Taylor Swift and Blake Lively acknowledged a "shift" in their relationship amid the actress' problems with Justin Baldoni.

The pair's text message exchange has been laid bare after legal documents were unsealed ahead of a summary judgement hearing in the Gossip Girl star's ongoing sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit against her It Ends With Us co-star and director, and showed Blake reaching out to the Fate of Ophelia hitmaker to express her worry she had been a "bad friend".

According to People magazine, the documents described the exchange as a conversation between the two stars and it began with Blake writing: "I have no reason to ask, but I donno, I've been feeling like I should... is everything ok? I felt like a bad friend lately because I was such a sad sack who only talked about my own s*** for months. You were generous to not only be the key person there for me during all of it, but also to let me off the hook for being so in it.

"I always want the opportunity to be a better friend if there's something I unintentionally did. I know how busy and taxed you are - physically, emotionally, practically, so I don't expect any more from you ever. Just want to make sure all is good.(sic)"

Taylor replied over an hour later to tell her pal - who admitted husband Ryan Reynolds had encouraged her to raise the issue - that she was "not wrong, but it's also not a big deal."

She continued: "I think I'm just exhausted in every avenue of my life and in recent months had been feeling a little bit of a shift in the way you talk to me.

"Yes there has been a lot of Justin stuff but I've been through things like this before and I know how all consuming it is.

"It's more like... and I feel really bad saying anything about this because your texts have been so nice in their intent but your last few... it's felt like I was reading a mass corporate email sent to 200 employees.

"And it feels awful to be in any way critical of any way you process what you've been going through but I just kinda miss my funny, dark, normal-speaking friend who talks to me as herself... And I know you feel attacked from all sides for ridiculous reasons so you're feeling like you have to overly explain things... but. It's me! That's just caused a little distance. And you don't need to apologize. Just come back please.(sic)"

A few hours later, the 38-year-old star admitted she had "become digitally paranoid."

She wrote to Taylor: "So yeah, I've been texting like I'm writing. Not like me talking. I didn't realize that until you pointed it out, but I see it.

"On top of that, I'm over packaging simple things bc I've felt so deeply misunderstood that I don't trust my judgement of myself anymore... This f****** guy and what he did to me gave me an identity crisis. Legitimately.

"The thing that spooked me most in all this though, wasn't the bad guys being bad guys. It was the good guys, my lifelong friends -allies to women- who quietly dipped. And so I'm probably being over the top with my friends who stayed because I've never felt more alone.(sic)"

Blake then thanked the 36-year-old singer and apologised "to you... to me and to our kids."

She added: "F*** that guy and f*** his whole gaggle of supervillains."

The exchange took place three days before Taylor's lengthy Eras tour came to an end in December 2024, and Blake ended her message by telling her pal she was "excited" for her "to be done with suitcases, constant sinus infections and torn up kneecaps."