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ARLINGTON, TEXAS – MARCH 31:  Taylor Swift performs onstage during the “Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour” at AT&T Stadium on March 31, 2023 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Omar Vega/TAS23/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management )

Another day, another update in the drama that is Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn’s no-longer seemingly amicable breakup.

Her Easter egg-laden outfits and poignant thumbs up on stage may hint at what her current headspace is following the musician’s split from the English actor, but Swifites have noticed that her friends are telling a different story entirely.

Indeed, as pointed out by eagle-eyed social media users, some of Swift’s closest celebrity confidants have begun unfollowing Alywn on Instagram. Do they have bad blood? What is going on here?

Swift doesn’t actually follow anyone on Instagram, and Alwyn is still one of her 255 million followers, but everyone from the Haim sisters to Taylor’s own brother Austin has sent the 32-year-old to social media exile.

As Swifties pointed out on Twitter, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds both also unfollowed Alwyn immediately after they were reported to have dined at New York hotspot Casa Cipriani with Swift.

It’s no surprise that Lively and Reynolds are team Taylor in the break-up—she did help the couple reveal the name of their third daughter, Betty, after all—but given the timing of it all, we can’t help but wonder if Alwyn was brought up at dinner, prompting the unexpected unfollow.

Oh to be a fly on that wall. Or a guest at their table. We’d be happy with either. 

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Blake Lively and Taylor Swift. Image via Instagram.com/blakelively

The news of the mass exodus also coincides with the first sightings of the Conversations with Friends alum since his break-up.

In the images, in which the photo agency described Alwyn as looking “forlorn”, the actor can be seen taking a phone call on the streets of London.

Since we have proof of Alwyn being on his phone, we just hope for his sake that he doesn’t have ‘unfollow’ notifications on his social media account.

Seeing a series of pop-ups from your ex-girlfriend’s friends is unsettling for anyone at the best of times, but being unfollowed by half of Hollywood has surely got to sting a little.