Blake Lively & Ryan Reynolds still among stars with invite to Taylor Swift’s Super Bowl box as Justin Baldoni feud rages
TAYLOR Swift is planning to watch Travis Kelce's charge for NFL history with some A-list friends in New Orleans, including Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds.
Travis and the Kansas City Chiefs will become the first team ever to land three Super Bowls on the bounce if they beat the Philadelphia Eagles on February 9.
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It promises to be one hell of a party, and a source close to the superstar couple has told The U.S. Sun that invites are on their way to a bunch of their high-rolling pals.
The Cruel Summer star wants Lively - who was at last year's Super Bowl in Las Vegas with the singer and is a close friend - and husband Reynolds, Ice Spice, Sabrina Carpenter, Selena Gomez, and Benny Blanco to be by her side in what promises to be an emotional night in NOLA.
Taking in the action at one of one of the most significant sporting events on earth will also help close friend Lively take her mind off her very public sexual harassment case with It Ends with Us co-star Jason Baldoni.
"Taylor would like to have some of her close friends and family all together and be there to show love and support her man," the well-placed insider told The U.S Sun.
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Swift, 35, has been yanked into a Hollywood showdown between actress and friend Lively, 37, and filmmaker Baldoni, 41.
Baldoni has claimed in the lawsuit that Lively implied Swift was her secret weapon in a high-stakes showdown over changes she made to a rooftop scene in their movie.
Baldoni claims the meeting — also attended by Deadpool star Reynolds —turned into a pressure-cooker moment, with Swift allegedly being used to strong-arm him into submission.
However, another insider told The U.S. Sun that Swift and Lively's relationship remains on track.
Kelce and Reynolds are also close.
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The NFL star has been invited to watch Reynolds' Wrexham soccer team, while co-owner and actor Rob McElhenney has a tight relationship with fellow Philadelphia legend Jason Kelce.
"Blake and Ryan have been talking with Taylor and Travis about it when they spent days together a couple of months ago, and they told them not to book anything for that time of the year and to get ready to go to New Orleans at the beginning of the year," the source said.
Just months after cozying up with Swift and her NFL superstar boyfriend, Lively and Reynolds now find themselves at the center of a bitter legal war with actor-director Baldoni.
The drama detonated when Lively slapped Baldoni with a shocking sexual harassment complaint, alleging he fostered a toxic storm on the set of It Ends With Us.
But Baldoni didn’t just sit back—he fired back with a staggering $400 million lawsuit against Lively and Reynolds, accusing the power couple of launching a smear campaign to obliterate his reputation.
And if that wasn’t enough, the New York Times fueled the fire with an exposé based on Lively’s accusations — sparking yet another lawsuit, with Baldoni suing the newspaper for defamation.
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Baldoni claims in court docs that Lively hijacked the entire film production in a stunning twist, plotting behind the scenes to control the script and take him down.
He alleges he was blindsided when Reynolds — joined by a mystery "mega-celebrity" friend — ambushed him during a crucial meeting, praising him for Lively’s rewritten rooftop scene and piling on the pressure.
Baldoni dropped a massive hint in the lawsuit about the identity of this A-list accomplice, with leaked text messages showing him name-dropping someone called Taylor.
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Nevertheless, Swift's attention now is firmly on New Orleans to watch Kelce and pal Patrick Mahomes attempt to write themselves into sporting folklore.
“This has been a conversation since the beginning of the season," confirmed the insider, "but now Travis and the Chiefs have reached the Super Bowl, it’s time to get the preparations for the big game started."
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s legal battle will drag on ‘for years’
From Assistant Editor (Exclusives) Katy Forrester:
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni's legal war will likely drag on for years and the director will "never get anything close to $400 million" from the actress, an expert has claimed.
Lively, 37, first filed a lawsuit against her It Ends With Us co-star before Christmas after a bitter feud began on set.
She accused Baldoni of fat-shaming her, showing her nude videos and pictures, and claimed he and his team orchestrated a smear campaign to ruin her reputation.
In response, the director, 40, has come out guns blazing with a federal suit against Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds, and two publicists.
Documents seen by The U.S. Sun claim Lively set out to make Baldoni the "real-life villain in her story," and schemed against him to deflect from the actress being seen as "tone-deaf" during the press tour.
He is asking for $400 million in damages after being dropped by his agency, WME, which also reps Lively and her husband.
Baldoni also had an award for "advocating on behalf of women and girls" taken away after Lively filed her complaint.
But attorney Camron Dowlatshahi, who deals in employment and entertainment cases, feels the millions he's suing for in damages was simply to show he's serious about taking Blake on.
Giving his opinion on the case, he told The U.S. Sun, "Justin Baldoni was not very well known before It Ends With Us, and before this lawsuit.
"So, as a man accused of sexual harassment in Hollywood, his career is absolutely in jeopardy. WME dropped him. That is a big sign that you are teetering.
"He needs this lawsuit and the reason why he slaps that extraordinary $400 million number on it is to show how serious it is and how career-threatening it is.
"He's fighting for his career. It's a shock value number. I would be absolutely stunned if he ever got a number close to that but that's done for PR purposes a lot of times."
Dowlatshahi said he feels Lively's complaint left out a lot of what happened behind the scenes, including text messages and clarification of situations.
"There are three sides to every story, right? There's Blake's story. There's Justin's story, and then there's the truth somewhere, kind of a mix of the middle. So you can already see by reading both complaints where that middle is."
Dowlatshahi feels there's a lot more to come in both lawsuits, as the stars go through discovery and may have to sit for recorded depositions to answer questions under oath.
He said, "You saw this with Johnny Depp and Amber heard. These are professional actors. So you know you give them a script, you give them a role, you give them a tone, you give them some guidance and direction, and this is what they do."
Dowlatshahi feels Lively could do well if she has to sit for a deposition, adding, "She had to have known filing this complaint that this is gonna come down the road.
