Hugh Jackman, Ryan Reynolds.
(Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for Netflix)Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman AND Blake Lively will not be present at the 2025 Golden Globes.
Lively, 37, will attend the annual awards ceremony on Sunday, January 5, amid her ongoing legal battle with him. It ends with Us Costar and director Justin Baldoni. But it’s not just Lively who’s missing the event — her husband Reynolds, 48, and his Deadpool & Wolverine actor Jackman will not even attend the Golden Globes this year.
“Ryan and Hugh were not confirmed to attend and the decision has nothing to do with the legal battle,” a source confirmed to Us Weekly.
According to DeadlineLively, Reynolds and Jackman made their decisions not to attend Sunday’s awards ceremony well in advance It ends with Us legal battle, and their absences from the ceremony are unrelated to the ongoing scandal.
There likely won’t even be a mention of It Ends With Us at the awards show this weekend. comedian Nikki Glaserwho has been selected to host this year’s Golden Globes, has already made it clear that she will not joke about the “hot-button” Lively-Baldoni issue on Sunday.
“I think the Blake Lively–Justin Baldoni thing is such a hot thing right now that even the mere mention of it makes it seem like I might be on the wrong side of things, even though I never would be,” Glaser, 40 years old. , told Yahoo! Fun on Thursday, January 2. “I don’t want to give any (weight) his name either.”
Justin Baldoni
Fraser Harrison/Getty ImagesShe added, “I’m sick of even knowing his name, to be honest with you, so I don’t need to say it anymore.”
Lively filed a lawsuit against Baldon, 40, in December 2024, accusing him of sexual harassment and fostering a “hostile work environment” on set It ends with Usa film adaptation of the author Colleen Hooverthe novel about domestic violence. (In addition to Baldoni, Lively is also suing publicists Melissa Nathan AND Jennifer Abelas well as Wayfarer Studios.)
The actress’ complaint alleged that Baldoni had caused her “severe emotional distress” and orchestrated an alleged campaign of “social manipulation” to damage her reputation.
Justin Baldoni is accusing Blake Lively of a concerted effort to cut him out of the filming process for their 2024 drama It Ends With Us. In addition to claiming that Lively tried to take creative direction away from him, Baldoni, who also directed the film, claims that Lively, 37, tried to stop him from the film (…)
“I hope my legal action will help pull back the curtain on these evil retaliatory tactics to harm people who speak up about misconduct and help protect others who may be targeted,” Lively said. Us Weekly in a December 21 statement.
Baldoni has denied Lively’s allegations and has filed a $250 million lawsuit against her New York Times for defamation and minor false invasion of privacy, and is said to be planning a separate lawsuit against Lively as well.
“We plan to publish every single message between them. We want the truth to be out there,” Baldon’s lawyer Bryan Freedman told NBC News on Thursday. “We want the documents to be there. We want people to decide based on the bills.”
