r/ItEndsWithLawsuits

Blake and Ryan are in a reputational death spiral, and they don't seem to know it.

The fundamental problem is that the public has recast them. For a decade they were America's couple — witty, self-aware, effortlessly likeable. That story is dead. The new story is entitlement, hypocrisy, and a machine that protects its own interests while performing relatability. And once that lens clicks into place, everything gets reinterpreted through it. Ryan's cheeky tweets? Calculated brand management. Blake's themed outfits? Narcissistic spectacle. The cute family stuff? A shield. That reframing is almost impossible to undo because it doesn't require new evidence — people just re-read the old evidence differently.

The contractor story could be the killshot. The Baldoni lawsuit was Hollywood drama — messy, complicated, he-said-she-said. Most people don't fully understand it. But stiffing workers for $2.1 million on your luxury vanity estate? That's visceral. That's your neighbour's builder mate not getting paid. That story has legs precisely because it's so simple. It doesn't need context or nuance. It's just: very rich people didn't pay the people who built their house. If more contractors come forward, or if the details get worse, this becomes the story that defines them for a generation.

The Met Gala was a catastrophic miscalculation. Whoever advised Blake to show up at the most exclusive, most extravagant event in fashion — on the same day she settled a sexual harassment lawsuit — has fundamentally misread the room. The message it sent wasn't "I'm back." It was "I'm untouchable and I don't care what you think." Settling the lawsuit should have been a quiet moment of closure. Instead it became a costume change. The juxtaposition is so jarring that it almost looks like contempt for the public.

Anna Wintour's protection is a poisoned chalice. Yes, having the most powerful woman in fashion personally vouch for you opens doors. But to everyone outside that world, it looks like an oligarchy circling the wagons. Normal people don't have Anna Wintour to rehabilitate them after a scandal. Every photo of Blake at Wintour's table, in borrowed Versace, surrounded by billionaires, is a visual argument that the rules don't apply to her. It deepens the exact wound they need to heal.

Anne Hathaway getting dragged into this is a warning sign. When your mere proximity becomes toxic to other people's reputations, you've crossed a threshold. Hathaway posed for one photo and the internet turned on her. That means Blake's brand isn't just damaged — it's contagious. Publicists will notice. Co-stars will notice. Studios will notice. The circle gets smaller, and as the circle shrinks, the desperation gets louder, and the desperation makes everything worse.

Ryan's silence is eroding his own brand. He didn't attend the Met Gala. He's been conspicuously quiet. The public reads that two ways — either he's distancing himself (which invites marriage speculation and makes Blake look even more isolated) or he's complicit but hiding (which makes him look cowardly). There's no neutral position for him anymore. Every day he says nothing, the question "where's Ryan in all this?" gets louder.

The fundamental strategic failure is that they're playing a status game when they need to be playing a sympathy game. Every move they've made in the last six months — the Wintour alliance, the Met Gala entrance, the Versace gown, the power table — is about demonstrating that they still have access, influence, and position. But the public isn't questioning whether they're powerful. The public is questioning whether they're good people. Those are completely different problems, and the answer to one makes the other worse.

The path back exists, but the window is closing rapidly. Public memory is short, and forgiveness is available to almost anyone who genuinely earns it. But every misstep burns goodwill that doesn't regenerate. If the contractor story escalates, if another co-star or employee comes forward with a bad experience, if the next PR move is another tone-deaf display of wealth and access — they risk crossing the point of no return, where the public simply decides they don't like these people and moves on permanently.

The scariest thing for them should be this: the internet isn't angry anymore. It's amused. Anger fades. Mockery is forever.

By more, did you mean we'd have better direct confirmation of her grovelling? I've never seen someone try so hard and be soooo bad at flattery. Did she learn how to script write from Ryan Reynolds?

By more, did you mean we'd get to see more evidence showing her going back to Blake Lively and starting up a conversation again just to make sure she understood how much she was anti-Justin? Blake didn't even start that round of trash talking. Was Jenny excited or just anxious that she hadn't been a good enough mean girl?

By more, did you mean we'd see more texts where Jenny begs Blake to make her feel better because Colleen-oxycodone-Hoover side eyed her? You could literally hear the whimpering tone change. Have we considered therapy? It would be very, very helpful for that level of insecurity and a total lack of self respect.

