Blake Lively Reacts to Terror Plot Planned for Friend Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Shows in Austria: 'How Terrifying'

Mar. 15, 2025

Blake Lively (L) and Taylor Swift.Photo:Dave Benett/WireImage; Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic

Dave Benett/WireImage; Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic

Blake Livelyis reacting to the recentterror plotagainst her friendTaylor Swift’s Eras Tour shows in Vienna, Austria.

“Oh my gosh. I mean, how terrifying,” Lively responded.

“But thank goodness that they are completely on top of that,” she added.

Blake Lively attending the UK gala screening for ‘It Ends with Us’ in London on Thursday August 8, 2024.Ian West/PA Images via Getty Images

Ian West/PA Images via Getty Images

Swift had three Eras Tour shows scheduled from Aug. 8 to Aug. 10 at the Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna. However, on Aug. 7,authorities confirmed that two menhad been arrested in connection to a planned attack on the pop star’s shows.

According to officials, the suspects had intended to cause mass casualties using explosives and knives, which subsequently forced the cancellation of Swift’s shows for safety reasons.

At the time, Austrian authorities wrote in German in a statement: “Both suspects had become radicalized on the internet and had taken concrete preparatory actions for a terrorist attack.”

“The main suspect had sworn an oath of allegiance to IS [Islamic State] on the Internet and chemical substances were seized in his apartment during a house search," the statement continued.

The same day, the officialTaylor Nationaccount posted an announcement from Barracuda Music on their Instagram Stories, whichannounced that all three shows had beencanceled to prioritize the safety of concertgoers.

Taylor Swift performs onstage during her Eras Tour show on July 23, 2024 in Hamburg, Germany.Gregor Fischer/TAS24/Getty

Gregor Fischer/TAS24/Getty

“With confirmation from government officials of a planned terrorist attack at Ernst Happel Stadium, we have no choice but to cancel the three scheduled shows for everyone’s safety,” the statement read, in part.

As well as the primary suspects,a 19-year-old Austrian and a 17-year-old, a 15-year-old was also detained and released,The New York Timesreported on Aug. 9. One othersuspect, who is believed to be connected to the 19-year-old, was then arrested on Aug. 9.

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Though Swift has not publicly commented on the alleged terror plot, she and Lively have had a close friendship for almost a decade, afterfirst connecting in 2015.

As well as hanging out and attending each other’s birthdays and other special occasions over the years, Livelydirected Swift’s “I Bet You Think About Me (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault)” music videoand has recently attended thesinger’s Eras Tour shows with her children in Philadelphiain May 2023.

She also supported Swift and her boyfriend Travis Kelceat the 2024 Super Bowl in February.

Swift is also godmother to Lively’s children withRyan Reynolds. In a shoutout for Reynolds' new movieDeadpool & Wolverineon her Instagram Stories on July 25, the “Blank Space” singer referred to the actor as"my godkids' sperm donor!"

Lively and Reynolds share four children, daughters James, 9, Inez, 7, and Betty, 4, and son Olin, who was born in February 2023.

source: people.com