"You don't need to apologize. Just come back please 🙏"
They're thetext messagesseen 'round theinternet.
A private text conversation betweenTaylor SwiftandBlake Livelyhas been made public, as Lively andJustin Baldoni's legal battle continues to play out in court and in headlines. Among a barrage of emails, texts and depositions that were unsealed in theLively-Baldonilegal case is an exchange that allegedly showsSwiftsiding with Lively against the "It Ends With Us" director.
The messages have gained so much attention not because of their bearing on the case, celebrity watchers say, but because they show a rare, unedited glimpse of an A-list friendship and serve as a reminder that what we say in private doesn't always stay private.
Taylor Swift,Blake Livelyand why we're obsessed with their texts
Within the hundreds of exhibits that were unsealed Jan. 20, is an alleged December 2024 text exchange between Lively and Swift in a filing obtained by USA TODAY. In the exhibit, previously filed by Baldoni's team, on Dec. 5, 2024, Swift appeared to send Livelya screenshot of People magazine's reportingon Baldoni speaking out on "trauma" from a prior relationship, along with the message: "I think this b---- knows something is coming because he's gotten out his tiny violin."
Lively seemed to respond, "(It) rings different when he doesn't end the story by saying 'Did I always listen when they said no? No.' Like he did with me. But that must not (have) tested well in the focus group."
The conversation – taking place in the days leading up toSwift's final Eras Tour show– appeared to start with Lively checking in with Swift, asking "is everything OK?" as she "felt like a bad friend lately." Swift responded that Lively was "not wrong" to feel things were off. "I feel distanced from you even more than we are geographically," Swift's message said, because Lively's recent communications "felt like I was reading a mass corporate email sent to 200 employees." Swift's message added, "You don't need to apologize. Just come back please 🙏"
New York Knicks player Karl-Anthony Towns and "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" star Jordyn Woods confirmed they got engaged in a Christmas Instagram post.The two first went public with their relationship on social media in September 2020. " style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" />
Kim Cattrall is a married woman. The "Sex and the City" actress tied the knot with audio engineer Russell Thomas in London on Dec. 4, according to People magazine. The pair's intimate ceremony took place at the Chelsea Old Town Hall, per the outlet, and was attended by just 12 guests.
Cattrall, best known for playing the wild and witty Samantha Jones on "Sex and the City," met Thomas in 2016 during an appearance on the BBC. She told Glamour in 2018 that their connection quickly grew after he slid into her DMs on X." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" />
Actors Shane Harper and Samantha Boscarino, who costarred on the Disney Channel series "Good Luck Charlie," have tied the knot, People reported on Nov. 29." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
"Riverdale" star Camila Mendes announced her engagement to Rudy Mancuso on Oct. 25. "Engaged to my best friend 🥹💍," she captioned a gallery of photos showing Mancuso getting down on one knee.
The couple confirmed their relationship in 2023 and met while working together on the Prime Video film "Música," which Mancuso directed and starred in." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" />
"Call Me Maybe" singer Carly Rae Jepsen confirmed on Oct. 24 that she and record producer Cole M.G.N. tied the knot on Oct. 4."Husband. That feels good to say," she captioned a post sharing photos from the ceremony. "Favourite day of my life," she added.
Jepsen and Cole M.G.N., whose real name is Cole Marsden Greif-Neill, confirmed their relationship in 2022 and announced their engagement in 2024. The couple worked together on Jepsen's 2023 album "The Loveliest Time."" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" />
Ruston Kelly's love life has been country christened.In September, the alternative country singer-songwriter, left, proposed to girlfriend Tia Cubelic backstage at the famed Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee, where Kelly was performing a show, the singer revealed in an Oct. 15 Instagram post.
"Right under a picture of Johnny Cash, I popped the question," said Kelly onstage after the proposal." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" />
Former "Good Morning America" cohosts Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes confirmed they are engaged on an Oct. 14 episode of their joint podcast. Their announcement comes nearly three years after their romance became a public scandal when they were photographed holding hands and cozying up while both married to other people in 2022.
