Blake Lively basically bent over backwards to save her shaky relationship with Taylor Swift just before suing Justin Baldoni … a move that may have ensured her most powerful ally was in her corner before launching this long and chaotic legal battle.

In a December 2024 text thread, obtained by TMZ, Blake awkwardly reached out to Taylor to check in because she “felt like a bad friend lately.”

And Taylor just straight up agrees with her … “You’re not wrong,” she wrote.

Good thing Blake reached out!

According to Taylor’s texts, there had been a cold shift in the way Blake talked to her, which made Taylor feel more like an employee than a friend.

The two texted late into the night and spent about an hour exchanging messages the next afternoon. That’s when Taylor referred to Justin as a “bitch” in a text we showed you yesterday.

And now we know, Taylor will be called as a witness by Baldoni if the case goes to trial. We’re told Taylor would be called as a hostile witness, meaning that because she clearly had a bias against Baldoni, his lawyer, Bryan Freedman, can really put her on the hot seat by asking leading questions.