Maureen Callahan

That would be great.

It's basically Taylor's endorsement.

And Justin said yes.

And we know from a lot of these docs that Justin was also just trying to appease the fuck out of Blake Lively because this was a war of attrition and he just needed to get through this so he could get another job in Hollywood, okay?

But Taylor texts Blake about their strategy, their little art of war.

And this is what Taylor says.

If Justin was strategic...

He would be like, no Taylor Swift in the trailer, no Taylor Swift, because that gives you more power over the film.

She's talking to Blake.

That gives you, Blake, more power over the film.

That's your ally, meaning Taylor, not his.

Taylor also wrote to Blake, this is so disgusting and I hate that he's clever about this shit.

Per The Hollywood Reporter, in a comprehensive piece written by Lexi Perez, published on January 21st, 2026.

So that's last week.

In messages a year prior, Lively referred to Baldoni as the, quote, doofus director of my movie in a message to Swift, adding that he is a, quote, clown.

who, quote, thinks he's a writer now.

Again, I believe when Blake signed this contract, Baldoni was signed up as the writer, director, and co-star of the film.

But, you know, Blake Lively's fucking Toni Morrison.

Blake Lively's fucking William Goldman.

In another message, Lively asked Swift, who was allegedly, this is that same meeting already, on her way to visit while Baldoni was present in Lively's home, to endorse a revised version of the script that Blake was proposing, but that Taylor didn't need to read it if she couldn't.