Blake Lively’s greatest good friend Taylor Swift discovered herself unexpectedly talked about in Lively’s authorized criticism in opposition to It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni.
In the criticism filed December 20, Lively, 37, accused Baldoni of orchestrating a “smear marketing campaign” in opposition to her. According to the paperwork through People journal, the 34-year-old worldwide pop star was allegedly focused to assist a story that Lively’s internal circle engages in bullying ways.
A “situation planning doc” drafted by Baldoni’s public relations crew at TAG PR, lead by disaster administration knowledgeable Melissa Nathan, proposed that “TAG may ‘additionally discover planting tales in regards to the weaponization of feminism and the way folks in [Lively’s] circle like Taylor Swift, have been accused of using these ways to ‘bully’ into getting what they need.’”
In one other occasion, Nathan allegedly texted PR govt Jennifer Abel in regards to the affect of Lively’s fanbase, which overlaps with Swift’s.
The textual content reportedly learn, “[Lively] does have among the [Swift] fanbase so we can be taking it extraordinarily critically.”
Notably, TAG PR’s main stakeholder is an organization run by expertise supervisor Scooter Braun, per The New York Times. Braun infamously acquired Swift’s grasp recordings in 2019 earlier than promoting them with out her information. This prompted Swift to re-record her first six albums in order that she would personal the masters once more.
