Gigi Hadid’s Quiet Goodbye: Supermodel ‘Naturally’ Pulls Away From Blake Lively as Taylor Swift’s Legal Storm Intensifies—Fans Stunned by Shifting Alliances

Taylor Swift, Gigi Hadid, Blake Lively. Getty Images (3)

The current status of Blake Lively’s friendship with Taylor Swift has raised some questions about where Gigi Hadid falls.

“Gigi has always had a closer friendship with Taylor and stands by her,” a source exclusively tells Us Weekly. “She has been a very loyal friend to Taylor, and they have been best friends for a decade now.”

The insider notes that Hadid, 30, “hasn’t necessarily chosen sides” between Lively, 37, and Swift, 35, and the current status of their friend circle is a “reflection of the closeness her and Taylor have shared over the years.”

Swift was the one who introduced Hadid to Lively, the source explains, adding that Hadid and Lively “really haven’t been as close in almost a year” but there are “no hard feelings” between the two.

“As Taylor has begun to distance herself from Blake, Gigi has naturally done the same,” the insider says. “The shift wasn’t abrupt, but gradual and organic change in dynamics.”

Swift’s famous friendship with Lively has taken quite the turn as of late and Hadid “doesn’t want to be involved at all,” the source tells Us. “They haven’t been in touch much this year and it does have everything to do with the lawsuit.”

Lively is in the midst of a highly public legal battle with It Ends With Us costar and director Justin Baldoni. Lively initially sued Baldoni for sexual harassment in December 2024. Baldoni retaliated with a $400 million countersuit of his own. (Both have denied all allegations hurled at each other.)

Earlier this month, Swift was subpoenaed in the suit.

“Taylor Swift never set foot on the set of this movie, she was not involved in any casting or creative decisions, she did not score the film, she never saw an edit or made any notes on the film,” a representative for the singer told Us in a statement on May 9. “She did not even see It Ends With Us until weeks after its public release, and was traveling around the globe during 2023 and 2024 headlining the biggest tour in history.”

The statement continued: “The connection Taylor had to this film was permitting the use of one song, ‘My Tears Ricochet.’ Given that her involvement was licensing a song for the film, which 19 other artists also did, this document subpoena is designed to use Taylor Swift’s name to draw public interest by creating tabloid clickbait instead of focusing on the facts of the case.”

As Swift’s name continues to come up in the legal battle (Baldoni’s suit included texts from Lively that referenced Swift), she and Lively’s friendship has continued to fracture.

“Taylor and Blake have talked, but it’s strained,” a separate source told Us in our cover story published earlier this week. “Their friendship is not what it used to be.”