Blake Lively again Ryan Reynolds they are not letting their recent legal drama get them down.
The Hollywood couple were all smiles as they posed for a photo with Lively Simple Grace 2 costar, Michele Morrone.
The Italian actress and model shared a snapshot of the three of them hanging out on her Instagram stories on Sunday, January 26, writing, “I miss you guys! I love you!!” Morrone, 34, tagged both Lively, 37, and Reynolds, 48, in the post, setting the song to Eve“Let Me Blow Your Mind.” (For his part, Reynolds reshared Morrone’s photo with his 53 million followers.)
The friendship reunion comes after Lively and Morrone filmed their highly-anticipated follow-up Simple Grace last year. (Live again Anna Kendrick both are set to reprise their roles in the comedy from the director Paul Feig.)
Morrone previously defended Lively after she filed her sexual harassment claim It ends with us costar and director, Justin Baldoni.
“Usually it’s not my thing to do those types of videos, but I think it’s time to represent someone I really love and that person is Blake Lively,” Morrone said in a December 23 video shared on her Instagram Stories.
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s split reportedly made headlines a few months before It Ends With Us filed charges. While Lively and Baldoni were promoting the film in August 2024, rumors began to circulate of alleged conflict between the two. Fans noticed that Lively was promoting the film with some of her expenses while Baldoni, who said […]
I 365 days star continued, “I met Blake in person at the time Simple Grace 2. We shot this amazing film together and I felt that something was wrong, and I felt pain … We had a chance to talk, he and I, [and] Blake was in pain.” (Simple Grace 2 it was recorded last spring, in Deadlinewhile It ends with us began filming in May 2023 and resumed in January 2024 following the SAG-AFTRA strike.)
Morrone said she was “really tired” of seeing “brutal and nasty comments” about Lively who “doesn’t know the situation.” He put together a New York Times article published on December 21, describes Lively’s catalog of complaints about Baldoni, 40, on set It ends with usasked fans to read “to make you understand, before commenting, what happened.”
Justin Baldoni initially appeared to have nothing but good things to say about his It Ends with Us costar, Blake Lively, as reports of a falling out continue to circulate online. The drama officially hits theaters in August 2024, and Baldoni, who directed and starred opposite Lively, has praised his on-screen partner. […]
“Blake, I love you so much. Keep up the good work and see you soon. I love you,” concluded the actor.
Following Lively’s initial complaint against Baldoni with the California Department of Human Rights, Lively and Baldoni both filed lawsuits against each other.
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni.
Courtesy of Sony Pictures Ent.In a lawsuit filed on December 31, 2024, Lively accused Baldoni of sexual harassment, retaliation, breach of contract, emotional distress, invasion of privacy and lost wages as a result of her experience. It ends with us. Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan FreedmanHe denied the accusations as “completely false, offensive and deliberately salacious” in a statement Us at the time, saying Lively filed her complaint to “fix her bad reputation.”
Baldoni later filed a $400 million lawsuit on January 16 accusing Lively, 37, Reynolds, and Lively’s publicist, Leslie Sloanedefrauding the public, defamation, false invasion of privacy and other claims. Lively’s legal team called the case “another chapter in the abuser’s playbook,” saying in a statement, “This is an old story: A woman comes forward with physical evidence of sexual harassment and retaliation and the abuser tries to change the situation. tables on the victim. This is what experts call DARVO. Refuse. An attack. Reverse the Victim Offender. …The strategy to attack this woman is very difficult, it does not contradict the evidence in Ms. Lively’s complaint, and it will fail.”
Baldoni and nine others are also suing The New York Times by filing a previous complaint with Lively’s Department of Human Rights, which Morrone linked to in his Instagram Story in December. The $250 million lawsuit alleges Times defamation and false invasion of privacy. Plaintiffs allege “cherry-picked” communication and left out context to mislead readers. Spokesman for Times stood by the story that was “carefully and responsibly reported,” noting in a statement last month, “The role of an independent news organization is to follow the facts where they lead.” “
