Blake Lively He spoke about experiencing a “quite intense year” in the midst of his ongoing legal drama with It ends with us Costa and Director Justin Baldoni.
“I had a quite intense year,” said Lively, 37, the duration of a Thursday, May 1. Night with Seth Meyers. “This year has been full of the highest and lowest low ups and downs.”
Lively also touched the “fear” that he believed that many women felt when it comes to speaking.
“I see that many women fear talking, especially now, you fear sharing their experience,” said Lively. “Fear is by design, it is what keeps us silent.”
She continued: “But I also recognize that many people do not have the opportunity to speak, so I feel lucky to have my legs.”
The actress, who shares four children (James, 10 years old, Inez, 8, Betty 5 and Olin, 2.) with her husband Ryan Reynolds, He said he wanted to be positive with his children despite the drama.
“It doesn’t matter what day I have, I have to be Disneyland for them. It’s the best, it’s chaos,” he said.
The actress appeared in the interview program to promote her next movie Another simple favorwhich premiered through Prime Video on Thursday, May 1.

Blake Lively.
(Photo of Aeon/GC images)Lively has been on the press tour of the film throughout the Costaide Anna Kendrick And husband Ryan Reynolds. While attending a series of events more recently, the premiere of the film and the time gala 100 in New York City, literally, has remained very good about its legal situation with Justin Baldoni.
Animated filed a lawsuit against her It ends with us Costa and the director of Baldoni, 41, in December 2024, accusing him of sexual harassment on the film’s set and orchestrating a smear campaign in the middle of the press tour. Baldoni has continued to vehemently denying the accusations, sub -conventing a lawsuit or his own instigation, Reynolds, 48, and his publicist, Leslie Sloane Claiming defamation and extortion. (Lively and Reynolds have denied the accusations of Baldoni and Sloane has asked that their name be withdrawn from demand).
Despite not commenting on the recent events of the duration of the legal drama, Lively seemed to refer to the situation while talking at the time 100 gala on April 25.
“I have a lot to say about the last two years of my life, but tonight is not the forum,” he said while celebrating his honor as one of the most influential people in the magazine. “What I will talk about, separated, is the feeling of being a woman who has a voice today.”
Lively introduced his mother, Willie Elaine McalpinTo the crowd as a survivor of “the crime of sausages, some can commit against a woman.”
“My mother never received justice from her acquaintance who tried to take her life when she was the mother of three young children before I was born,” the actress continued, remembering her mother listening to that woman while the radio circumstance.
“Due to listening to that woman to talk about her experience, instead of closing your fear and unfair shame, my mother is alive today,” Lively continued. “She was saved by a woman whose name will never know.”
She added: “We do not let ourselves know our daughters, but one day we break their hearts by leaving them in the secret we keep while passing around with princess dresses, which are not and probably will never be safe at work, at home, in a parking lot, in a medical office, online, in any space that they lived physical, emotionally, professionals.”