The dirty laundry that dethroned Hollywood’s golden couple

by · Australian Financial Review

Abigail Buchanan
May 6, 2026 – 3.45pm

No one was expecting Blake Lively to appear on the Met Gala red carpet – in sparkling pastel Versace, no less – just hours after the lawsuit against Justin Baldoni, her co-star on It Ends with Us, was settled out of court.

Lively’s appearance may have been intended as a victory lap, but she has little to celebrate. The two-year legal battle, in which she accused her co-star of harassment, sexual misconduct and orchestrating a smear campaign against her, has backfired spectacularly.

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