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(Photo by Noam Galay/Getty Images for Netflix)Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman and Blake Lively will not attend the 2025 Golden Globes
Lively, 37, will attend the annual awards ceremony on Sunday, January 5, amid her ongoing legal battle It ends with us actor and director Justin Baldoni. But it’s not just Lively who’s missing the event — her husband Reynolds, 48, and his Deadpool and Wolverine actor Jackman also won’t be attending the Golden Globes this year.
“Ryan and Hugh have not been confirmed to attend and the decision has nothing to do with a (sic) legal battle,” a source confirmed to Us Weekly.
According to DeadlineLively, Reynolds and Jackman made their decisions not to attend Sunday’s awards ceremony long in advance It ends with us legal battle and their respective absences from the ceremony are unrelated to the ongoing scandal.
There probably won’t be any mention of It Ends With Us at this weekend’s awards show. comedian Nicky Glazerwho was tapped to host this year’s Golden Globes, has already made it clear she won’t be joking around “Hot button” Lively-Baldoni problem on Sunday.
“I think the Blake Lively/Justin Baldoni case is so relevant right now that even mentioning it will make it seem like I might be on the wrong side of things, even though I never will be,” Glazer, 40, told Yahoo! Entertainment on Thursday, January 2. “I don’t want to give his name (weight) either.”
Justin Baldoni
Fraser Harrison/Getty ImagesShe added: “I’m pissed I even know his name to be honest with you so I don’t need to say it anymore.”
Live submitted case against Baldoni40, in December 2024, accusing him of sexual harassment and fostering a “hostile work environment” on the set of It ends with usfilm adaptation of the author Colleen Hoovera novel about domestic violence. (In addition to Baldoni, Lively also sued publicists Melissa Nathan and Jennifer Abelas well as Wayfarer Studios.)
The actress’ complaint alleges that Baldoni caused her “serious emotional distress” and orchestrated a campaign of alleged “social manipulation” to damage her reputation.
Justin Baldoni is accusing Blake Lively of a concerted effort to cut him out of the filming process for their 2024 drama. It Ends With Us. In addition to claiming that Lively tried to wrest creative direction from him, Baldoni, who also directed the film, claims that Lively, 37, tried to ban him from the film (…)
“I hope my lawsuit helps pull back the curtain on these sinister retaliatory tactics to hurt people who speak up about wrongdoing and helps protect others who may be targeted,” Lively said Us Weekly in a statement dated December 21.
There are Baldoni denied Lively’s allegations and sued for $250 million New York Times for defamation and invasion of privacy and reportedly plans to separate case against Lively as well.
“We plan to release every single text message between the two of them. We want the truth to come out,” Baldoni’s lawyer Brian Friedman said NBC News on Thursday. “We want the documents to be there. We want people to make a decision based on receipts.”
