Blake Lively has been ‘relying’ on her best friend Taylor Swift to help get her through the recent media ‘storm,’ and is hoping to ‘use their friendship’ to distract from the drama while promoting her new flick It Ends With Us, a source has revealed.
Blake, 36, has been embroiled in controversy in recent weeks, as rumors of an ongoing feud between her and her costar Justin Baldoni, 40, continue to make headlines.
And it seems like Blake is taking a similar approach to the Justin drama, subtly throwing shade towards the actor by unfollowing him and partaking in interviews with every cast member but him – but failing to actually disclose what allegedly went down.
And while they explained that Taylor and Blake ‘thought’ the movie would turn her and Ryan into a Hollywood power couple – like the time couple Bruce Willis and Demi Moore both had movies dominating the box office – it has totally ‘backfired’ amid the scrutiny Blake has received over her ‘tone deaf’ promotion of the movie.
The source also claimed that the actress is purposely bringing up her friendship with Taylor in ‘interviews and other promotional work’ in the hopes that it will ‘help pull her out of this mess’
During a BBC Radio One interview, Blake and the interviewer spent a while discussing Taylor’s Eras Tour after a fan called in and shared her ‘unpopular opinion’ about the setlist
Plus, while speaking to Hits Radio days earlier, Blake was asked to pick three of Taylor’s ‘eras’ to describe her character’s arc in the film
The film, which is based off Colleen Hoover’s novel of the same name, follows a woman named Lily Bloom, played by Blake, who becomes embroiled in an abusive relationship with a man named Ryle Kincaid, portrayed by Justin.
But when a reporter asked the Gossip Girl alum how people who related to what her character went through could talk to her about it if they saw her in person, her sarcastic response left people outraged.
There’s also many similarities in the way that Blake has dressed throughout the It Ends With Us promotional tour and the ensembles that Taylor often wears at events
In addition, Blake posted multiple videos of herself and her castmates baking while promoting the flick
A separate source previously told DailyMail.com that Blake and Justin clashed over his ‘dismissive’ attitude to her ‘input’ while they were filming scenes that involved abuse.
Days later, TMZ reported that Blake felt ‘fat-shamed’ by Justin on set while they were preparing for a scene that saw him lift her off the ground.
