Blake Lively Responds to Fan’s Dislike of Taylor Swift’s ‘Love Story’
Blake Lively is a fearless defender of her boyfriend Taylor Swift‘s music.
During an interview on the BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show On Wednesday, August 14, the 36-year-old actress was challenged to a game of “Unpopular Opinion” — and one caller took offense to some of the songs chosen for Swift’s Eras tour set list.
“Oh, that’s rough,” Lively responded after the fan argued that “Love Story” should be cut from the series Fearless part of the concert.
Asking for an explanation from the fan, Lively teased, “Do you just hate happiness or joy? Or just your ears? Don’t like your ears?
However, the caller stuck to his guns and said, “I think it’s a really good song, but I just think another song from Fearless should thrive in the spotlight.”
Lively went on to offer a solution for giving some deeper cuts to the live show treatment. “Honestly, I wish the [concert] only lasted 47 hours so that all the songs could be played at all times,” she said. “So my popular opinion is that [I want] all, like, yeah. … What’s the set list? Yes. My answer is yes.”
Swift, 34, kicked her off Eras tour in March 2023 with a fixed setlist with songs from almost all her albums. (Except when used as surprise songs during the acoustic portion, Swift does not play any songs from her self-titled debut album.)
During the tour – which spanned North America, Australia, Europe and beyond – Lively and her husband Ryan Reynoldshave shown Swift support in the crowd. Earlier this year, the couple brought daughters James, 9, Inez, 7, and Betty, 4, to one of Swift’s shows in Madrid. In footage shared to social media, Lively and Reynolds, 47, shared a sweet kiss in the VIP section during the show. (The couple, who have been married since 2012, also share son Olin, who was born last year.)
Lively and Swift have been close friends since 2015, but despite being part of Swift’s inner circle, Lively is still a fan first.
“You can’t ask me to pick one song. That’s a wild question,” he said Gossip girl alum joked during an appearance on the Australian TV show The project earlier this month. “Honestly, I love her music too much to pick just one song. I could tell you my favorite child sooner if you want to know that answer.
Lively emphasized that she “really” doesn’t have a No. 1 song in Swift’s discography — even though the pop star has used James, Inez and Betty as inspiration in her lyrics. The names are mentioned throughout Swift’s album Folklorerepresenting characters in a fictional love triangle.
“There are a few characters [in ‘Betty’] that I’m actually, fun fact, named after real people in my life who I love more than anything,” Swift said during a Eras tour show in Philadelphia in May 2023, recognizing Lively, James and Inez in the audience. “And their names are James, Inez and Betty.”