"We've learned that lesson in the past, about our relationship, that we want to be the first to talk about it," Holmes said." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" />
Comedian Tom Green and partner Amanda Nelson tied the knot on Oct. 11, he confirmed on Instagram. "It was an incredible day filled with love, laughter, and celebration," Green wrote. "Thank you to all of our family and friends who were there to share in this special moment with us. We will never forget it."Green was previously married to Drew Barrymore for about a year. The former couple wed in July 2001 before finalizing their divorce in October 2002. In 2020, they reunited on Barrymore's talk show after not speaking for 15 years, with the actress calling Green a "wonderful, wonderful man." Green previously confirmed his engagement to Nelson in December 2024 and called himself the "luckiest guy in the world."" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" />
Darius Rucker announced his engagement to influencer Emily Deahl on Oct. 8."Thank you for showing me a level of happiness I have never known," he wrote in an Instagram post, sharing a photo showing him down on one knee. "The day I met you I knew I didn't want to go another one without you. Now I don't have to."
The Hootie & the Blowfish singer, 59, was previously married to Beth Leonard from 2000 to 2020. He went Instagram official with Deahl in September with a post describing the content creator as "my love."
In an Oct. 8 Instagram story, Deahl indicated that she had previously been trying to keep her relationship with Rucker under wraps.
"I never intended on keeping this part of my life from you guys for so long, but somewhere along the way of loving him I discovered how sacred love is to me," she wrote. "And all I wanted to do was protect it. But damn I'm glad I don't have to spend the time photoshopping him out of every photo now."" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" />
Sara Bareilles and Joe Tippett confirmed they have tied the knot in an Oct. 7 Instagram post, which included a carousel of photos from their wedding ceremony. "We did a big thing," Bareilles wrote. "I will just say I love this man and I love the community who came to hold us up. I am feeling so lucky and so grateful."
Bareilles and Tippett previously announced their engagement on New Year's Day 2023. In an Instagram post at the time Bareilles wrote that the "Mare of Easttown" actor is "exactly who I want," adding, "You have introduced me to parts of myself I was afraid to love."" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" />
"Star" actress Ryan Destiny and "Straight Outta Compton" actor Keith Powers found their way back to each other — and now they're saying "I do."The couple, who reportedly ended their four-year relationship in 2022 and publicly reconciled in February 2025, revealed their engagement on Oct. 5. "Engaged to the love of my life," Powers captioned shots from their engagement photo shoot." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" />
Kamie Crawford announced her engagement in a Sept. 28 Instagram post. She shared a carousel of photos with her fiancé, including one showing him down on one knee. "Hard Launch: The Wizard & I… Forever 🥹💍🥂🤍 9.27.25," she captioned the post.On her Instagram stories, Crawford also wrote, "My man my man my FIANCÉ," and she shared a photo of the couple together accompanied by the song "The Wizard and I" from "Wicked."" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" />
Zoey Deutch revealed her engagement to actor Jimmy Tatro in an Instagram post on Sept. 28. "Three months engaged to the love of my life," she captioned a romantic gallery of photos, the first of which featured Deutch showing off the engagement ring. The "Set It Up" actress and the "American Vandal" actor confirmed their relationship in 2021. In a birthday post for Deutch in 2022, Tatro described her as "my favorite person."" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" />
Finneas O'Connell and his longtime partner Claudia Sulewski confirmed their engagement on Sept. 24."Forever and ever," they wrote in a joint Instagram post. Sulewski also shared a romantic video of O'Connell getting down on one knee and then carrying her toward the camera so she can show off her ring.
O'Connell, who is best known for his collaborations with his sister Billie Eilish, has been dating Sulewski since 2018 after meeting her on a dating app.
Eilish celebrated her brother's engagement news on her Instagram story, resharing the couple's joint point and writing, "😭❤️❤️."
The "What Was I Made For?" singer also shared a screenshot of herself looking elated on a video call with Sulewski." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" />
On his 54th birthday, "Modern Family" star Eric Stonestreet took to Instagram to reveal he has married his longtime partner Lindsay Schweitzer. "It's my birthday and guess what I got," he captioned a carousel of photos, the second of which showed him and Schweitzer walking down the aisle. He wrote, "I got married!"
