
Ryan Reynolds ditches Blake Lively on the red carpet at the SXSW film festival in Austin, insiders say Anna Kendrick feud may be the real reason
Ryan Reynolds was absent from Blake Lively's red carpet appearance at the South by Southwest (SXSW) film festival last Friday, fueling speculation about rising tensions.
Meanwhile, protests and legal drama continue to overshadow Blake Lively's most recent film, Another Simple Favor.
Blake Lively's hopes of putting her legal troubles behind her for the evening were dashed when a huge 'Justice for Justin Baldoni' placard was thrown high into the air.
However, the troubled actress braved the red carpet at the premiere of her new film, Another Simple Favor, at the SXSW film festival in Austin on Friday night, sporting a tight pink PVC coat and matching dress.
She had only made a few public appearances since filing a shocking lawsuit against Baldoni in December of last year, alleging sexual harassment.
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Blake Lively's co-star Anna Kendrick and director Paul Feig of Another Simple Favor, who has apparently found the film's distraction annoying, portrayed contented families in Texas while posing with Lively and attempting to block out the clamour from a few pro-Baldoni demonstrators, as per a report by the Daily Mail.
Why did Ryan Reynolds skip the premiere?
According to reports, the backlash from Ryan Reynolds' SNL joke, as well as tensions between Lively and Anna Kendrick, may have contributed.
Ryan Reynolds made an arguably foolish joke about the Baldoni drama during their appearance together at the SNL 50th anniversary show just weeks ago.
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His absence on Friday was due to a mistake that sparked intense criticism in some places.
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