Taylor Swift, the billionaire singer and a dear friend of Blake Lively, was left ‘perplexed’ by Justin Baldoni’s claim of her being ‘controlling’. A source claimed that the intention was not to exert any kind of pressure on the actor, but only a pure form of friendship with the ‘Gossip Girl’ actress.
According to Daily Mail’s report, the singer is confused over the alleged claims made by Baldoni in his $400 million lawsuit, where she was dragged in a few of the 179-page lawsuit as a ‘powerful connection of Lively’ which is one of her ‘friendship’. The source mentioned, “Taylor is proud of the film because her music was featured in it, which gave her a sense of involvement, though she wasn’t fully aware of the extent of the project’s developments.” They added, “She is confused by the claims in the suit, as her connection to Blake is purely a friendship, with no interest in influencing or controlling Blake’s projects.”
Furthermore, the source emphasized that Swift did not purposely plan to join the meeting, instead she was visiting her pal. The meeting, which was supposed to end, was still in motion where she met Baldoni for the first time. The source revealed, “She finds Justin’s interpretation of the encounter perplexing, and those close to her suspect she’s being drawn into the situation as a means to target Blake.” Continuing, the insider disclosed, “This was the first time that Taylor ever met Justin. She had no idea who he was and Taylor was simply being polite. She was polite to him as she is to everyone she meets.”
Justin Baldoni filed a $400M lawsuit against Blake Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds, and her publicist, after almost a month of Lively filing a complaint in the Californian Civil Rights Department against Baldoni for alleged sexual harassment and conducting a smear campaign against her. The actor allegedly claimed in the lawsuit that Taylor Swift, Reynolds, and Lively ‘pressured’ him into accepting the ‘dramatically differed script from what had been written originally’.
