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Blake Lively back online after filing her lawsuit against It Ends With Us costar and director Justin Baldoni.
“To everyone affected by the Los Angeles fires,” Lively, 37, wrote via her Instagram Story on Thursday, January 9, alongside a link to the organization Mutual Aid LA Networks. list of resources to those affected by the ongoing disaster in California. A subsequent post included a video about the resource list.
Lively’s husband, Ryan Reynoldsalso reposted posts on how to help amid the wildfires through her Instagram Story on Thursday and linked to the Mutual Aid LA Network list, which continues to be updated.
The couple, who married in 2012 and share four children, are among many celebrities who have shared their well wishes and resources via social media. Lively and Reynolds, 48, did not reveal whether the fires had affected them personally.
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s reported split made headlines months before the It Ends With Us costars filed lawsuits. While Lively and Baldoni promoted the film in August 2024, rumors began to swirl about an alleged feud between the pair. Fans noticed that Lively was promoting the film with some of her costars while Baldoni, who (…)
Other stars such as Heidi Monday a Spencer Pratt, Diane Warren, Anna Faris, Paris Hilton, Billy Crystal a Rivers of Melissa have lost their homes. The fires began to spread on Tuesday, January 7, as a result of Santa Ana wind gusts, causing destruction and forcing thousands to evacuate the area.
Lively’s support for the victims of the fire marked her return to social media afterwards filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Baldoni, 40, last month. In documents first obtained by The New York Timesshe accused Baldoni of acting inappropriately on the set of It Ends With Us who claimed he tried to launch a smear campaign against her to “destroy” her career.
In a December 2024 statement i UsLively noted, “I hope my legal action will help pull back the curtain on these sinister retaliatory tactics to harm people who speak up about wrongdoing and help protect others who may be targeted.”
Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman denied the actress’ “outrageous” accusations in a statement of her own, claiming instead that she threatened not to show up on set or promote the film unless certain demands were met. (Lively officially file a lawsuit against Baldoni, publisher Melissa Nathan a Jennifer Abeland Wayfarer Studios on December 31, 2024.)
Baldoni, meanwhile, filed a $250 million lawsuits against the Timesfurther accusing Lively of trying to ban him from an It Ends With Us premiere and kicked him out of the film’s editing process. A spokesperson for the outlet defended their story “which was told in detail and responsibly” in a statement to Us last month.
UPDATE 12/31/21 11.30pm ET: Justin Baldoni was one of 10 plaintiffs who filed a $250 million lawsuit against The New York Times following her report on costar Blake Lively after she sued him for sexual harassment. the plaintiffs of the lawsuit, which also includes the publishers Melissa Nathan and Jennifer Abel as well as It Ends With Us (…)
During a recent interview with NBC NewsFreedman insisted that Baldoni never wanted to “hurt” Lively but confirmed that the actor did “absolute” plans to counter-prosecute and “release every single text” exchanged between the costars.
Justin Baldoni
Cindy Ord/Getty ImagesLively’s lawyers denied the “attacks” by Baldoni and his team in a statement to Us on Monday, January 6, claiming that they “engaged in illegal, retaliatory astroturfing against Ms. Lively for trying to protect herself and others on a film set. And their response to the lawsuit has been to launch more attacks against Ms. Lively since she filed.”
The statement that they “will continue to prosecute his claims in federal court, where the rule of law determines who prevails is not hyperbole and threats.” Freedman issued a response a day later, calling Lively’s accusations “painfully ironic” and repeating, “We have all the receipts!”
Check the LAFD website for local wildfire warnings and click here for resources on how to help those affected.
