Ryan Reynolds has made some rare comments about his wife Blake Lively’s ongoing legal battle with her And it ends with us Co-starring and directed by Justin Baldoni.
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When asked about how they “manage” their family amid the high-profile legal drama, Reynolds said he has “never been… prouder” of Lively.
“Actually, without going into too much detail, I have never in my life felt more proud of my wife,” he said. “I’ve never been more proud in my life of someone who has that level of integrity and who brings that with him, and carries it with him in everything he does.”
Reynolds also noted that fans and those who have just watched coverage of the Lively-Baldoni case don’t know everything about the proceedings.
“You really see the illusion behind a lot of this stuff, digital life versus real life,” Reynolds said of his family’s experience. “People have no idea what’s really going on.”
Earlier this month, Lively shared a lengthy statement, in which she vowed to keep “fighting”, after US District Judge Louis Lehman dismissed most of the allegations in her lawsuit over alleged sexual harassment in the US. And it ends with us This significantly narrowed the scope of the case as it went to trial in May. Lehman’s decision dismissed Lively’s claims of harassment, defamation and conspiracy, meaning the trial will now focus on the alleged breach of contract and retaliation by Wayfarer and aiding and abetting retaliation by the public relations firm working for Baldoni.
“I will never stop doing my part in fighting to expose systems and people who seek to harm, shame, silence, and retaliate against victims,” she wrote in a statement posted to her Instagram Stories on Friday, April 3.
“I am grateful for the court’s ruling allowing the substance of my case to be presented to a jury next month, and for the ability to tell my entire story at trial, for my own benefit, but also for those who do not have the same opportunity…many of whom I have known and loved dearly in my life, and countless people I will never know,” she wrote earlier in the statement.
She added: “The last thing I wanted in my life was to file a lawsuit, but I brought this case because of the pervasive retaliation I faced, and continue to face, for demanding both personally and professionally to provide a safe work environment for myself and others. I hope the court’s decision shows others that, while unfathomably painful, you can speak up.”
She encouraged her fans not to be “distracted by digital series,” stressing that “the physical pain caused by digital violence is very real. It is abuse. It exists everywhere.”
“My allegations would not be the first or last time you will see examples of the extreme dangers of retaliation and digital warfare,” she wrote.
Lively alleged in her lawsuit that Baldoni orchestrated a campaign of retaliation in the press and on social media after she went public with her sexual harassment allegations.
The court found that although Baldoni was entitled to protect his reputation, some of what he allegedly did could amount to an attack on Lively’s reputation, including key messages in Baldoni’s public relations campaign that her reputation was “less than good in the industry.”[ning] Decades.” There is also evidence that could lead a jury to conclude that Wayfarer planned more aggressive moves intended to harm her career, according to the ruling.
Reynolds has remained mostly silent about the dispute between Lively and Baldoni since Monday And it ends with us The stars filed back-and-forth lawsuits at the end of 2024, with Baldoni’s $400 million defamation and extortion lawsuit filed last June. Reynolds, the couple’s longtime publicist Leslie Sloan and New York Times They are named as defendants alongside Lively in Baldoni’s lawsuit. Baldoni alleged that Lively and Reynolds pressured their agency, WME, to drop him, specifically saying that Reynolds pressured Baldoni’s agent in Deadpool Wolverine Premiere.
But the agency said in a statement that what Baldoni claimed did not happen.
“Baldoni’s former representative was not present Deadpool Wolverine “At no time was there any pressure from Reynolds or Lively to relinquish Baldoni as a client,” the statement read.
Reynolds was also included in leaked text messages from the legal battle earlier this year, in which the actor specifically asked Matt Damon and his wife Lucy to watch Lively’s cut of the film.
“This was one of the most exciting films ever made on and off the set,” Reynolds wrote. “One day, we’ll make a movie about it. We can’t wait to tell you all about it. The stories have already found their place in the pantheon of legendary Hollywood madness.”
The saga is alluded to in Saturday Night Live 50th anniversary special.
When former cast members Tina Fey and Amy Poehler asked how he was doing, Reynolds, sitting next to Lively in the audience, replied, “Awesome!… Why, what did you hear?”
