referred to husband as the greatest person she has ever known amid Justin Baldoni
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Blake Lively Praises Ryan Reynolds on Fathers Day
Blake Lively referred to husband Ryan Reynolds as the greatest person she has ever known amid her ongoing legal drama with Justin Baldoni weeks after settling.T...
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The 38-year-old actress took to her Instagram Story to share an intimate family snap featuring the 49-year-old actor sweetly carrying one of their two children.
He could be seen sweetly kissing one of his daughters on the shoulder in the image Lively captioned: 'No one I've ever known is greater than this man.'
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The social media tributes did not end there as she also reposted a video of her touching viral tribute to Reynolds at the 36th American Cinematheque Awards on November 17, 2022.
At the time she heaped praise on the actor on stage for being a present father as she said: 'Now I am his home and our girls are his home. 19-year-old boy like he races home whether it's from across the globe or meeting across the street he is hard wired to get home.
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Blake Lively (pictured last month in New York) referred to husband Ryan Reynolds as the greatest person she has ever known amid her ongoing legal drama
The 38-year-old actress took to her Instagram Story to share an intimate family snap featuring the 49-year-old actor sweetly carrying one of their two children
'If he came home from set not in his wardrobe we would be very concerned. Soaked in mud, fake blood, real blood, prosthetic scars, superhero suits, tap shoes, or clown make-up. Daddy always comes home.'
Reynolds is then shown in the crowd with tears welling up in his eyes with a big smile on his face as he watches his wife on stage.
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She wrote of Reynolds (pictured together in February 2025): 'No one I've ever known is greater than this man'
The social media tributes did not end there as she also reposted a video of her touching viral tribute to Reynolds at the 36th American Cinematheque Awards on November 17, 2022
She also shared a sweet tribute to her actor father Ernie Lively who passed away in 2021
Lively said that a June 22 deadline to present all materials to the court was going to be difficult to achieve, in a letter filed last Tuesday in federal court reviewed by the Daily Mail.
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The Los Angeles-born actress said she and her lawyers have a 'number of conflicting personal and professional obligations, including international travel' amid the ongoing court case with Baldoni, 42.
Meanwhile, just last week, the actress cited a busy schedule in a legal filing on June 16 requesting more time in her ongoing litigation with It Ends with Us costar Justin Baldoni over legal fees. Pictured February 11 in NYC
The Los Angeles-born actress said she and her lawyers have a 'number of conflicting personal and professional obligations, including international travel' amid the ongoing court case with Baldoni, 42.
Baldoni's attorney Bryan Freedman told reporters of , 'Throughout this process, innocent people had their reputations unfairly tarnished.'
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Freedman said on June 12 that 'there was no sexual harassment,' 'retaliation' or 'smear campaign' on his client's part.
Baldoni's lawyer Bryan Freedman said that 'the court recognized' Lively was not entitled to damages, based on the facts of the case. Pictured 2025 in NYC
In her lawsuit, the actress accused Baldoni of sexually harassing her in multiple ways - - and orchestrating a smear campaign against her to damage her reputation.
Lively also named a number of Baldoni's collaborators, including his company Wayfarer Studios, the studio's CEO and financial backer, and PR personnel.
Baldoni had initially asked for $250 million in damages from The , mentioning a report it published on the topic that he claimed was defamatory, then added it to the $400 million lawsuit he filed this past January.
In the suit, Baldoni It was thrown out of court in June of 2025. All parties denied all of the allegations against them.
It Ends with Us earned $148 million in domestic box office and $350 million globally - but whatever goodwill the film garnered has since been overshadowed by the allegations .
It Ends with Us earned $148 million in domestic box office and $350 million globally - but whatever goodwill the film garnered has since been overshadowed by the allegations made by its stars
The motion picture, Hasan Minhaj, Brandon Sklenar and Kevin McKidd, was based on the 2016 novel by Colleen Hoover. The storyline of the film centered around a toxic relationship between Lily Bloom (played by Lively) and Ryle Kincaid (Baldoni).
According to a logline for the film, Lily 'overcomes a traumatic childhood to embark on a new life,' as 'a chance meeting with a neurosurgeon sparks a connection but Lily begins to see sides of him that remind her of her parents' relationship.'
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That led to her high-profile role on the TV show Gossip Girl, which she starred on from 2007-2012, . She has also appeared in movies such as 2010's The Town, 2016's The Shallows, 2018's A Simple Favor and 2020's The Rhythm Section.
Prior to It Ends with Us, Baldoni was best known for .
He also has directed films including 2019's Five Feet Apart and 2020's Clouds, and penned the 2021 book Man Enough, which tackled misconceptions of contemporary masculinity.
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