Fan Gives Blake Lively a Taylor Swift-Inspired Bracelet on the Red Carpet and Star's Reaction Goes Viral: See Why

In the midst of her press tour for It ends with usBlake Lively was gifted a friendship bracelet inspired by her best friend Taylor Swift.

On August 8, on the red carpet in London for the gala screening of her new film, a fan gave Lively a pink beaded friendship bracelet, which was filmed by French entertainment network AlloCiné on TikTok.

The actress, 36, happily took the bracelet from a fan, saying: “Oh my God, thank you so much! Oh, that’s so cute,” in response. However, the next part of her response went viral online.

“I’m going to put it here because it doesn’t go with my outfit, but I’ll wear it later,” Lively finished before setting the friendship bracelet aside.

Lively’s co-star Isabela Ferrer was also presented with a friendship bracelet, as seen in the same video, and she put hers on and thanked the fan.

Blake Lively at the screening of the film ‘It Ends with us’ in London on August 8.

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The TikTok video making the rounds – a week after the red carpet – comes amid a wave of drama surrounding its release It ends with uswhich includes the entire cast, but focuses on Lively and her co-star, and the film’s director, Justin Baldoni.

The two play the lead characters in the film, Lily and Ryle, and there have been numerous reports of a rift between the two in real life.

Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively.

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Baldoni and his production company, Wayfarer Studios, secured the rights to the book in 2019, and Lively’s role in the film was announced in January 2023. Lively is also serving as a producer on the project.

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Rumors of a rift between Lively and Baldoni began earlier this summer when the cast embarked on an official press tour for the film. Throughout the film’s promotion, Baldoni has largely been absent from group appearances, including Book Bonanza and a surprise screening in June with Lively, Brandon Sklenar (who plays Atlas), author Colleen Hoover and Ferrer. Around the same time, Baldoni revealed that he was on the mend after being hospitalized for a week with an infection.

Speculation grew as the film premiered in New York on August 6. While Lively posed alongside all of her co-stars, including Sklenar and Jenny Slate, Baldoni walked the red carpet with his wife, Emily, and his family. He also did not introduce the film before the screening with Lively and Hoover, despite being the director of the project.

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A source told PEOPLE that the conflict goes beyond Baldoni and Lively — it spans the entire project and its many sides.

“All is not as it seems,” a source told PEOPLE of the rift. “There is much more to this story. The main actors and Colleen Hoover will have nothing to do with him.”

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Colleen Hoover, Brandon Sklenar, Isabela Ferrer and Blake Lively in June 2024.

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Amid the reported rift, Baldoni has hired crisis PR manager Melissa Nathan from The Agency Group, a source familiar with the matter told PEOPLE.

During the film’s press tour, Baldoni spoke highly of his collaborators. Ahead of the release, he praised Sklenar’s performance in an Instagram Stories post, and during an interview with PEOPLE, he said that Lively “bewitched” him during the shoot.

Baldoni also suggested that Party tonight during the New York premiere that Lively should direct the sequel, if it goes into production.

“I think there are better people for that,” Baldoni said when asked if he wanted to adapt the 2022 novel. “I think Blake Lively is ready to direct, that’s what I think.

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