Ryan Reynolds gives flowers to Blake Lively.
On Sunday, May 10, dead Pool the star took to her Instagram Stories to celebrate the Gossip Girl alumna on Mother’s Day — a week after settling her legal battle with Justin Baldoni instead of going to trial. In his tribute, Reynolds shared two photos: one of the couple kissing near a waterfall and another lounging on chairs.
“I appreciate this mother beyond measure,” he wrote on the photos. “She is kind. She is not afraid. She is the absolute love of my life – and to our four little children, she is the life of their love.”
Reynolds, 49, and Lively, 38, married in September 2012 and welcomed four children together: daughters James, 11, Inez, 9, Betty, 6, and son Olin, 3.
Lively also marked Mother’s Day by celebrating her own mother, Elaine Lively.
“Happy Mother’s Day to the woman who chooses joy, every day, no matter what,” she wrote on her Instagram Stories. “The strength and courage I appreciate in that is something I will always appreciate, especially as I get older. She makes every day special for everyone around her. Especially her babies and grandbabies. She is not only beautiful, she creates beauty, with her hands, her stories, her playfulness, her creativity, her incredible ingenuity and her love,”
Lively continued, “I am so grateful, now and forever, to have been shaped by your heart full of love, optimism and magic. You make the ordinary extraordinary. I love you. Thank you mom.”
Lively appears to be moving on with her life after spending nearly two years in a legal battle with her It ends with us costar and director, Justin Baldoni. In December 2024, Lively filed a lawsuit against Baldoni, accusing him of sexual harassment and orchestrating a retaliatory campaign against her.
THE Joan the Virgin The star then sued Lively and Reynolds for $400 million for alleged defamation and breach of contract. Baldoni’s lawsuit was dismissed in June 2025.
The two men were to be tried on May 18. However, their legal teams unexpectedly announced on May 6 that they had reached an agreement outside of court.
