Blake Lively has been in the headlines continuously since August 2024, when she premiered It Ends With Us, and it hasn't always been positive. The actress had a chance to ignore the legal drama at the premiere of her latest film, Another Simple Favor, but that led to new allegations.

Following the backlash she received over the summer for how she promoted the drama It Ends With Us, dealing with domestic violence, Lively accused her co-star, producer, and director Justin Baldoni of sexual harassment and an online smear campaign, which led to a series of lawsuits back and forth between the two, but also other third parties like her publicist and a PR CEO. With a trial date set for March 2026, discovery is expected to begin soon, with the parties trying to prove their allegations. In the midst of it all, Lively was in Austin, Texas, last week at the 2025 South by Southwest Film Festival,...