How Hugh Jackman stepped in to save Ryan Reynolds as Blake Lively legal drama with Justin Baldoni threatens his nice guy image
How Hugh Jackman stepped in to save Ryan Reynolds as Blake Lively legal drama with Justin Baldoni threatens his nice guy image
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Their friendly feud fast became one of Hollywood’s most beloved bromances, with playful trolling and witty remarks creating endless fodder for adoring fans. But despite being so public with their friendship, Jackman, 56, chose to stay silent in the immediate wake of the legal brawl between Reynolds' wife Blake Lively and her costar Justin Baldoni, which has threatened to tarnish the actor's Mr Nice Guy image.
![[In December, Blake Lively filed a lawsuit against Justin Baldoni, in which she accused him of sexual harassment and creating a toxic work environment on the set of It Ends With Us]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/27/15/94562533-14330087-image-a-2_1737990890462.jpg)
On Friday, Reynolds, 48, and Lively, 37, were subpoenaed for all texts, emails, and messages sent about Baldoni and the film, It Ends with Us. It was the latest update in the spiralling saga which exploded in December when Lively filed a lawsuit against Baldoni and his production company, in which she accused him of sexual harassment and creating a toxic work environment on the set of the Colleen Hoover adaptation.
![[Jackman, 56, who had initially refrained from publicly defending Reynolds, 48, over fears for his own image, invited his pal on stage for his new show in New York on Friday (pictured)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/27/15/94562495-14330087-image-a-3_1737990893956.jpg)
The feuding costars have since been embroiled in a back and forth, with Reynolds dragged into the spat when Baldoni fought back with his own $400 million counter suit in which he accused the spouses of conspiring to trash his reputation. Lively has had support from names including Paul Feig, Amy Schumer and Michele Morrone, as well as her former Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants costars America Ferrera, Amber Tamblyn, and Alexis Bledel, who released a joint statement in which they declared they ‘stand with her in solidarity’.
![[It came as Reynolds and Lively, 37, were subpoenaed for all texts, emails, and messages sent about Baldoni and the film, It Ends with Us, on Friday]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/27/15/94564163-14330087-It_came_as_Reynolds_and_Lively_37_were_subpoenaed_for_all_texts_-m-23_1737993129401.jpg)
