While Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s legal back-and-forth has captured the attention of millions and drawn comments from many stars, some celebrities haven’t weighed in despite having a connection to the case.
Lively and Baldoni’s drama began when they worked together on It Ends With Us, a film adaptation of Colleen Hoover‘s novel. Rumors swirled of a feud between Lively and Baldoni began when the film premiered in August 2024. However, it wasn’t until four months later when Lively filed a lawsuit against Baldoni. She accused her costar of sexual harassment and allegedly organizing a smear campaign against her.
Baldoni, for his part, denied the allegations. He subsequently countersued Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds and her publicist Leslie Sloane. In the $400 million lawsuit, Baldoni accused the group of civil extortion, defamation, false light invasion of privacy and other claims. Lively, Reynolds and Sloane have all filed motions to be removed. The legal battle is ongoing and scheduled for trial in 2026.
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As Lively and Baldoni’s legal battle has proceeded in court, many A-Listers have been mentioned in various court documents. In addition to Lively and Baldoni’s It Ends With Us costars, other celebrities Lively has worked with in the past have been referenced. Even Lively’s BFF Taylor Swift was name dropped. While many of the It Ends With Us cast have weighed in, other stars have remained silent.
Keep scrolling to see which stars who we have yet to hear from about Lively and Baldoni’s legal case:
Taylor Swift
In a January 2025 filing from Baldoni, the director included a series of text messages between him and Lively. In one exchange, Baldoni appeared to reference Swift while discussing Lively’s adjustments to the now-infamous rooftop scene from the movie.
“Was working on rooftop scene today, I really love what you did. It really does hep [sic] a lot. Makes it so much more fun and interesting. (And I would have felt that way without Ryan and Taylor),” Baldoni’s texts read alongside a winking face emoji. “You really are a talent across the board. Really excited nd [sic] grateful to do this together.”
In Lively’s alleged response the actress wrote, “That’s very appreciated. And means a lot. I’m deeply inspired by the films and we’re gonna make outside of the success of the book. We have such an opportunity to not surprise people who love the book but reach an even bigger audience by making an undeniably dynamic and also commercial film.”
At another point in the lawsuit, Baldoni also mentioned an unnamed “megacelebrity” which has been speculated to be Swift. Lively referred to the megacelebrity and her husband as her “dragons” while comparing herself to Game of Thrones character Khaleesi.
Swift has not publicly addressed Lively’s drama. However, a source previously told Us Weekly in March 2025 that the singer “wasn’t happy with being brought into the legal mess.”
Leighton Meester
Lively and Meester worked together for years on Gossip Girl. There has been speculation over the years that the pair did not get along on set of the CW drama. However neither Lively or Meester have addressed the claims.
In Lively’s lawsuit, Meester was referenced alongside several others who have worked with Lively in the past in an alleged “scenario planning” document drafted by Baldoni’s team.
“Our recommended approach would be to provide reporters who reach out for comment, should it be obvious she’s referring to you, with the appropriate background information (listed in Scenario 1) to ensure their stories are balanced and the speculation can be turned to another one of the many people she’s had issues working with (Leighton Meester, Anna Kendrick, Ben Affleck, etc.),” the docs read.
Meester has not spoken out about Lively’s case.
Hailey Bieber
In Lively’s lawsuit, Baldoni allegedly brought up Bieber as an example for an “astroturfing” plan against Lively. Astroturfing is the practice of publishing opinions or comments on the internet, in the media that appear to come from ordinary members of the public but actually come from a particular company or political group.
Baldoni allegedly sent a screenshot of a social media thread titled “Hailey Bieber’s history of bullying women” and a text response that read, “This is what we would need.”
The Rhode founder has not addressed the lawsuit mention.
Anna Kendrick
Much like Meester, there was speculation that Kendrick and Lively did not get along while working on their 2018 film A Simple Favor — which is why she was allegedly named in the text exchange.
While neither actress addressed the rumors, they reunited for the 2025 sequel Another Simple Favor, and a source told Us that there was no bad blood between Lively and Kendrick.
“There aren’t any issues between Blake and Anna right now,” the insider explained in February 2025, noting that the pair “really love” the sequel and planned to “be doing press together.”
Lively and Kendrick attended the premiere for Another Simple Favor at SXSW in March 2025. While on the red carpet, Kendrick was asked about how the sequel was “impacted” by what’s “going on in the world,” which was a possible reference to Lively’s legal battle against. Kendrick played coy in her response.
“Why? What happened? I did ayahuasca and the last year of my life has been gone,” she deadpanned before hyping up Another Simple Favor. “But I hear the movie is amazing.”
Ben Affleck
Affleck and Lively worked together on the film The Town in 2010. In the movie, they played love interests and shared multiple intimate scenes. At the time, Affleck praised Lively for being “very poised and comfortable about it — more mature than some of the crew members.” However, after wrapping up the project, speculation sparked that there was tension between Affleck and Lively. However, neither have addressed it.
Affleck has not publicly spoken about the lawsuit.
Isabela Ferrer
Ferrer played the young version of Lively’s character Lily Bloom in It Ends With Us. In an amended version of Baldoni’s lawsuit, the actor included a text message he received from Ferrer where she thanked him for the positive experience she had on set.
“Just got my film developed from when we were shooting so here’s this sweet pic! I also have to say thank you SO much for an incredible experience on my first film. I still can’t shake the feeling of it all because it truly was life changing for me,” she allegedly wrote, per In Touch. “You are such a wonderful, smart and sincere director and you created such a comfortable, safe space for me to feel like I could fully step into this role. I couldn’t have asked for a more welcoming environment. It will stay with me for the rest of my life!!!”
Ferrer has not publicly addressed the drama between her costars.
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