Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni averted a legal battle royale with the surprise settlement of a Lively’s It Ends With Us sexual harassment suit against him earlier this week. https://t.co/6z3ySZySio
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) May 10, 2026
Their lawsuit is (mostly) settled (they are still fighting over attorney fees)
The Hollywood Reporter spoked to some Hollywood execs on where these two can go next
– both will have a hard time working in Hollywood again
– “Who wants to work with people that go this far?”
– Lively should take a break
– she should play a villain
– Baldoni is now being seen as running an unsafe set as a director
– he could go back to acting on tv
– Baldoni has the backing of billionaire Steve Sarowitz, he can just self finance projects
– Ryan Reynolds reputation has also taken a hit, his action movie Mayday release date is getting delayed and delayed again by Apple
the execs are aware of the gender optics here:
