Blake Lively Surfaces at World Cup Final

 has made her first public appearance since she was painfully snubbed from and 's Madison Square Garden wedding. 

Lively attended the World Cup final in and her own 'squad' of friends -Libby Glazer, Kendall Arin Glazer, and Emma Gray

Smiling from ear-to-ear, Lively failed to show any sign of the likely heartbreak she endured since her former best friend tied the knot without her present. 

Once BFFs, Lively's absence from the wedding illustrated the painful toll her legal battle with Justin Baldoni took on her friendship with Swift.  

The goddaughter to Lively's three daughters, Swift reportedly fell out with the actress after she was dragged into her legal battle with . 

A source has since informed the Daily Mail of Lively's fury over her rejection, which has set a match to any chance she and Swift might mend fences in the future.

Lively is 'sad and a little bit p***ed. No, a lot p***ed,' said the insider. 'That friendship was over before but if there was hope, it's gone. They'll never be friends again.'

The Gossip Girl star 'wanted to go,' the source noted. 'It feels bad to be excluded like that. She had sort of hoped that despite everything, their history was enough that they'd be included, but that's not the way it went.'

Another source previously told The Daily Mail: 'Madison Square Garden holds more than 20,000 people. If Blake isn't there, nobody can blame a lack of space.'

'The guest list is so massive that Blake's absence becomes impossible to ignore. People will notice immediately.'

'Taylor could invite practically everyone she's ever known. That's why Blake not getting an invite would speak volumes.'

'This isn't about logistics or capacity. If Blake is left off the list, it's personal.' 

'The bigger the wedding gets, the worse this looks for Blake,' the source continued.

'There will be movie stars, athletes, politicians, and music royalty in that arena,' a source said.

'When Blake isn't among them, that becomes one of the biggest stories of the night and Taylor knows it.' 

In the days after the wedding , Lively and Reynolds were seen enjoying an off-duty day in his native Canada. 

Lively had previously sued Baldoni and his Wayfarer Studios production company in December 2024 for alleged defamation and sexual harassment on the set of It Ends With Us, which they starred in together, with Baldoni also directing.

Baldoni retaliated the following month with a $400 million defamation lawsuit against Lively, Reynolds and the New York Times, which had first published her claims.

All of the parties in the lawsuits denied the allegations against them.

In October 2025, a judge dismissed Baldoni’s case, and in May of this year, after a judge dismissed most of Lively’s claims, she agreed to settle the case.

Lively was not paid any money in the settlement, but Judge Lewis Liman, who presided over the case at a New York court, did allow her to seek legal fees solely related to Baldoni’s failed case against her.

Swift's reported fallout with the actress happened after she was subpoenaed in the her lawsuit against Baldoni, before the subpoena was later withdrawn.

Swift, whose hit song My Tears Ricochet was featured on the soundtrack of Baldoni's 2024 film It Ends With Us - where he starred alongside Lively - was pulled into the rollercoaster saga last year when Baldoni filed a $400 million countersuit accusing Lively and her husband of defamation. The suit was later thrown out.

Explosives text messages from Baldoni's complaint revealed Lively had referred to the superstar singer and her husband as 'my dragons' in a bid to intimidate him over the ill-fated flick.

In January, a source told DailyMail.com: 'Her friends also think that Blake's "I’m Khaleesi, and like her, I happen to have dragons" text to Justin was uncool and unnecessary because she was essentially used as an intimidation tactic. She was referred to as some kind of pet or possession.'

Since then, Swift has reportedly been trying to distance herself from the scandal as well as her friendship with Lively.

Those efforts have included icing Lively out of her inner circle while Kelce unfollowed Reynolds on Instagram.

Swift and Lively have been friends for a decade, with the pair celebrating milestones together and the singer even name dropping Lively’s children in her music.