BLAKE LIVELY BREAKS DOWN: Star Speaks on Her ‘Intense Year’ of Legal Chaos, Emotional Trauma, and Public Scrutiny Amid Explosive Justin Baldoni Lawsuit—Admits She ‘Cried Herself to Sleep’ During the Worst Nights!

The actor gave her first interview since filing a lawsuit against her It Ends With Us director.


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Blake Lively is breaking her silence. On May 1, the actor made her first TV interview appearance since filing her lawsuit against It Ends With Us director and co-star Justin Baldoni, stopping by Late Night with Seth Meyers to promote her new film Another Simple Favor and acknowledge the ongoing legal battle.

During the interview, Meyers told her that he wasn’t “totally informed” about her lawsuit. “I’m thrilled you’re not doing ‘Weekend Update’ right now, ’cause you’d be quite informed,” she joked, referencing Meyers’ previous hosting gig on Saturday Night Live.

Lively noted that she couldn’t speak at length about her legal matters, but did open up about the “pretty intense year” she’s had. “What I can say without going too into it is that this year has been full of the highest highs and the lowest lows of my life,” she said.

Still, she continues to believe that it’s important to speak up. “I see so many woman around… especially right now, afraid to share their experiences. And fear is by design. It’s what keeps us silent,” she said. “But I also acknowledge that many people don’t have the opportunity to speak. So I do feel fortunate that I’ve been able to. It’s the women who have had the ability to use their voice that’s kept me strong and helped me in my belief and my fight for the world to be safer for women and girls.”

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Lively also credited her four children — daughters James, 10; Inez, 8; and Betty, 5; and 2-year-old son Olin — for getting her through the past year. “They’re just my lifeline,” she said. “No matter what day I’m having, I have to be Disneyland for them.”

Blake & Justin’s Ongoing Saga

In December, Lively filed a legal complaint against Baldoni, his producing partner Jamey Heath, the film studio behind It Ends With Us, and a few other executives and PR specialists who’d worked with the studio on the film and its rollout. Lively’s complaint included several allegations that Baldoni engaged in misconduct on the It Ends With Us set. She also accused the studio of hiring a crisis publicity team to gin up a retaliatory smear campaign during the film’s release, to sway public opinion against Lively.

The next month, Baldoni countersued. Baldoni’s $400 million lawsuit — which also named Lively’s husband, Ryan Reynolds — included claims of civil extortion, defamation, and false light invasion of privacy, among others. Both lawsuits are currently scheduled to go to trial in March 2026.

Blake Lively, Sofia Coppola, & Other A-Listers Stepped Out For Chanel

Bustle takes you inside the fashion brand’s 18th annual Tribeca Festival Artists Dinner.

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It takes a lot to get New Yorkers out on a Monday evening — and an unseasonably chilly one at that. But for Chanel’s annual Tribeca Festival Artists Dinner, the stars always show up and show out, dreariness be damned.

This year, the Odeon served as the backdrop for Chanel’s fête, its 18th, which drew a who’s who of Hollywood and downtown darlings. In attendance were actors like Blake Lively and Robert De Niro, musicians such as Role Model and Lily Allen, and directors ranging from Sofia Coppola to Celine Song — all of whom were dressed in Chanel, naturally.

But the crowd didn’t gather just to feast on steak frites and drink martinis. (Though there was plenty of that, too.) The evening celebrated the artists behind the Tribeca Festival’s Artist Awards Program, a collaboration between Tribeca and Chanel dating back to 2005. The initiative invites leading visual artists to donate original works, which are then awarded to filmmakers and displayed at the Festival Hub at Spring Studios.

This year’s lineup featured Alteronce Gumby, Faith Wilding, Jane Dickson, Jeffrey Meris, Lauren Halsey, Marilyn Minter, Naudline Pierre, Raúl de Nieves, Simphiwe Ndzube, and Tuan Andrew Nguyen. (Previous award winner JR also made a cameo of sorts — manning the photo booth and snapping cheeky black-and-whites of Lively, Joe Jonas, and others.)

CHANEL Tribeca Festival Artists Dinner, Photographs by JR

As the night wore on, It girls like The Bear’s Molly Gordon, Euphoria star Maude Apatow, The Studio’s Chase Sui Wonders, and Bottoms breakout Havana Rose Liu mingled in the Odeon’s hallowed booths before being offered one final flourish: waiters emerging with trays of old-school sundaes — a Hollywood ending in Tribeca if there ever was one.