Blake Lively made a notable public appearance at the 2026 World Cup final days after being excluded from Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's Madison Square Garden wedding, a move that reportedly ended their long-standing friendship amid her legal battles with Justin Baldoni.
Blake Lively attended the 2026 FIFA World Cup final in New Jersey with friends Libby Glazer, Kendall Arin Glazer, and Emma Gray, marking her first public appearance since being excluded from Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding at Madison Square Garden.
The actress smiled broadly, showing no visible sign of the reported heartbreak following the snub by her former close friend Swift. Their decade-long friendship, which included Swift name-dropping Lively's children in songs, fractured after Lively became entangled in a high-profile legal dispute with actor Justin Baldoni.
Swift was reportedly subpoenaed in that case before the subpoena was withdrawn, and explosive text messages revealed Lively had referred to Swift and her husband as 'my dragons' in an attempt to intimidate Baldoni regarding the film It Ends With Us. Sources told the Daily Mail that Lively is furious about being left off the guest list for the star-studded wedding, effectively ending any hope of reconciliation.
One insider stated, 'That friendship was over before but if there was hope, it's gone. They'll never be friends again.
' The wedding's massive scale-over 20,000 attendees including movie stars, athletes, politicians, and music royalty-made Lively's absence especially conspicuous. As another source noted, 'If Blake isn't among them, that becomes one of the biggest stories of the night and Taylor knows it.
' Lively's legal battles with Baldoni culminated in a settlement in May 2026 after a judge dismissed most of her claims. Baldoni's $400 million countersuit against Lively, Ryan Reynolds, and The New York Times was also dismissed. In the aftermath, Lively and Reynolds were spotted in Canada. While the settlement involved no monetary payout to Lively, she was permitted to seek legal fees related to Baldoni's failed case.
The fallout extends beyond Swift; friends reportedly found Lively's 'dragons' text uncool and unnecessary, viewing it as an intimidation tactic that treated Swift as a 'pet or possession.
' The episode underscores how personal conflicts can erupt within celebrity circles, amplified by legal drama and public scrutiny
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