Blake Lively sued director Justin Baldoni in late 2024, alleging sexual harassment and a coordinated retaliation campaign following the production of the film 'It Ends With Us.' Baldoni filed counterclaims. The case is headed toward trial, with Ryan Reynolds publicly backing his wife in April 2025 media appearances. The litigation centers on Lively's allegations of on-set misconduct and a subsequent PR operation she claims Baldoni ran to damage her reputation. Baldoni denies the allegations and argues Lively and Reynolds were the aggressors in a smear campaign against him.
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Media Coverage · April 19, 2026
Ryan Reynolds told NBC's Today on April 19 that he has 'never been more proud' of Blake Lively as she heads toward trial on her sexual harassment and defamation lawsuit against director Justin Baldoni. Lively filed suit in December 2024, alleging Baldoni harassed her on the set of It Ends With Us and then ran a coordinated smear campaign to damage her reputation. Reynolds offered no legal commentary — just a public
newspaper Read articleRyan Reynolds is firmly in his wife Blake Lively’s corner as she prepares for trial. “You really see kind of the illusion behind so much of this stuff, you know? Digital life versus real life,” Reynolds, 49, told Willie Geist on the Sunday, April 19, broadcast of Today when asked about coping with the fallout from Lively’s legal battle against It Ends With Us director Justin Baldoni. “I’ll just say, I’ve never in my life been more proud of my wife.” Lively, 38, named Baldoni, 42, in a lawsuit in
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Ryan Reynolds told NBC's Today on April 19 that he has 'never been more proud' of Blake Lively as she heads toward trial on her sexual harassment and defamation lawsuit against director Justin Baldoni. Lively filed suit in December 2024, alleging Baldoni harassed her on the set of It Ends With Us and then ran a coordinated smear campaign to damage her reputation. Reynolds offered no legal commentary — just a public show of support and a passing remark about the gap between digital perception and real life.
Ryan Reynolds is firmly in his wife Blake Lively’s corner as she prepares for trial. “You really see kind of the illusion behind so much of this stuff, you know? …
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