Stonestreet and Schweitzer, a pediatric nurse, had been engaged since August 2021." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" />
"The X-Files" and "Californication" star David Duchovny has let fans in on a secret: He's once again a married man. Appearing on "Today with Jenna & Friends" on Sept. 3, the actor accepted Savannah Guthrie's congratulations on his recent nuptials and added, "I did (get married), in February. Thank you."Though he kept the rest of the details close to his chest, he has been connected to florist Monique Pendleberry in recent years; the two have gone out on a few public outings where they were photographed. USA TODAY has reached out to Duchovny's rep for more information." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" />
Hannah Brown's search for Mr. Right is finally over. "The Bachelorette" alum married Adam Woolard during a July 26 ceremony at Domaine du Mont Leuze in Villefranche-sur-Mer, France, the couple confirmed on Instagram. "Introducing Mr. and Mrs. Woolard 🤍," Brown and Woolard captioned a black-and-white portrait of themselves in their wedding attire. For her bridal look, Brown opted for earthy glamour in a leaf-embroidered, Mira Zwillinger gown from Mark Ingram Atelier, which she paired with Jimmy Choo pumps and a veil by Zwillinger. "I always knew I wanted to take up space on my wedding day because there's so many times in life, especially as women, that we feel like we need to be smaller," Brown told People magazine. "I didn't want to feel that at all. I feel like a princess, and I feel like that's exactly how you should feel on your wedding day."" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" />
Lo Bosworth, who starred in both "Laguna Beach" and its spinoff "The Hills," on MTV, married investor Dom Natale on July 20, the reality star told People in an exclusive interview. The pair is also expecting their first child together.Bosworth also celebrated the news on Instagram, writing in a July 28 post: "We said yes with joy. And life, with its most tender timing, said yes right back. 🤍💍🍼"" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" />
"You" and "The Haunting of Hill House" star Victoria Pedretti confirmed her engagement to Ethan DeLorenzo, a photographer, on July 21."It's no secret we are deeply in love and that we are engaged," read a joint Instagram post from the couple, who have kept their relationship largely private.
"Here's to forever," DeLorenzo also wrote in an Instagram story." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" />
Charli XCX confirmed her marriage to George Daniel, drummer for The 1975, in a TikTok video on July 19. The clip showed the "Brat" singer walking into a room wearing a white, off-the-shoulder wedding dress and veil."When George isn't crying when he sees me walking down the aisle," the text over the video read, but she added in the caption, "luckily he did xx."
The 32-year-old singer previously confirmed her engagement to Daniel in November 2023." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" />
"Yellowstone" star Josh Lucas and ABC7 meteorologist Brianna Ruffalo have tied the knot in a "dream" wedding in Vatican City, according to Instagram posts shared July 18.
"Mr. and Mrs.," she captioned a gallery of photos from the ceremony. In a comment on one of her posts, her new husband called it "easily one of the greatest days of my life."
The couple had been engaged since June 2024. In confirming the news at the time, the actor wrote: "I am absolutely aware I got crazy lucky."
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Téa Leoni has wed her longterm partner and onscreen husband, Tim Daly. The "Madam Secretary" costars tied the knot in a small, intimate ceremony surrounded by family on July 12, in New York, a rep for Leoni confirmed to People and the "Today" show. The pair met on set of the CBS political drama in 2014, which lasted six seasons, and have kept a low profile since." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" />
No context was needed when Coco Jones revealed she's heading down the aisle with NBA star Donovan Mitchell. On July 11, she simply posted a photo of herself and Mitchell sharing a smooch while backlit by the sun, their faces cast in partial shadow. The Grammy-winning singer wore a sizable ring on her left hand." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
Kid Cudi and Lola Abecassis Sartore tied the knot on June 28 at the luxury Cap Estel hotel in the South of France, the menswear designer confirmed to Vogue magazine July 11."It was bliss," Sartore told the outlet. "A moment out of time where the world stopped, and it was just the two of us. We forgot everything around us. It was just us and our love, and it was the purest moment."
The couple first met in 2018 at a Louis Vuitton show and confirmed their engagement in April 2024.