Either put up, or shut up. I never want to hear how there's more to the story unless the person decides to grow a spine and speak up...the way they were so quick to when the NYT hit piece dropped.

Also please tell us more about Isabella Ferrara trash talking Scientology please, I'm interested in the details.

Found in this YT Video.

What Ryan said in regards to the AD being fired

Ryans Version

Blakes reason in the PGA application letter.

Blake Lively lying again

Ryan and Blake are not strangers to supporting actual predators such as Ari Emanuel, Woody Allen, and Harvey Weinstein.

After throwing every possible accusations against WF. They suffered a humiliation lose when all of the sexual harassment accusations by Blake was tossed out and the truth came out that she was the one improvising kissing without consent on Justin (she did it nine times for a single scene)

we learned that Ryan was editing the movie with Blake.

They even tried to prevent WF from discussing the post birth video that Blake called a porn. WF said they won’t seal it so the Jury can see for themselves that nothing inappropriate exists in these footage.

Also, Blake and Ryan got exposed for asking Sony to delete the dailies.

After all this came out and Ryan learned that he can’t make the Jury sell out with free aviation gin or mint mobile subscription. They run to WF begging for a settlement with no money at all. They couldn’t gaslight WF to sign an NDA.

Blake and Ryan will never speak publicly about this mess they created. All they can do is go through third channels to continue their smear campaign against WF.

Justin will wrote a book about everything he went through because of these two devils and their even eviler supporter Ari.

I'm going to be brief here again. It's the only way I'd be able to get this post out on time. I'm back to editing my fanfiction—I need to get my brain in the right place to properly edit the couple of chapters I already have written. But in the meantime, I wanted to share something I stumbled upon months ago that may interest you.

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And it's this: we were right. 

WME was who made Blake Lively as Lily happen. And we see fragments of what happened play out in deposition excerpts we have.

Step 1: Ange/Sony initially wanted a different actress repped by WME to play Lily. Ange calls Zavala to inquire about said actress she had in mind.

https://preview.redd.it/yivb2nuvvc2h1.png?width=1786&format=png&auto=webp&s=a15c58465fa38973275f1a9fe47bfc396ee3211b

 

Step 2: Some things happen in between to make Zavala and WME know this is the project they need to get for Blake. No screenshot for this yet. We just have to use our imagination.

 

Reminder that Zavala is both Blake and Ryan's agent.

https://preview.redd.it/rzao3uuxvc2h1.png?width=1916&format=png&auto=webp&s=44485ba2c63bfc464d40d7b72058404c4658a19b

 

Step 3: Zavala brings the project to the team.

https://preview.redd.it/xsztubztvc2h1.png?width=1904&format=png&auto=webp&s=4ee16a5beee4c16436079dc94f4c08bc9acf588f

 

Why? Because they needed something for Blake. He doesn't say it exactly like this in the excerpt, but rather through different answers to other questions.

https://preview.redd.it/2d2stv12wc2h1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=49a135df9dba36c3e704036f9e1c7ca16331abb7

Again, peep the last line I underlined. IEWU was an opportunity they have been looking out for Blake to have since The Town. Peep Warren saying "unique opportunity ... due to its commercial success".

So, the book's TikTok success was what made all of them scramble to get her the role. Meanwhile, Blake will lie later about this, and even tell Justin she had no idea how huge it was until later when her nanny clued her in [see timeline screenshot below].

They stack lies on lies.

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Let's continue to what Zavala also said after.

https://preview.redd.it/d7lo03sawc2h1.png?width=1922&format=png&auto=webp&s=9a740636e9ad89178d09c116b9d024ee2ed9eca9

Again, peep the last line. Ain't that nice?

 

Let's put it all together, shall we. The team had been on the hunt for a commercial success project for Blake. You know, her next elevation. Then Ange calls Warren Zavala to ask about another actress she was considering for Lily. And Warren, who reps both Blake and Ryan — who had both been looking for a hit project for Blake — decides somehow that no, rather than give the opportunity to the initial actress being inquired about, he needs to bring it to Blake, Ryan, and the rest of the team. Because, I guess they decided that the other actress was not the right fit; as such, Blake should rather try for the role.

