{"id":977,"date":"2026-05-06T01:57:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T01:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/blake-lively-team-emails-show-them-panicking-over-it-ends-with-us-drama\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T01:57:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T01:57:18","slug":"blake-lively-team-emails-show-them-panicking-over-it-ends-with-us-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/blake-lively-team-emails-show-them-panicking-over-it-ends-with-us-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"Blake Lively team emails show them panicking over &#8216;It Ends With Us&#8217; drama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/127086690.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Uncovered messages from Blake Lively\u2019s team show staffers panicking as several companies responded negatively to backlash the actress faced during her <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/entertainment\/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-drama-it-ends-with-us-movie\/\">\u201cIt Ends With Us\u201d feud with Justin Baldoni<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just got off the phone with the SGWS Kroger VP, and the first thing he mentioned to me was that Betty Booze was just discussed,\u201d reads one of the messages from a member of Lively\u2019s team to staffers about the actress\u2019 cocktail line dated Sept. 10, 2024, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/05\/05\/blake-lively-emails-show-spiral-over-it-ends-with-us-backlash\/#continued\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">per TMZ.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a negative taste in Kroger\u2019s mouth based on the [Blake Lively] interview (press) from the movie, and they said they will be closely monitoring sales on the brand,\u201d it continues, discussing the grocery giant.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Newly uncovered emails from Blake Lively\u2019s team shows staffers spiraling as they responded to several companies who backed out of deals with Lively\u2019s Betty Booze company amid her \u201cIt Ends With Us\u201d feud. (Seen above is Lively at the 2026 Met Gala). <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>In one message concerning grocery giant Kroger, a member of Lively\u2019s team asked other employees if there were any \u201cinternal efforts in place to flip the script\u201d as Lively (seen here at the 2026 Met Gala) faced backlash online during the controversy. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The email goes on to state that Kroger is \u201cexpecting a negative sales impact, and they\u2019re wondering what [Blake Lively] will be doing to course correct and make things right with her audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The team member then asks if there are \u201cinternal efforts in place to flip the script or messaging we can share with these customers directly\u201d and notes that the company needs \u201cto be proactive about this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A separate message from the VP of Food &amp; Beverage at Princess Cruises to the Betty Booze team claimed reads: \u201cBy the way our legal ethics and compliance committee board spooked with Blake !!! I am working things out hopefully will not have an effect.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Another message showed the VP of Food &amp; Beverage at Princess Cruises saying the company was \u201cspooked\u201d by Lively\u2019s legal woes. (Pictured here is Lively leaving federal court on Feb. 11). <span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The messages, including one from railroad company Brightline, were expected to be used as evidence to back the actress\u2019 claims of an alleged smear campaign against her orchestrated by Baldoni. (Seen above is Lively leaving the federal courthouse on Feb. 11). <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>An additional correspondence with railroad company Brightline dated Aug. 28, 2024, showed the actress taking another blow as the company sought to pause an anticipated partnership deal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTransparently they want to hold for a minute until some of the [Blake Lively] chatter can be turned down. I\u2019ll circle back when I hear more,\u201d the message from Brightline\u2019s executive VP read.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cGossip Girl\u201d star\u2019s team reportedly planned to use the texts as evidence to back Lively\u2019s claims about the exorbitant damages and losses she incurred as a result of <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/21\/celebrity-news\/blake-lively-claims-mean-girl-smear-campaign-cost-her-300m\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Baldoni\u2019s alleged smear campaign<\/a> against her.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Lively and Baldoni (seen here leaving the federal courthouse on Feb. 11) shockingly reached a settlement agreement on Monday, ending their years-long legal battle. <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>A source exclusively told Page Six the agreement was reached at the \u201clast minute.\u201d (Seen here is Baldoni leaving court on Feb. 12).  <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lively and Baldoni made headlines when they <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/04\/celebrity-news\/blake-lively-and-justin-baldoni-reach-shocking-agreement-in-it-ends-with-us-battle-before-trial\/\">reached a settlement agreement<\/a> for their years-long \u201cIt Ends With Us\u201d legal feud on Monday \u2014 just two weeks before their case was scheduled to go to trial.<\/p>\n<p>Both parties added that they \u201cremain firmly committed to workplaces free of improprieties and unproductive environments\u201d and it is their \u201csincere hope that this brings closure and allows all involved to move forward constructively and in peace, including a respectful environment online.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cThe magistrate and the judge wanted to avoid this going to trial as it was going to be a long, drawn-out case,\u201d the insider said. (Seen above is Baldoni and Lively on set of \u201cIt Ends With Us.\u201d) <span class=\"credit\">Christopher Peterson \/ SplashNews.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>While the details of their agreement remain under wraps, Page Six confirmed that neither star (both seen here in a still shot from \u201cIt Ends With Us\u201d) earned any money from the deal. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Sony Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe magistrate and the judge wanted to avoid this going to trial as it was going to be a long, drawn-out case, so they were encouraged to reach an agreement,\u201d the insider said.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s worth noting that the two stars had already gone to mediation in February, but <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/11\/celebrity-news\/justin-baldonis-lawyer-blake-lively-settlement-talk-unsuccessful\/\">were unsuccessful<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/05\/celebrity-news\/blake-lively-team-emails-show-them-panicking-over-it-ends-with-us-drama\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uncovered messages from Blake Lively\u2019s team show staffers panicking as several companies responded negatively to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/127086690.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}