So much for that reconciliation arc. Just days before Taylor Swift’s highly anticipated wedding to Travis Kelce, Page Six is reporting something that officially shuts down the narrative that Taylor and Blake Lively were quietly mending fences: no invite has gone out to the “Gossip Girl” alum, 38, and sources close to the situation say there has been no softening between the two women whatsoever.
Taylor, 36, is getting married, and her former ride-or-die is simply not on the list. For a friendship that once dominated celebrity tabloids for nearly a decade, the radio silence is loud.
The story really matters right now because just weeks ago, the internet had almost fully convinced itself that a Taylor-Blake reunion was imminent. The Daily Mail had reported that sources believed Taylor was warming up to the idea of reconnecting with Blake, now that Blake’s sexual harassment lawsuit against “It Ends With Us” director and co-star Justin Baldoni, 42, had wound down.
One source even told the outlet that everyone in Taylor’s circle was aware Blake “could attend” the ceremony, while another claimed Blake was “slowly getting back into the fold.” That reporting sent fans spiraling into full reconciliation mode. And then Page Six dropped this.
The Source Who Shut It All Down
According to Page Six, a source close to the situation was pretty direct about where things stand: “There hasn’t been an olive branch when it comes to their friendship, and Taylor hasn’t extended a wedding invitation to Blake.”
That quote is doing a lot of heavy lifting because it is not just confirming that a wedding invite was not sent. It is also saying that the two women have not made any real effort to repair what broke between them. So yeah, no private conversations, no gestures, no quiet thaw. Nothing.
The Page Six source’s account directly contradicts the optimistic version of this story that was circulating just weeks earlier. So someone is definitely getting this wrong. Reps for both Taylor Swift and Blake Lively did not respond to Page Six’s requests for comment, per the outlet, so neither side is rushing to clear the air publicly.
How a Decade-Long Friendship Got Here
Taylor and Blake’s friendship kicked off in 2015 in a genuinely wholesome fashion. Blake posted a photo from an L’Oréal campaign that referenced Taylor’s “Bad Blood” music video; Taylor noticed it, and the rest was celebrity friendship history.
For years, the two were constantly photographed together. Taylor was a regular presence at dinners with Blake and her husband, Ryan Reynolds. Blake attended Taylor’s parties, appeared in her world, and was generally considered part of Taylor’s innermost circle. They were the kind of celebrity friendship that felt genuinely organic, which is why the fallout hit so differently.
The fracture began when Blake’s legal dispute with Justin Baldoni exploded into public view. The lawsuit, which alleged sexual harassment and a coordinated smear campaign against Blake, had massive ripple effects throughout Hollywood, and Taylor Swift got caught in one of those waves.
According to TMZ, Taylor was subpoenaed in connection with the dispute before the subpoena was later withdrawn. The situation reportedly left Taylor feeling manipulated and blindsided.
A source previously told Page Six that Taylor “needs space” from Blake after her name was dragged into the ongoing lawsuits, adding that Taylor “is really hurt by this whole situation and feels like a pawn.” The same source described Taylor as someone who “has always been a loyal friend to Blake and doesn’t appreciate being thrown into this at all.”
The Bachelorette Party That Said Everything Without Saying Anything
Here is what makes the wedding invite story land even harder: Blake was not at Taylor’s pre-wedding bachelorette gathering in Rhode Island either.
TMZ confirmed that Blake was not present at the Rhode Island bachelorette party event, where Taylor’s closest friends had gathered in the days leading up to the wedding.
If there was any real path back to friendship happening behind the scenes, that gathering would have been the moment for it. It was the kind of intimate, inner-circle event where an olive branch could have been extended quietly, away from cameras and headlines. Blake was not there. That absence is its own answer.
What Comes Next for Both of Them
For Taylor, the story is very much forward-facing. She is days away from one of the most-watched celebrity weddings in recent memory, and the question of who is and isn’t on the guest list is now part of the cultural conversation.
For Blake, the Baldoni lawsuit ordeal has been one of the most publicly grueling chapters of her career, and losing her place in Taylor’s world is another layer of fallout from it. Whether the friendship is permanently over or just on an extended pause, no one outside their circles actually knows.
What this story really reflects is how messy the intersection of celebrity friendship, legal drama, and public scrutiny can get. Taylor Swift is one of the most protective people in pop music when it comes to her private world, and once she feels that world has been compromised, the door does not just swing back open. Based on everything reported so far, Blake Lively has not found the key.