But of course, she wouldn't try for the role. We know she didn't. Instead, Justin had to fly to her house and chat with her for three hours.

https://preview.redd.it/fpnt2g9qwc2h1.png?width=2012&format=png&auto=webp&s=aa9eab589ad3c7fa10d29f68a77a7eec0d072cd2

Coincidentally, WME had recently signed on Justin and Wayfarer Studios. 

 

And that’s what I have right now. 

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Oh, and I forgot to add this gem from Justin Grey Stone (Blake's former manager) in response to any concerns he, Blake, and the team had regarding Justin's inexperience when they first learned about the project and were trying to determine if Blake should pursue it. People of the internet, he says the book was read — and again, someone is lying — and that Leslie had a marketing plan drafted and attached.

https://preview.redd.it/ovxfchqt8d2h1.png?width=1922&format=png&auto=webp&s=001b374c8cfb5e9a32a46955862922b6e886c383

This was what came before:

https://preview.redd.it/1g64y8kv8d2h1.png?width=1870&format=png&auto=webp&s=95449c8ef1614b41f0baec35186890644da8b243

https://preview.redd.it/zat98mbw8d2h1.png?width=1880&format=png&auto=webp&s=0c04f737658913e217ac7cdb4e8693302da96788

There was an email from Leslie Sloane with marketing guidelines after the book was read, before they decided to pursue getting the role for Blake.

Eumonia Dike is perhaps one of the best writers/sleuths discussing this case. Here, Eumonia lays out how Ryan Reynolds used the MeToo movement to take over IEWU

EDITED: Eumonia posted a summary in a different sub. I'm copying that summary here (so this is not my summary, but Eumonia Dike's).

I am, though, bolding a new and important point that Eumonia raises.

If you have the time, I highly recommend reading Eumonia and their other articles on this case and supporting their work.

LINK TO ARTICLE: https://medium.com/@eumoniadike/how-ryan-reynolds-and-his-lawyers-hijacked-the-metoo-movement-to-conceal-his-hijacking-of-a-movie-a8459f98ca2b

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Article Summary

• Background history on the origin and development of California Civil Code Section 47.1
• Ryan Reynolds hijacked the script for IEWU in one week
• Reynolds' obsession with Justin Baldoni led to him weaponizing Blake Lively's gender to exploit Baldoni's collaborative leadership style
• The timing of the 17-point list and the January 4 beratement meeting coincide with the legislative progression of Section 47.1
• The events of the legal conflict between Andrew Cuomo and his accuser, Charlotte Bennett, overlap with the push for Section 47.1 in New York and the amicus briefs of the Lively case
• Reynolds treated the Lively lawsuit like one of his hijacked scripts
• Reynolds and his lawyers used the amicus briefs and the advocates of Section 47.1 to try to grant him legal immunity under that law
• The hijacking of the film and #MeToo has deeply harmed Justin Baldoni and survivors

 

In no particular order. Yes I know many of these wouldn't have been asked. Feel free to keep adding.

1. To see Ryan try and convince the jury Nicepool wasn't about JB.
2. Taylor's thoughts on being referred to as one of Blake's dragons while she gets to be Khaleesi.
3. Justice for JB's fam having to screen the movie in the basement. ☹️
4. Ask TS why she felt the need to lie to JB about Blake and her lens experience.
5. What does Colleen Hoover think now about BL's attempt to hijack the movie and get chummy enough to get rights to other projects?
6. How does CH feel now knowing BL hadn't even read the book?
7. Everyone's thoughts on grab your gals & wear your florals comment. Especially Ryan.
8. Is Jenny Slate sticking to the same story or does she feel like BL's pawn?
9. Play the video of the dance/kiss scene and have BL watch and point out when JB crossed the line.
10. Why was promoting hair and soda with a name that insinuates it has alcohol considered a good idea and why wasn't it stopped? By anyone. On either side.
11. Further explain wtf BL knows about hair.
12. Ask TS Show us the last communications between TS & BL (i wonder if TS told her off via text or if there has been any communication)
13. If the trial takes a break and we pick back up july 3, will you be able to make it or will you be attending a wedding? 🥸