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\n\tAfter a four-year hiatus, Blake Lively<\/a> returned to the Met Gala carpet on Monday \u2014 with reason to celebrate. <\/p>\n \n\tThe star \u2014 wearing archival Versace \u2014 last attended fashion<\/a>\u2018s biggest night in 2022, when she was among the night\u2019s co-chairs. This year, she walked the carpet just hours after it was announced that she had settled a lawsuit<\/a> against\u00a0Justin Baldoni<\/a>\u00a0over sexual harassment on the set of\u00a0It Ends With Us<\/a><\/em>, after years of legal wrangling.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cThe end product \u2013 the movie\u00a0It Ends With Us\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 is a source of pride to all of us who worked to bring it to life,\u201d the two sides said in a joint statement announcing the deal. \u201cRaising awareness, and making a meaningful impact in the lives of domestic violence survivors \u2013 and all survivors \u2013 is a goal that we stand behind.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThe statement added, \u201cWe acknowledge the process presented challenges and recognize concerns raised by Ms. Lively deserved to be heard.\u00a0We remain firmly committed to workplaces free of improprieties and unproductive environments.\u00a0It is our sincere hope that this brings closure and allows all involved to move forward constructively and in peace, including a respectful environment online.\u201d The deal means that Lively and Baldoni avert a trial in a case that has captivated Hollywood and sparked a web of lawsuits over the shooting and public relations machinations behind\u00a0It Ends With Us<\/em>. <\/p>\n \n\tLively stopped to chat with Vogue<\/em> on the carpet and made no mention of the big news, but revealed that her bag featured art from her four kids, whom she shares with Ryan Reynolds. The 2026 Met Gala is being co-chaired by Beyonc\u00e9, Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams and Anna Wintour under the theme of \u201cCostume Art,\u201d with Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez Bezos as honorary chairs.<\/p>\n \n\tSee all the\u00a0celebrity looks here<\/a>, and catch up on all of\u00a0The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>\u2018s Met Gala coverage here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After a four-year hiatus, Blake Lively returned to the Met Gala carpet on Monday \u2014 with reason to celebrate. The star \u2014 wearing archival Versace \u2014 last attended fashion\u2018s biggest night in 2022, when she was among the night\u2019s co-chairs. This year, she walked the carpet just hours after it was announced that she had […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5041,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[114,3110,1236,3154,116,1687,1235,3182],"class_list":{"0":"post-5040","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fashion","8":"tag-blake","9":"tag-ends","10":"tag-gala","11":"tag-hits","12":"tag-lawsuit","13":"tag-lively","14":"tag-met","15":"tag-settling"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5040"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5042,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5040\/revisions\/5042"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}