Singer Hayley Kiyoko and "Bachelor" alumna Becca Tilley have "said yes to forever."Kiyoko got down on bended knee seaside and proposed to her girlfriend of seven years while they were on vacation, according to their July 10 joint Instagram post. Photos showed the happy couple celebrating and admiring the massive new ring adorning Tilley's left hand." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" />
Paulina Porizkova confirmed her engagement to television writer Jeff Greenstein in a romantic Instagram post on July 9. In a video, Porizkova and Greenstein were seen holding hands and smiling in a car, with Greenstein showing off her ring. "He asked," she captioned the clip. Porizkova and Greenstein, a writer who has worked on shows like "Will & Grace" and "Friends," have been together since 2023." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" />
Kelly Osbourne and Sid Wilson are truly a rock 'n' roll love story.Osbourne, daughter of heavy metal icon Ozzy Osbourne, and the Slipknot musician got engaged while attending Ozzy Osbourne's farewell show with Black Sabbath in Birmingham, England, on July 5, Kelly revealed in a July 6 social media post, which included a video of Wilson's proposal. "Oh and this happened yesterday!" Osbourne captioned the video." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" />
Jussie Smollett confirmed his engagement to actor Jabari Redd in an Instagram post on June 20. The former "Empire" star shared a gallery of photos showing him getting down on one knee."I'll be spending my birthday with my Fiancé… He said YES. 💍," wrote Smollett, who shared the news one day before his 43rd birthday. Smollett's sister Jurnee Smollett commented on his Instagram post that she was "screaming with tears of joy," adding, "My whole heart loves both of you."" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" />
Dua Lipa is levitating after confirming she is engaged to "Masters of the Air" actor Callum Turner.The "Training Season" singer, 29, told British Vogue in an interview published June 12 that Turner proposed with a ring that he had made for her.
Lipa, who said she doesn't yet have any wedding plans, added that she "never really understood the weight of" getting engaged until now. "This decision to grow old together, to see a life and just, I don't know, be best friends forever – it's a really special feeling," she said." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" />
Season 18 "Bachelorette" lead Michelle Young proved that what happens at "After the Final Rose" isn't the end of the story. On June 7, 2025, three years after she split from her "Bachelorette" final choice, Young married non-Bachelor Nation member Jack Leius in her home state of Minnesota." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
Robin Thicke and April Love Geary tied the knot in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, on Friday, May 30, more than six years after getting engaged.The singer's friend Usher served as a groomsman at the wedding, where guests included Tobey Maguire.
Thicke and Geary, who have three children, originally got engaged in 2018. In May, Geary revealed on Instagram that Thicke surprised her by "proposing to me again with a new ring" during a trip to Cannes." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" />
Demi Lovato's "4 ever" with Jordan Lutes has officially begun.The pop star and their musician boyfriend Jordan "Jutes" Lutes tied the knot on May 25 during a ceremony in California, Lovato confirmed to Vogue magazine. The couple met during the making of Lovato's rock-influenced 2022 album "Holy Fv--," with Lutes co-writing three of the 16 tracks." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" />
"Vampire Diaries" star Candice King announced in a May 14 Instagram post that she and "Yellowjackets" actor Steven Kreuger were engaged. "The privilege of getting older is much sweeter knowing I get to share it with you Steven," she wrote alongside a photo of the pair. "Thank you for asking me to dance through life with you."" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" />
Simu Liu and Allison Hsu are in it for the long haul. The "Last Breath" star, left, revealed his engagement to the digital marketing manager in a May 11 Instagram post. The couple went public with their relationship in 2022.Liu shared photos from the Parisian proposal, including a nighttime shot of Liu and Hsu posing in front of a glowing Eiffel Tower. "Us forever 💍💍💍🤍🤍🤍," Liu wrote." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" />
Ioan Gruffudd is sharing some fantastic news. The "Fantastic Four" star has tied the knot with Bianca Wallace, the pair revealed in a joint Instagram post on April 25. The couple shared a video showing them exchanging vows, kissing and drinking champagne near the ocean."Marriage now, wedding later 💐," the caption said.
