Ryan Reynolds made his first public look since It Ends With Us director Justin Baldoni’s newest lawsuit in opposition to the actor and his spouse, Blake Lively.
The Deadpool star took to social media on Wednesday, January 22 to share photographs through his Instagram Story of an outing at Harvard Enterprise Faculty. In the course of the occasion, he and Shark Tank visitor star Matt Higgins spoke to the celebrated school’s college students.
“If my dad had been even remotely alive sufficient to see me talking at Harvard Enterprise Faculty, he’d be fairly impressed,” Reynolds, 48, wrote through the caption, referencing his late father, James Chester Reynolds.
Utilizing his trademark humor, Reynolds then quipped, “Extra on account of his sudden aliveness.But additionally, what a chance to withhold affection AND see your baby communicate at Harvard.”
“Thanks [Matt Higgins] for the considerate dialog and tee up,” captioned one other photograph from his Harvard go to. “This class has megawatt expertise. The questions alone made me wiser.”
The Marvel star’s talking occasion at Harvard comes amid the continuing It Ends With Us legal battle that sees Reynolds and Vigorous, 37, up in opposition to Baldoni, 40.
Vigorous sued Baldoni in a December 2024 lawsuit, accusing Baldoni of sexual harassment, making a “hostile work surroundings” and inflicting her “extreme emotional misery” whereas working collectively. (Baldoni has denied all accusations within the lawsuit, which was obtained by Us Weekly.)
Following the information breaking through The New York Occasions, Baldoni was among 10 plaintiffs who, days later, launched a $250 million lawsuit in opposition to the publication for its protection of Vigorous’s accusations. (A spokesperson for The New York Occasions informed Us that the outlet is planning to “vigorously defend in opposition to the lawsuit.”)
Lively filed a lawsuit that very same day in opposition to Baldoni in a New York federal courtroom which mirrored her earlier claims — which had been filed with the California Civil Rights Division.
Baldoni’s studio filed a new lawsuit on Thursday, January 16 in opposition to Vigorous, Reynolds and Vigorous’s publicist, Leslie Sloane, looking for damages of $400 million. The lawsuit contains accusations of civil extortion, defamation, false gentle invasion of privateness and different claims.
A number of days later, on Tuesday, January 21, Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, launched behind-the-scenes footage from the It Ends With Us set in an try to disprove Vigorous’s aspect of the story.
In response, Vigorous and Reynolds filed a letter in court on the identical day, asking for a protecting order to cease Baldoni’s lawyer from participating in “improper conduct” resembling an alleged “harassing and retaliatory media marketing campaign” in opposition to the couple.