appeared to hint at speculation about his marriage to on Tuesday, sharing a loved-up selfie with his wife just one day after she settled her bitter legal battle with her It Ends With Us co-star and director .
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Ryan Reynolds Love Letter to Blake Lively Exposed
Ryan Reynolds appeared to hint at speculation about his marriage to Blake Lively on Tuesday, sharing a loved-up selfie with his wife just one day after she sett...
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The Deadpool actor, 49, took to his Instagram Story on Tuesday to post a cozy selfie with a makeup-free Lively, 38, as they enjoyed time together outdoors.
But there was a hidden message in the post. Seemingly hinting at the state of their relationship, he added the tune of Millie Jackson's 1978 love song Here You Come Again. The song, made popular by , is about heartbreak, lies and the inevitable attraction felt when an ex-lover returns just as someone has moved on.
The lyrics hint at second chances as a heartbroken person is just starting to get themselves 'together' after a split when 'you waltz right in the door... and wrap my heart 'round your little finger.'
Reynolds posted only a 20-second clip that included the first part of the song. The second verse, however, mentions 'lies': 'You look into my eyes and lie those pretty lies and pretty soon I'm wond'rin how I came to doubt you.'
Hours later, Lively reshared the selfie to her own Instagram Story and added a red-heart emoji.
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The couple's selfie comes after Reynolds skipped out of Monday's Met Gala, leaving his wife to climb the stairs of NYC's Metropolitan Museum of Art alone.
Ryan Reynolds appeared to hint at speculation about his marriage to Blake Lively on Tuesday, sharing a loved-up selfie with his wife just one day after she settled her bitter legal battle with her It Ends With Us co-star and director Justin Baldoni
Reynolds's notable absence sparked rumors of potential marriage troubles, but
Despite her over year-long court war, Lively looked totally unbothered as she arrived to the gala in a show-stopping archival Atelier Versace gown from the brand's Spring 2006 collection.
Hours later, Lively reshared the selfie to her own Instagram Story and added a red-heart emoji
The lyrics hint at second chances as a heartbroken person is just starting to get themselves 'together' after a split when 'you waltz right in the door... and wrap my heart 'round your little finger'
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.
Lively has become a regular presence at the Met Gala over the years, often opting for bold Versace looks.
In 2022, she wore a gown inspired by the Statue of Liberty, which transformed on the carpet to reveal a copper-toned train.
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She also attended in 2018 in a red-and-gold Versace design for the Heavenly Bodies theme.
Perhaps it was her long-standing Met Gala presence that brought her back to the famous stairs on Monday, despite the fact that her legal battle had wrapped up just hours earlier.
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.
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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.
The couple's selfie comes after Reynolds skipped out of Monday's Met Gala , leaving his wife to climb the stairs of the Metropolitan Museum of Art alone
Reynolds had attended the Met Gala with Lively in the past; seen in 2022
Despite her over year-long court war, Lively looked totally unbothered as she arrived to the 2026 Met Gala in a show-stopping archival Atelier Versace gown
However, in a red carpet interview, the former Gossip Girl star claimed she was 'shy' and wished she could have her four kids accompany her on the red carpet
Baldoni and Wayfarer had The judge dismissed the claims last June.
In a pre-trial hearing last week, Lively's attorneys argued that the actress had lost tens of millions in endorsements on top of nine-figure hits to her earnings and profits - figures Wayfarer's side has dismissed as wildly inflated.
Just hours prior, she had 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 related to their 2024 movie, It Ends With Us
The multimillion-dollar lawsuits painted a portrait of a troubled production, with an A-list star asserting herself over a relatively inexperienced director who allegedly struggled to push back on her growing demands.
At the center of the case were several incidents Lively claimed amounted to sexual harassment, including: Baldoni allegedly adding unscripted sexual moments, one of his personal friends playing a doctor during a birthing scene on an insufficiently closed set, and the movie's producer, Jamey Heath, allegedly barging into her trailer while she was topless. These allegations were thrown out.
Lively's team alleged that she lost tens of millions in endorsements after a smear campaign following It Ends With Us. This was denied by Wayfarer Studios, owned by Baldoni
In a reference to the negative publicity towards Lively during the promotion of the film, Swift said: 'Never has a cancellation been reversed so fast.
'You guys don't understand how rare this is. To have proof and to take the perfect steps to bring that truth to light.'
Lively replied: 'Like. My. God'. Another message read: 'I love you so much. I would not be ok through any of this if it weren't for you.'
But just weeks earlier, Lively had sensed something was off and on December 4 2024, shortly before the end of Swift's Eras Tour, she asked her: 'Is everything OK?
'I felt like a bad friend lately because I was such a sad sack who only talked about my own s*** for months'.
Swift replied that Lively was 'not wrong, but it's also not a big deal'.
Speaking outside court last week, Lively's lawyer Sigrid McCawley had poured cold water on the prospect of any last-minute settlement.
'Blake's been ready for this trial, it's a moment she's been waiting for a long time, to have her voice heard in this court,' she said.
'She's feeling really good…she's finally at a point where she will be able to tell her side.'
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, exceeding box office expectations with a $50 million debut.
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