Gruffudd and his first wife, Alice Evans, previously separated in 2021." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" />
Kristen Stewart is embarking on a new saga as a married woman. The "Twilight" star and her partner Dylan Meyer have tied the knot, Meyer confirmed in an April 24 Instagram post. "I do. I really really really really really do," Meyer captioned a pair of photos of the couple embracing at the ceremony.
Stewart has been linked to Meyer, a screenwriter, since 2019." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" />
Despite her health struggles, Katie Thurston isn't giving up on true love. The TV personality and "Bachelorette" alum, who announced her breast cancer diagnosis in February, revealed she was tying the knot with comedian Jeff Arcuri on March 22 in an interview with Us Weekly.Thurston wore a long-sleeved white dress for the impromptu ceremony, while Arcuri donned a beige suit, as seen in a photo shared on Thurston's Instagram Story March 23. "Obviously, we were wanting to plan a wedding and there's a lot of emotions that come in with chemo and the impact and the health and we don't know what the next year looks like," Thurston told Us Weekly ahead of the nuptials. "And one night he said, 'I want to show you that I still love you and that I'm here to stay. I'll get married to you tomorrow.' We flew our parents in from Michigan and Washington State. We got our marriage license and a friend is just gonna marry us."" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" />
Jonathan Majors and Meagan Good have tied the knot. Majors confirmed the news in an interview with Sherri Shepherd that aired March 19. Majors told Shepherd that his mother, a pastor, married the couple in Los Angeles." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
Can you hear those wedding bells ringing? 2025 is already a year of star-studded love as these celebrities announced wedding proposals and headed down the aisle to say "I do."Justin Theroux and Nicole Brydon Bloom married near the beach in Mexico on March 15, the couple confirmed to Vogue. "All I'll say is, it was wonderful," Theroux told the outlet. "Ceremonies with vows are about the words contained within them. And they are better left un-described here. That being said, the officiant said some wonderful things, and my wife was just ... well, incredibly touching. I was very moved."
The actors met in 2022 through a mutual friend and got engaged in 2024. Guests at the wedding included Jimmy Kimmel, Howard Stern and Ben Stiller.
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Normani has found her "Motivation" for forever. The 28-year-old singer and Pittsburgh Steelers player DeKaylin "DK" Metcalf are engaged, the NFL star announced to reporters at a press conference March 13. He confirmed he proposed the day prior, and pointed out the former Fifth Harmony member was in attendance. "Hold that ring up, baby!" he said." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
"Pawn Stars" personality Rick Harrison is headed down the aisle again. On March 6, he and newly minted fiancée Angie Polushkin, left, took to social media to reveal they'd gotten engaged while visiting a Chilean winery. The two started dating at the beginning of 2024. Harrison has six children, including three stepdaughters, from his four previous marriages. A little more than a year ago, his 39-year-old son Adam died from an accidental drug overdose." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
Amber Desiree "AD" Smith, who starred on Season 6 of "Love is Blind," announced an engagement to Ollie Sutherland, who appeared on the U.K. version of the show, on March 9 during a Season 8 reunion episode. The pair met while filming "Perfect Match," another Netflix dating show." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
"Bachelor" franchise and "The Traitors" star Gabby Windey (right) secretly tied the knot with comedian Robby Hoffman in a 20-minute Las Vegas ceremony on Jan. 11, while they were evacuated as Los Angeles' wildfires threatened their home. Windey revealed the news in a March 5 Instagram post, which was complemented by a feature in Cosmopolitan."We had just evacuated from the fires. Literally cue Rihanna, 'We found love in a hopeless place,'" Windey told the magazine. "What better time to get married than right now? Because if the world is ending, we want to be with each other." Hoffman said: "We felt like even through the process of maybe losing everything, we had each other. So it felt braggadocious when she said we should get married. I hate when people are suffering and then we're having a celebration, and it wasn't that. It was like, No, we actually want to be married."
