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Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds they don’t leave theirs recent legal drama get them down.
The Hollywood couple were all smiles during a photo shoot with Lively’s A simple kindness 2 costar, Michele Morrone.
The Italian actor and model shared a picture of the trio hanging out over him Instagram stories on Sunday, January 26, and wrote: “Missed you! I love you!!” Morrone, 34, tagged both Lively, 37, and Reynolds, 48, in the post Eve“Get me out of my mind. (Reynolds re-shared Morron’s photo with his 53 million followers.)
The friendly reunion comes after Lively and Morrone filmed the highly anticipated sequel A simple kindness last year. (Alive and Anna Kendrick both are 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.
“Usually it’s not my thing to make videos like this, but I think it’s time to stand up for a person that I really love, and that person is Blake Lively,” Morrone he said in a Dec. 23 video he shared via his Instagram Stories.
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s reported split made headlines months before the It Ends With Us co-stars filed lawsuits. While Lively and Baldoni were promoting the film in August 2024, rumors of an alleged feud between the pair began to circulate. Fans noticed that Lively was promoting the movie with some of her co-stars, while Baldoni, who (…)
The 365 days star continued: “I met Blake in person during A simple kindness 2. We were making this incredible movie together and I felt something was wrong and I felt pain… We had a chance to talk, me and her, (and) Blake was in pain.” (A simple kindness 2 was filmed last spring, per Periodwhile It ends with us filming began in May 2023 and resumed in January 2024 following the SAG-AFTRA strike.)
Morrone said he’s “really tired” of seeing “cruel and bad comments” about Lively “without knowing the situation.” He connected to a New York Times article published Dec. 21, details Lively’s catalog of complaints against Baldoni, 40, on set It ends with uswhich he asked fans to read “so you understand before you comment on what happened”.
At first, it seemed like Justin Baldoni had nothing but positive things to say about his It Ends with Us co-star, Blake Lively, as reports of a feud on set continue to circulate online. The drama officially hits theaters in August 2024, and Baldoni, who directed and starred alongside Lively, heaped praise on his on-screen partner. (…)
“Blake, I love you so much. Keep going and see you soon. I love you,” the actor concluded.
After Lively’s first complaint against Baldoni with the California Department of Civil Rights, Lively and Baldoni 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 harassmentretaliation, breach of contract, infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy and lost wages resulting from her experience It ends with us. Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedmanhe denied the “totally false, inflammatory and deliberately defamatory” allegations in a statement Our at the time, claiming that Lively filed her complaint to “correct her negative reputation.”
Baldoni later filed his own lawsuit for $400 million On Jan. 16, Lively, 37, accused Reynolds and Lively’s publicist of Leslie Sloanecivil racketeering, defamation, false invasion of privacy and other claims. Calling the lawsuit “another chapter in the abuser’s book,” Lively’s legal team claimed in a statement: “This is the age-old story: A woman comes forward with concrete evidence of sexual harassment and retaliation, and the abuser tries to turn the tables on the victims. Experts call this DARVO. Refuse. Attack. Reverse Victim Offender. … The strategy of attacking the woman is desperate, does not rebut the evidence in Ms. Lively’s complaint, and will fail.”
Baldoni and nine others are also sue The New York Times for covering Lively’s earlier Department of Civil Rights complaint, which Morrone referenced in his Instagram Story in December. The $250 million lawsuit alleges Times defamation and false invasion of privacy. Plaintiffs say the outlet’s “picky” communications and omitted context are intended to mislead readers. Spokesperson for Times stood by the outlet’s “carefully and responsibly reported” story, noting in a statement last month: “The role of an independent news organization is to follow the facts where they lead. “
