Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds aren’t letting the haters sour their mood.
Just one day after the “Gossip Girl” star was slammed for attending and speaking at the Time100 gala on Thursday, she flashed a big smile in a new selfie with her husband.
In the image shared to her Instagram Stories, the couple grinned while supporting Reynolds’ Welsh soccer team Wrexham A.F.C., which he co-owns with “It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia” creator Rob McElhenney.
“Let’s go boys @wrexham_afc,” Lively wrote under the picture, which showed them posing in front of the team’s logo, just hours before Wrexham A.F.C. took on Charlton Athletic F.C.
The post comes after Megyn Kelly brutally called out the “A Simple Favor” star for being honored as one of Time magazine’s “Most Influential People” of the year.
“It’s a ridiculous joke,” the political commentator told the Daily Mail on the red carpet at Thursday’s event in NYC. “She shouldn’t be here. She has no influence over anything.”
Kelly went on to claim that Lively “launched a fake MeToo allegation” against her “It Ends With Us” co-star and director, Justin Baldoni.
During her speech later in the evening, Lively actually alluded to her ongoing legal battle with Baldoni, revealing that her mom, Willie Elain McAlpin, was assaulted by a “work acquaintance.”
Lively said her mom concealed “her raw and undeserved shame” throughout her entire life.
“My mom never got justice from her work acquaintance who attempted to take her life when she was the mother of three young kids years before I was born,” Lively explained.
The “Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” star — who is suing Baldoni for sexual harassment and claims he launched smear campaign against her — didn’t get into specifics about what happened to her mom, but said, “Never underestimate a woman’s ability to endure pain.”
She then went on to thank “every man,” including her “sweet husband” — who also attended the event — for being “kind and good when no one is watching.”
While Baldoni hasn’t yet reacted to Lively’s speech, he previously denied the allegations and is countersuing her, Reynolds and their publicist, Leslie Sloane, for defamation, extortion and other claims in a $400 million lawsuit.
A trial date has been set for March 2026.
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