Blake Lively And Ryan Reynolds don’t let them recent legal drama shoot them down.
The Hollywood couple were all smiles as they posed for a photo with Lively’s A simple favor 2 costar, Michele Morrone.
The Italian actor and model shared a snapshot of the trio hanging out via his Instagram Stories on Sunday, January 26, and wrote, “Missed you guys! I love you!!” Morrone, 34 Day beforeIt’s “Let me blow you away.” (For his part, Reynolds declined the photo of Morrone with his 53 million followers.)
The friendly reunion comes after Lively and Morrone filmed the highly anticipated sequel to A simple favor last year. (Delivered and Anna Kendrick are both set to reprise their roles in the director’s comedy thriller Paul Feig.)
Morrone previously came to Lively’s defense after she filed a sexual harassment complaint against her It ends with us Costar and director, Justin Baldoni.
“It’s usually not my thing to make these kinds of videos, but I think it’s time to stand up for someone I really love and that person is Blake Lively,” Morrone said in a December 23 video shared via her Instagram Stories.
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni reported by the Rift made headlines months before the end of the American Costares actors. As Lively and Baldoni promoted the film in August 2024, rumors began to swirl of an alleged feud between the pair. Fans noticed that Lively was promoting the film with some of her costars while Baldoni, who […]
THE 365 days Star continued: “I personally met Blake during A simple favor 2. We made this incredible film together and I felt something was wrong, and I felt the pain… we had a chance to talk, me and her, [and] Blake was in pain. (A simple favor 2 was filmed last spring, by Deadlinewhile It ends with us began filming in May 2023 and resumed in January 2024 following the SAG-AFTRA strike.)
Morrone said he was “really tired” of seeing “cruel and bad comments” about Lively “without knowing the situation.” He linked to a New York Times Article published on December 21, detailing the catalog of complaints against Baldoni, 40 It ends with uswhich he asked fans to read “to make you understand, before you comment, what happened.”
Justin Baldoni initially appeared to have only positive things to say about his ending with US costar Blake Lively as reports of a set feud continue to circulate online. The drama officially hit theaters in August 2024, and Baldoni, who directed and starred opposite Lively, praised his on-screen partner. […]
“Blake, I love you so much. Keep it up and we will see each other very soon. I love you,” the actor concluded.
Following Lively’s initial complaint against Baldoni to the California Department of Civil 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, Animated Baldoni accused of sexual harassmentretaliation, breach of contract, infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy and lost wages resulting from his experience It ends with us. Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedmandenied the “completely false, scandalous and intentionally salacious” accusations in a statement to We At the time, claiming that Lively filed her complaint in order to “repair her negative reputation.”
Baldoni later filed his Own $400 million On Jan. 16, accusing Lively, 37, Reynolds, and Lively’s publicist, Leslie Sloanecivil extortion, defamation, false invasion of privacy and other claims. Lively’s legal team called the suit “another chapter in the abuser’s playbook,” saying in a statement: “This is an age-old story: A woman takes on concrete evidence of sexual harassment and retaliation and the attacker tries to turn the tables on the victim. This is what experts call Darvo. Refuse. Attack. Offender victim reversed. … The woman’s attack strategy is desperate, it does not refute the evidence in Ms. Lively’s complaint, and it will fail. »
Baldoni and nine others Also continue The New York Times For her coverage of Lively’s earlier Department of Civil Rights complaint, which Morrone linked to in her Instagram Story in December. The $250 million lawsuit accuses the Times defamation and false invasion of privacy. The plaintiffs allege that the “cherry-picked” communications and context omitted misleading readers. A spokesperson for the Times The outlet’s “Meticulously and Responsibly Reported” story noted in a statement last month: “The role of an independent news organization is to follow the facts where they lead. “
