is facing fervent online backlash over photos of her posing with at Monday's star-studded .
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Anne Hathaway Faces Fan Backlash Over Met Gala Photo
Anne Hathaway is facing fervent online backlash over photos of her posing with Blake Lively at Monday's star-studded Met Gala.Lively made a shocking appearance ...
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, held at 's Metropolitan Museum of Art, just hours after with her It Ends With Us co-star/director .
After climbing iconic staircase in a colorful Atelier Versace gown, Lively headed inside the museum where she was caught mingling with Hathaway.
A photo of Lively flashing a beaming smile with one perfectly spray tanned arm wrapped around Hathaway's shoulders was posted by Variety to X (formerly ) on Tuesday morning.
The post quickly gained traction as fans scolded Hathaway for cozying up to Lively, whose claims of sexual harassment and retaliation against Baldoni have divided the internet since she went public with her allegations in December 2024.
'Get away from her Anne! She'll sue you,' one X user tweeted out, with another writing: 'Gross. Thought Anne was working on making the public like her again?'
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Anne Hathaway is facing fervent online backlash over photos of her posing with Blake Lively at Monday's star-studded Met Gala
'Wow. Shame on Anne,' penned one disappointed fan.
Appearing to refer to Lively as a 'bully and liar', another X user wrote: 'We have lost all respect for Anne Hathaway for posing with Hollywood's biggest bully and liar.'
Lively made a shocking appearance at the annual soiree, held at NYC's Metropolitan Museum of Art, just hours after settling her explosive legal battle with her It Ends With Us co-star/director Justin Baldoni
The Gossip Girl star looked totally unbothered as she climbed the Met's iconic staircase in a colorful Atelier Versace gown
Meanwhile, Hathaway attended the starry soiree in a custom, hand-painted Michael Kors gown
'We acknowledge the process presented challenges and recognize concerns raised by Ms Lively deserved to be heard. We remain firmly committed to workplaces free of improprieties and unproductive environments,' they added.
The statement did not include an apology from either party, who have been locked in a messy court battle since December 2024, when Lively first launched her multimillion-dollar suit.
Instead, Baldoni and Lively's teams said it was their 'sincere hope that this brings closure and allows all involved to move forward constructively and in peace, including a respectful environment online.'
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Wayfarer, It Ends With Us Movie LLC, and The Agency Group (TAG PR) are said to be ecstatic at the way in which this matter was resolved.
The surprise settlement comes after a judge last month sensationally gutted Lively's case, dismissing ten of her 13 claims, including all of the sexual harassment allegations.
The trial was still due to kick off on May 18, but covering only three counts: retaliation, aiding and abetting retaliation, and breach of an agreement, known as the Contract Rider.
The ruling also meant that Baldoni was no longer a named defendant in the case.
On Monday, Lively finally reached a settlement with Baldoni’s production company, Wayfarer Studios, as well as his PR agency, over claims of retaliation and breach of contract relating to 2024 movie It Ends With Us
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Instead, Wayfarer, along with the company he set up to make It Ends With Us and TAG PR, was due to go on trial for the alleged 'smear campaign' against Lively. It denied the claims.
Baldoni and Wayfarer had countersued Lively and Reynolds for $400 million, accusing them of defamation and extortion. The judge dismissed the claims last June.
It Ends With Us, an adaptation of Colleen Hoover's bestselling 2016 novel that begins as a romance but takes a dark turn into domestic violence, was released in August 2024.
The film exceeded box office expectations with a $50 million debut.
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