Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds were nowhere to be seen at Taylor Swift's wedding celebrations in New York, despite once being among Swift's closest friends.
Instead, the Hollywood couple spent the day around 300 miles away in Lake Placid in upstate New York, cheering on their daughter, Betty, at an equestrian competition. Photos obtained by a news source show Lively and Reynolds proudly watching from the sidelines as Betty competed at a local horse show, where she reportedly secured second place.
While their eldest daughter was collecting rosettes, Swift was reportedly surrounded by family and celebrity friends in New York ahead of her lavish wedding to NFL star Travis Kelce. Their absence is likely to fuel further speculation that Swift's once-close friendship with Lively has yet to recover following the actress's high-profile legal battle with It Ends With Us co-star and director Justin Baldoni.
The legal drama reportedly cooled the friendship between Swift and Lively, with insiders telling a news outlet earlier this year that the friendship had effectively 'halted' as Swift sought to distance herself from the escalating dispute. Another source suggested the pair were simply 'taking some space', while emphasising they were not necessarily permanently estranged.
Despite the speculation, neither Swift nor Lively has publicly commented on the status of their friendship. Meanwhile, Swift appears to have spent recent weeks reconnecting with other friends, including model Karlie Kloss, whose own friendship with the singer famously cooled several years ago.
Lively and Reynolds, meanwhile, seemed happy to swap one of the year's biggest celebrity parties for a quieter family day out. The couple were photographed smiling and applauding as Betty competed, with Reynolds keeping a low profile in casual clothes while cheering on his daughter.
The outing comes after the resolution of Lively and Baldoni's legal battle in May, a feud that had been ongoing since late 2024, when Lively filed a lawsuit accusing Baldoni of misconduct on set and alleging a coordinated effort to damage her reputation. Baldoni denied the claims and launched a countersuit of his own, drawing in his production company Wayfarer Studios as the dispute escalated into one of Hollywood's most closely watched legal sagas.
In a joint statement, lawyers for both sides said they hoped the resolution would allow everyone involved to 'move forward constructively and in peace', while emphasising a shared commitment to respectful and safe working environments. Despite that resolution, it appears one of Taylor Swift's longest-running celebrity friendships remains on the outside looking in as wedding celebrations begin.
