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Updated · The News International · Jul 14

Taylor Swift Excludes Blake Lively From $20 Million Wedding After 'Dragon' Text Fallout

Updated

Updated · The News International · Jul 14

Taylor Swift Excludes Blake Lively From $20 Million Wedding After 'Dragon' Text Fallout

Q: What becomes of Taylor Swift's role as godmother now that her friendship with Blake Lively is publicly over?

Taylor Swift’s role as Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds’ children’s godmother appears to have effectively lapsed in practice, even if there has been no public statement that the title was formally revoked. Reporting tied to the breakup of Swift and Lively’s friendship says the godmother relationship “naturally faded” once Swift was no longer part of the family’s daily life. Insiders have framed it less as a direct break with the children than as a consequence of the rupture with their parents: when the adult friendship ended, regular contact with the children appears to have ended as well. That reading is reinforced by Swift’s wedding guest list. Lively, Reynolds and their children were absent from an event where, by most accounts, they once would have been central guests. Their exclusion has been widely interpreted as confirmation that they are no longer in Swift’s inner circle. There is also an important factual clarification. While some reports refer to four children, Reynolds said in 2024 that Swift is godmother to the couple’s three daughters — James, Inez and Betty — not their son, Olin. So, the most evidence-based answer is that Swift likely remains godmother in name, but not as an active, functioning presence in the children’s lives. Sources still say she has affection for the children, yet the public and reported private signs point to a role that has become symbolic rather than lived.

1 articles · Updated · The News International · Jul 14

Blake Lively was not invited to Taylor Swift’s $20 million wedding to Travis Kelce, a move the report says confirmed the collapse of their more than decade-long friendship.
The rupture traces to messages exposed during Justin Baldoni’s legal case, including Lively calling Swift one of her “dragons” and later asking whether Swift was avoiding her.
Swift reportedly felt Lively was treating her as a corporate ally in a legal fight rather than as a friend, despite Swift being godmother to Lively’s four children.
A source told Closer that Lively was devastated by the snub, had hoped for an invitation, and now sees the missed wedding as proof that chapter is over.