorde <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/lorde-reveals-shes-not-in-taylor-swifts-squad-w491376\/\"><span class=\"s2\">told Australia\u2019s <i>Sunrise<\/i><\/span><\/a> in July 2017.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">She had also raised eyebrows by comparing the friendship to \u201chaving a friend with an autoimmune disease\u201d in a <i>Guardian<\/i> interview, later apologizing on Twitter: \u201cI f***ed up and that was really insensitive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Lorde hasn\u2019t publicly discussed her onetime friendship with Swift.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p2\"><b>Hailee Steinfeld<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Hailee Steinfeld <\/b>earned a spot in Swift\u2019s 2014 \u201cBad Blood\u201d music video after the two crossed paths in 2013, but the actress later clarified that fans overestimated their closeness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI think people think we spend a lot more time together than we actually [did],\u201d Steinfeld <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/are-taylor-swift-and-hailee-steinfeld-friends-what-we-know\/\"><span class=\"s2\">told <i>Seventeen<\/i><\/span><\/a> in 2016.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Still, she has remained publicly supportive, telling <i>People<\/i> in 2023 she was \u201cliterally chasing the dates of her<i> Eras Tour<\/i>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Steinfeld is now married to Buffalo Bills quarterback <b>Josh Allen<\/b>, who plays in the same conference as Kelce\u2019s Kansas City Chiefs. When the two teams played one another, it\u2019s not known whether Steinfeld and Swift ran into each other in the stadium.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p2\"><b>Dianna Agron<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">Swift and <i>Glee<\/i> alum<b> Dianna Agron<\/b> were frequently photographed together in the early 2010s, and fans long theorized about the depth of their bond \u2014 including reading capitalized letters in the lyrics of \u201c22\u201d as a hidden nod to Agron.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThat is so interesting,\u201d Agron <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/dianna-agron-reacts-to-taylor-swift-relationship-rumors\/\"><span class=\"s2\">told <i>Rolling Stone<\/i><\/span><\/a> in May 2023 of the romance speculation before addressing the \u201c22\u201d theory itself. \u201cThat\u2019s more because of a friendship than being the inspiration for the song. But I would not be the person to ask about that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Since then, Agron and Swift haven\u2019t publicly been spotted together.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p3\"><b>Keleigh Teller<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p3\">Swift bonded with <b>Miles Teller<\/b>\u2019s wife, <b>Keleigh Teller<\/b>, after the couple appeared in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/taylor-swift-and-miles-tellers-wife-keleighs-friendship-timeline\/\"><span class=\"s1\">her \u201cI Bet You Think About Me\u201d music video<\/span><\/a> in 2021. Keleigh also accompanied Swift to the 2024 Golden Globes and gave the singer an opal ring for her birthday later that year.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"p3\">While Swift and Keleigh never addressed<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/miles-teller-doesnt-know-if-hell-be-invited-to-taylor-swifts-wedding\/\"><span class=\"s1\"> whether their bond fractured<\/span><\/a>, Miles wasn\u2019t sure that he and the model would be present for Swift and Kelce\u2019s wedding ceremony.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">\u201cI don\u2019t know. That is going to be, I imagine, one impressive wedding,\u201d Miles told <i>Parade <\/i>in November 2025. \u201c[I\u2019m] just very happy for them. I\u2019ve known Trav for a while too, and I think they\u2019re having a blast. That\u2019s the point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><i>This story was compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists.\u00a0<\/i><\/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 www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor Swift has built a reputation for tight-knit celebrity friendships over the years, from her much-discussed \u201csquad\u201d era to walking the red carpet with her BFFs. However, not every bond has stood the test of time as several once-inseparable friendships have quietly cooled or fractured entirely. 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