Blake Lively carefully discussed her “lowest lows” amid her ongoing legal drama with Justin Baldoni.
“I have had a pretty intense year,” the “Gossip Girl” alum said during Thursday’s episode of “Late Night With Seth Meyers,” according to an audience member who attended the taping.
“This year has been full of the highest highs and lowest lows of my life,” she continued. “I see so many women around afraid to speak, especially now, afraid to share their experience.”
“Fear is by design, it’s what keeps us silent,” Lively, 37, added.
“But I also acknowledge that many people don’t have the opportunity to speak, so I do feel fortunate that I have been able to.”
She explained her four kids, James, Inez, Betty and Olin, have served as her lifeline, adding, “No matter what day I am having, I have to be Disneyland for them. It’s the best, it’s chaos.”
Lively’s appearance marked her first talk show interview since her ongoing feud with Baldoni ignited last year after they wrapped up their film, “It Ends With Us.”
The actress accused the “Jane the Virgin” star, 41, of sexual harassment and attempting to destroy her reputation in a complaint obtained by Page Six in December.
She filed a formal lawsuit later that month.
Lively alleged there had to be a “hands-on” meeting where Baldoni was told not to show Lively “nude videos or images of women” or discuss his previous “porn addiction.”
She also claimed that the director was told not to add additional sex scenes outside the pre-approved script.
The “Age of Adeline” star’s husband, Ryan Reynolds, was also present.
At the time, Baldoni’s attorney, Bryan Freedman, denied the allegations, telling Page Six it was “shameful that Ms. Lively and her representatives would make such serious and categorically false accusations.”
Freedman claimed a crisis manager was hired due to Lively allegedly “threatening to not showing up to set, threatening to not promote the film, ultimately leading to its demise during release, if her demands were not met.”
The “Five Feet Apart” star fired back at Lively and Reynolds, 48, with a bombshell $400 million lawsuit in January.
Baldoni accused the “Deadpool” star of becoming aggressive during the “hands-on” meeting, where the latter allegedly “demanded that Baldoni apologize to Lively for actions that had either never happened or had been grossly mischaracterized.”
“The producer said that in his 40-year career, he had never seen anyone speak to someone like that in a meeting,” the lawsuit reads.
Per the filing, Baldoni only discussed his past porn addiction after Lively openly shared she had never seen porn before.
Baldoni further claimed that Lively made “derogatory comments” toward him and suggested he “undergo rhinoplasty.”
He also accused his co-star of using Reynolds and her BFF Taylor Swift’s influence to threaten him and get her way.
The duo is set to head to court in March 2026.
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