Los Angeles, Jan. 21 -- Taylor Swift is said to have expressed sharp criticism of "It Ends With Us" director Justin Baldoni, going to the extent of using abusive language in private text exchanges with Blake Lively.

While discussing the pending New York Times bombshell expose about Baldoni and Lively's feud, Swift wrote to Lively, "I think this ... knows something is coming because he's gotten out his tiny violin."A year earlier, Lively referred to Baldoni as the "doofus director of my movie" in a message to Swift, adding that he is a "clown" who "thinks he's a writer now."A new set of court submissions released this week has renewed the controversy surrounding the film, including allegations from Lively and several co-stars accusing Baldo...