Zoe Kazan has seemingly speculated over why Blake Lively did not receive an invitation to former pal Taylor Swift’s wedding.
“I think she [Swift] didn’t invite *her* [Lively] because she has come to the end of her marriage plot, thus cutting off access to her first great subject,” the Big Sick star, 42, wrote via X on Tuesday, July 7. “Rather than root for her own divorce, she is generating the next chapter of interpersonal drama for herself via female friendship.”
Us Weekly confirmed via multiple sources in the lead-up to Swift’s Friday, July 3, Madison Square Garden wedding to Travis Kelce, that Lively, 38, did not receive an invitation to the New York City nuptials.
Kazan’s post attracted backlash from disagreeing fans of Swift, 36, leading to the actress defending her stance in a subsequent X post shared three hours after the original. “Hilarious to me that this is being read as critical! She’s explicitly made her love life the subject of her work, yielding many good songs. Now, as a storyteller, she needs a new subject,” Kazan wrote.
She then concluded, “What a touchy fandom.”
Kazan’s theory made further waves on Reddit with one fan questioning her motive. “Do they have beef? Because this is a stone cold take down,” wrote one Swifty, while another amused social media user commented, “Zoe Kazan being involved in this was unexpected but it’s interesting lol.”
An insider told Us on June 23 that Lively, whose close bond with Swift dissipated after the Gossip Girl alum’s legal battle with her It Ends With Us director and costar Justin Baldoni, “understands” why she wouldn’t have received an invitation to Swift’s wedding.
“It would be a media frenzy,” the source told Us at the time. “She also understands that she and Taylor don’t have the same level of friendship they once had. She isn’t upset about not being invited, but of course, she would love to be there to support her and Travis.”
As to where the former friends currently stand, the insider said, “They haven’t been in touch in several months, and their last correspondence was only a few casual texts back and forth. That is the extent of their friendship.”
Swift and Lively severed close ties after the pop star’s name was dragged into Lively’s contentious battle with Baldoni, 42. Lively and Baldoni reached a settlement in May after an 18-month legal saga that began in December 2024 when Lively filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Baldoni.
As part of Lively’s ongoing case, personal texts sent between Swift and Lively were made public, which allegedly made Swift feel “exposed and kind of violated,” according to a source who spoke to Us in January.
