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Can Either Blake Lively or Justin Baldoni Win Amid Their Legal Battles?
Speaking to insiders plus legal and PR experts, Us Weekly explores how Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni’s lawsuits will affect them personally and professionally
Baldoni’s attorney, Bryan Freedman, called the allegations “categorically false.” Still, the public fallout was swift: The Jane the Virgin alum, 41, and his production company, Wayfarer Studios, were dropped by talent agency WME, which also represents Lively and her husband of 12 years, Ryan Reynolds. But underneath the legal jargon, the stars have become engaged in a full-on PR war, one that’s exposing Hollywood’s secret world of machinations and manipulation, in which smear campaigns can be used to cause irrevocable harm to reputations and shape entire narratives. Were her flowery promotional appearances — and attempts to sell her Betty Buzz brand “Ryle You Wait” themed-cocktails (named after her abusive on-screen love interest in It Ends With Us) — misfires of her own, or was she the victim of media distortion?
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