In response to the criticism, Lively posted a picture of her niece, uncle and aunt with Swift - adding some enthusiastic comments to clear up the matter once and for all.
"Umm whoever thought I was throwin' shade clearly doesn't know I have a 'Taylor Swift Please Be My Wife' Voo Doo Doll #obsessed," she said. "Look how rad she is here making my niece Heather feel like a rock star. Love my Canadian family almost as much as I love Taylor Lively. I mean Swift. Ok, FIIINE we can hyphenate our last names. Xo Blake Swift-Lively 4eva.