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It's a bit of a star-crossed love story for "Cobra Kai" co-stars Tanner Buchanan and Mary Mouser. The actors, who play the children of "The Karate Kid" frenemies Johnny Lawrence and Daniel LaRusso, revealed matching rings on the red carpet for the series finale Feb. 12, before confirming the engagement the following day. "This is such a special moment in our lives, the closing of one chapter and celebrating the continuation of another," they wrote on Instagram." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
Lainey Wilson and Devlin "Duck" Hodges are looking forward to walking down the aisle after the Wilson announced their engagement on Feb. 12. In a nod to her "Whirlwind" single, she wrote on Instagram, "4x4xU forever." The caption accompanied a set of photos of the couple outside of a home, seemingly post-proposal. In one photo, framed photos of the couple can be seen, surrounded by white candles and red roses. And in a video, the country star playfully swaggers down a set of stairs, lugging the rock on her hand before excitedly showing off the ring with a "boom" and giggling off." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
Zendaya and Tom Holland are engaged, according to reports from People and TMZ. Fans first got wind of the engagement when Zendaya wore a large diamond ring on her left hand at the Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 5. The notoriously private pair publicly confirmed they were dating in 2021 after years of speculation. They met on the set of the "Spider-Man" movies in which Holland played the super-hero and Zendaya played his love interest MJ." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" />
"Young Sheldon" star Montana Jordan announced his engagement to girlfriend Jenna Weeks on Jan. 5 via Instagram. "I can't wait to see what the future brings for us and our family," Jordan wrote. He and Weeks share one child." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Taylor Swift, Zendaya and more celeb engagements, marriages in 2025
New York Knicks player Karl-Anthony Towns and "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" star Jordyn Woods confirmed they got engaged in aChristmas Instagram post.The two first went public with their relationship on social media in September 2020.
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In a separate exchange weeks later, Swift sent a link to a report of Baldoni being dropped by his agency and told Lively, "You won. You did it. And you ... helped so many people who won't have to go through this again."
The messages sparked discourse online, with somecalling the texts cringeworthy.Others called out Swiftfor siding with Lively privately, despite her team releasing a public statement distancing the pop star from the legal drama.
These texts have captivated the public because of how unfiltered they are.
"We get glimpses into celebrities real lives, but only what they want to show us," says Rob Shuter, host of the podcast"Naughty But Nice with Rob Shuter"and a former celebrity publicist. "This is real. This is just the two of them. These were never ever meant to be read. And the fact that they are is what is driving this story."
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The messages also touch on an experience that anyone, famous or not, can relate to: Venting to a friend about someone you both don't like.
"You don't have to be famous to know what it's like to be really annoyed by somebody at work and ... text your friends after work," Shuter adds. "The fact that Taylor and Blake are doing that, it's so revealing. It's so interesting. But it shouldn't be, because they are human beings. And I think that, as a society, we put celebrities up on a pedestal, and we forget that even Queen Elizabeth had to go to the bathroom."
The real lesson in the Taylor Swift, Blake Lively text fiasco
Lively and Swift aren't the only public figures with texts making waves lately. The internet has also been captivated byreports of private text messagesallegedly exchanged between PresidentDonald Trumpand European leaders over Greenland.
Both stories, Shuter says, speak to "the power of text messages" and offer a stark reminder: Don't put anything in writing that you wouldn't want everyone to read.
"Anybody now can take a screen grab," he says. "It's not private."
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And, once texts get out, you can't put the genie back in the bottle.
Melvin Williams, a professor of communication and media studies at Pace University, says the spiteful nature of Swift and Lively's texts doesn't reflect well on either woman − and both have probably lost some fans as a result.
"A core appeal of Taylor Swift's brand is her parasocial relationship with fans," he says. "Thus, for fans to read text messages of Taylor Swift engaging in deceptive behavior directly contrasts with their image of her, resurrects past questions about Swift's authenticity and behind-the-scenes behaviors, and raises questions concerning the singer's complicity in the Blake Lively andJustin Baldonidebacle."
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When it comes to texting, Shuter offers celebrities, and everyone else, the same advice: If you wouldn't post it, don't send it.
"I don't send a text message or an email that ... I could not take a screen grab (of) and post it on Instagram," he says. "I think people are much more careful."
Contributing: KiMi Robinson
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