Taylor Swift dragged into drama between Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni

Amidst the bombshell allegations in Blake Lively’s “It Ends With Us” lawsuit, co-star and director Justin Baldoni dropped a bit of information about how the actor allegedly planned to exploit Lively’s close relationship with pop star Taylor Swift.

According to the lawsuit obtained by Fox News Digital, a “scenario planning document” was sent from a hired crisis management team to Baldoni, the film’s producer Jamey Heath and others, which laid out three likely scenarios that Lively and her team could use and, conversely, how Baldoni’s team would respond , if she chose to “make her grievances public.”

Rumors of an on-set feud between Lively and Baldoni percolated for months, amplified during the film’s press tour, though neither star ever said anything at the time.

Lively’s lawyer alleges in the suit that Baldoni’s hired crisis PR manager, Melissa Nathan, distributed the document on August 2, 2024 “to promote misleading counter-narratives.”

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A “Scenario Planning” document was included in the lawsuit, which allegedly showed how Justin Baldoni and his team planned to use Blake Lively’s relationship with Taylor Swift to their advantage. (Getty Images)

One course of action the team could take, as written in the document, would be to “explore plant stories about the weaponization of feminism and how people in BL (Lively)’s circle, like Taylor Swift, have been accused of using these tactics to ‘ bully’ to get what they want.”

Swift and Lively have been close friends for nearly a decade. Fox News Digital reached out to Swift’s rep for comment, but has yet to hear back.

Blake Lively and Taylor Swift have been close friends for almost a decade. (Blake Lively Instagram)

According to the document, other ideas to counter any negative narrative included citing Baldoni’s “star reputation among colleagues and industry peers — numerous quotes and interviews sharing positive experiences” and his support for the #MeToo movement.

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Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively are photographed on the set of “It Ends With Us” in January 2024. (Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images/Getty Images)

The lawsuit also included a text exchange, allegedly between Baldoni, Heath and Nathan (who are also listed as plaintiffs in the suit), in which the actor expressed his concerns with the document.

“Not in love with the document they sent – I’m not sure I feel the protection I felt on the call,” the post reads, referring to a larger conversation with Nathan’s team.

In a conversation between Nathan and Baldoni’s publicist, Jennifer Abel (also a plaintiff), held the same day, Abel wrote that Baldoni wanted Lively “to feel like she can be buried.” Three days later, Baldoni sent Abel a screenshot of the following post on X, referring to Hailey Bieber and rhetoric about bullying.

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“This is what we need,” Baldoni wrote, according to the lawsuit, to which Abel responded, “Yeah, I literally just talked to Melissa about this during the break about what we discussed last night for social and digital.” And then in a separate message, “Focus on reddit, TikTok, IG.”

A representative for Bieber did not immediately return Fox News Digital’s request for comment. In the past, Bieber has spoken out about what she says is a false narrative perpetuated on social media that she and her husband’s ex-girlfriend, Selena Gomez, are feuding.

Rumors of an on-set feud between Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively circulated on social media. (Getty Images)

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As Fox News Digital previously reported, Lively is suing Baldoni and his production company, WayFarer Studios (which produced “It Ends With Us”) for sexual harassment, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence and more in a lawsuit filed with the California Civil Rights Division.

According to multiple reports, Baldoni was dropped by his talent agency, WME, in the wake of the lawsuit. The firm also represents Lively. A representative for the agency did not immediately return Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

Fox News Digital also reached out to a representative for Baldoni, but did not hear back.

Fox News Digital’s Christina Dugan Ramirez contributed to this report.