Ryan Reynolds was all smiles during his first red carpet appearance since wife Blake Lively continued Justin Baldoni.
THE Deadpool and Wolverine The 48-year-old actor stepped out in New York City on Tuesday (January 7) for the National Board of Review’s annual awards, where he presented the Best Picture award to Wicked.
Reynolds cut a suave figure on the red carpet, wearing a gray suit with black satin lapels. The star accessorized her look with a stunning pair of reading glasses.
Wicked stars Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo And Ethan Slater joined the actor on stage at Cipriani Wall Street to present them with the Best Picture award. Reynolds was photographed hugging Grande and Erivo as they took the stage.
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s reported breakup made headlines months before the It Ends With Us costars filed lawsuits. While Lively and Baldoni were promoting the film in August 2024, rumors began to circulate regarding an alleged feud between the two men. Fans noticed that Lively was promoting the film with some of her costars while Baldoni, who (…)
Tuesday’s red carpet appearance comes after Reynolds, Lively and Deadpool and Wolverinthe costar Hugh Jackman opted not to attend the Golden Globes on Sunday, January 5, amid the ongoing legal battle between her and Lively. It ends with us costar and director.
“Ryan and Hugh have not been confirmed and the decision has nothing to do with a legal battle,” a source confirmed to Us every week on Saturday January 4.
According to Deadline, Lively, Reynolds and Jackman decided not to attend the awards ceremony on Sunday, well in advance of the ceremony. It ends with us legal issues and their respective absences were unrelated to the ongoing scandal.
Lively, 37, filed a lawsuit against Baldoni, 40, on Dec. 31, accusing him of sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment on the set of their film. Colleen Hoover film adaptation. The same day, Baldoni filed a lawsuit against The New York Times for its coverage of an earlier complaint Lively filed with the California Department of Civil Rights, charging, among other things, the publication with defamation and invasion of privacy in a false light.
Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedmanconfirmed last week that the actor/director was considering filing a separate lawsuit against Lively.
A few months before Blake Lively filed a complaint against Justin Baldoni, her husband Ryan Reynolds reportedly blocked the It Ends With Us director on social media. Based on alleged text exchanges obtained by Us Weekly, Baldoni, 40, realized in May 2024 that Reynolds, 48, had blocked him and his production company Wayfarer Studios on Instagram, ( …)
“We plan to broadcast every text message between the two of them. We want the truth to be made public,” Baldoni’s attorney, Bryan Freedman, told NBC News on Thursday, January 2. “We want the documents to be made public. We want people to make their decision based on receipts.
Reynolds, for his part, found himself drawn into the teammates’ legal battle. In Baldoni’s lawsuit against the New York Timeshe accused Reynolds and Lively of “inappropriate and humiliating reprimands” during an allegedly hostile meeting in their New York apartment before filming. It ends with us and that they chastised him for “shaming” Lively. Baldoni said the confrontation “took place, perhaps intentionally, as other famous friends were entering and leaving their penthouse.”
Justin Baldoni is fighting back against accusations made by his It Ends With Us costar Blake Lively in a lawsuit filed Tuesday (Dec. 31). Baldoni, 40, is suing the New York Times for $250 million, alleging defamation and false light invasion of privacy for an article the paper published on Dec. 21. The article, (…)
Baldoni also claimed that Reynolds pressured Baldoni’s agent to drop him as a client at the New York premiere. Deadpool and Wolverine last year in an effort to “destroy Baldoni’s career and personal life.” (Baldoni was dropped as a client by WME last month.)
On January 1, WME said The Hollywood Reporter“In Baldoni’s file, there is a claim that Reynolds pressured Baldoni’s agent to Deadpool and Wolverine first. This is not true. Baldoni’s former representative was not present Deadpool and Wolverine premiere and there was no pressure from Reynolds or Lively at any point to drop Baldoni as a client.
