Blake Lively and Taylor Swift first connected in 2015, after the actor shouted out the singer via Instagram. At the time, Lively posted a photo (via Entertainment Tonight) of L’Oréal’s marketing photo for a lipstick collection featuring Julianne Moore, Naomi Watts, and John Legend. “Soooo, turns out this WASN’T a video shoot for John Legend’s cover of Bad Blood,” the “Gossip Girl” star wrote, cheekily adding “#AlsoTurnsOutJohnLegendIsntCoveringBadBlood Time to start a petition!”
While some fans took that as shade directed towards Swift, Lively admitted that couldn’t be further from the truth. Shortly after she posted another Instagram photo highlighting her, her husband, and her niece rocking out at a 1989 tour stop. “Umm whoever thought I was throwin’ shade clearly doesn’t know I have a ‘Taylor Swift Please Be My Wife Voo Doo Doll,'” she captioned the photo alongside the hashtag #obsessed.
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The two have gone on to meet up in Australia and celebrate holidays together, and Swift has even formed a special bond with Lively and Ryan Reynolds’ daughters. The singer featured the couple’s oldest daughter James on her track “Gorgeous,” leading to the cutest reaction from Reynolds and Lively when she performed it live. Lively was even in charge of Swift’s music video for her track “I Bet You Think Of Me,” being the director for the clip off of the singer’s re-released album “Red (Taylor’s Version).” The actor later received her first CMA nomination for music video of the year for her skills directing the music video.
