Shortly after a U.S. district judge dismissed Justin Baldoni’s $400 million defamation lawsuit against Blake Lively, the “It Ends With Us” star made a rare social media statement admitting to feeling pain and “manufactured shame” amid her ongoing legal battle.
“Last week, I stood proudly alongside 19 organizations united in defending women’s rights to speak up for their safety. Like so many others, I’ve felt the pain of a retaliatory lawsuit, including the manufactured shame that tries to break us. While the suit against me was defeated, so many don’t have the resources to fight back,” Lively wrote in her Instagram stories . “I’m more resolved than ever to continue to stand for every woman’s right to have a voice in protecting themselves, including their safety, their integrity, their d