Taylor Swift’s Popularity Takes a Big Hit in New Poll After Texts Revealed

Taylor Swift has apparently suffered a decline in popularity, according to a YouGov poll.

The news follows the singer’s text messages with her former best friend, Blake Lively, revealed amid Lively’s ongoing feud with It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni.

The situation reportedly forced the pop star to change her phone number in an effort to “set boundaries” and “protect her peace.”

For years, Taylor Swift has dominated pop culture with near-universal adoration, but the tide may finally be turning.

According to YouGov (via NewsNation), his popularity rating stood at 46.7% as of January 5, the date the site published its latest survey. This is a notable drop from 55.4% this time last year and represents an overall drop of almost nine percentage points.

At the same time, the share of people with an unfavorable opinion of the pop star increased from 23.5% to 29.2% during the same period. Interestingly, this is the highest level of disapproval the singer has recorded since October 2020, when the site began tracking her fame and popularity.

It’s also quite possible that this number will climb even higher next quarter when new data is released, as Swift is currently facing increased backlash following the emergence of her text messages with former close friend Blake Lively amid the actress’ ongoing lawsuit with Justin Baldoni.

Some critics now claim the leaked messages portray the singer as a “bad girl” and suggest she may have been complicit in an alleged plan by Lively to take down Baldoni.

“Looks like Taylor Swift and Blake Lively were just mean, mean girls conspiring to take Justin Baldoni’s movie from him,” one user said. said the. “Text messages show Taylor Swift flat out lied about her involvement.”

“This text exchange between Blake Lively and Taylor Swift, after Taylor met Justin Baldoni at Blake’s Penthouse, might be the most cringe-inducing, narcissistic thing I’ve ever read,” a second user commented.

“Texts between Blake Lively and Taylor Swift show them relentlessly making fun of Baldoni,” a third user said. “Bad kids, rich in their own reserves.”

“Reading these text messages from Taylor Swift in the Blake Lively and Baldoni trial confirms what I have long suspected. Taylor Swift is another evil white woman,” another person wrote.

In one instance, Swift is seen texting Lively saying, “I think that bitch knows something is coming because he brought out his little violin.”

The message was sent with a screenshot of a People Magazine article in which Baldoni described being traumatized by a former girlfriend.

In a separate text, Swift and Lively discuss the inclusion of the pop star’s song in the trailer for “It Ends With Us.”

“If Justin was strategic,/He wouldn’t look like any Taylor Swift in the trailer,/Because that gives you more power over the movie, he’s your ally, not his,” Swift wrote.

Lively replied: “You are so right. And so smart to call him out. He should have shunned your music. I never thought about it. But damn. How stupid. This was his only chance to have the appearance of an advantage.”

Previously, it was reported that the emergence of her private messages forced Swift to change her phone number.

“Taylor needed to set boundaries and protect her peace,” a source told reporter Rob Shuter.ShutterScoop on the decision. “She is very private and doesn’t appreciate people crossing boundaries.”

According to another insider, the decision wasn’t “petty or dramatic” but was about Swift “taking back control of her life” as her name was dragged into Lively’s legal feud with Baldoni.

For now, only her small circle of close friends has access to the new number, because she “enjoys her personal space, and when things get complicated, she quickly shuts it down.”