Flaawsome Talk with Kjersti Flaa - Blake's Lawyer Scrambling !! Ryan involved in NEW Lawsuit !!

00:00:00.140 Wow. This is so absurd to me.

00:00:08.540 Hi and welcome to Blossom Talk. I'm Sjasti Floor, journalist, Hollywood truth teller and your voice of reason in a town built on delusion.

00:00:17.400 So much delusion going on right now, you guys.

00:00:20.240 I hope you watched my episode yesterday when I went through Blake Lively's statement, her public statement that backfired tremendously on her.

00:00:29.460 It was so cringe that I think we need a new word for cringe.

00:00:34.140 Today, I wanted to go through a little bit of her lawyer's public statement that Blake Lively also published on her Instagram story.

00:00:42.480 Michael Gottlieb is scrambling right now, trying to convince everyone that this is what they wanted and this is a huge win for Blake Lively.

00:00:52.280 I don't think so, Mr. Gottlieb.

00:00:54.140 Anyways, as I also predicted yesterday, the media will pick up on Blake Lively's bunny-shaped scrambled eggs post from yesterday.

00:01:03.280 And they did.

00:01:05.000 And she posted another story yesterday after I reported on her bunny-shaped scrambled eggs, which was a carrot cake.

00:01:14.100 I mean, why?

00:01:16.000 I mean, the desperation from this couple right now is just kind of amusing, I have to say.

00:01:21.480 And also Ryan Reynolds posting videos from Wrexham's women's team playing soccer.

00:01:28.920 Like that's what he's putting out there right now.

00:01:31.580 This is so absurd to me.

00:01:33.780 Also, there's a report that Taylor Swift is really relieved right now.

00:01:38.900 And that Hollywood is finally turning its back on Blake.

00:01:42.640 Except from WME, as I mentioned yesterday, her agency, Orion Reynolds Agency,

00:01:47.780 all of a sudden came out in public and supported Blake.

00:01:51.200 It's so suspicious.

00:01:54.300 And yeah, we all know who made that happen, don't we, Ryan?

00:01:57.020 Anyways, talking about Ryan, there is another lawsuit.

00:02:01.460 Ryan Reynolds' Deadpool dance just triggered a lawsuit against Sony.

00:02:08.180 Sony must be so excited right now.

00:02:10.760 They said they were going to do 12 more movies with Blake.

00:02:13.260 Remember that film last year when Ryan had pressured them to come out in public and support his wife?

00:02:20.960 Anyways, let's get into it.

00:02:22.860 So as I said, someone would pick up that ridiculous story yesterday about Blake Lively celebrating

00:02:27.960 Easter and posting a picture of the bunny-shaped scrambled eggs, saying momming always continues 0.61

00:02:36.100 on. 0.66

00:02:36.820 Like, she's such a victim, but at the same time, don't forget she's a martyr.

00:02:40.600 As I said yesterday from her statement, she's doing this for you too and for your children.

00:02:46.220 Don't forget that.

00:02:47.040 And what she's most proud of from her entire career is basically these lawsuits. 1.00

00:02:52.160 I mean, this statement from her will go down in history as the most tone-deaf, idiotic thing I've ever read. 0.99

00:02:59.120 So anyway, Daily Mail picked up this story about the scrambled eggs, 0.99

00:03:04.600 saying Blake Lively celebrates Easter with family as she soldiers on amid Justin Baldoni legal battle.

00:03:14.240 they're having so much fun at Daily Mail these day making these headlines she is soldiering on

00:03:21.660 it says here Blake put aside her legal headaches to celebrate Easter with their family on Sunday

00:03:27.000 she took to Instagram stories to show she had prepared bunny-shaped scrambled eggs for her kids

00:03:31.460 days after her SH harassment claims she made a coincidence with us collaborator Justin Baldoni

00:03:38.260 we're dismissed. Anyways after that happened she also posted a picture of a carrot cake to show us

00:03:46.160 you know it's all about family now and of course she made sure that we saw all her rings on her

00:03:51.780 fingers. I'm sure they're from Lauren Schwartz. As you know Blake Lively has an agreement I'm

00:03:58.280 guessing with Lauren Schwartz because she's always wearing her jewelry and now maybe she's a little

00:04:02.760 worried that some of these brand deals that she has will pull out of these deals. So she made sure

00:04:09.460 to show four rings with this carrot cake yesterday. Okay, so let's get into Michael Gottlieb's letter.

00:04:15.500 This is so funny to me because as I also said yesterday, or was it the day before? I don't

00:04:21.600 remember now, but I spoke about how Blake Lively's team were celebrating big time when Justin

00:04:28.440 Baldoni's lawsuit was dismissed or parts of it was dismissed. The judge dismissed three out of

00:04:34.820 his seven claims. And with Blake, as you know, the judge dismissed 10 out of 13 claims. A lot more

00:04:42.600 of her lawsuit was tossed. So this is from Mike Gottlieb saying, it is completely unsurprising

00:04:50.760 that Brian Friedman does not understand the court's actual ruling. First thing he does here

00:04:57.060 is attack Brian Friedman, Justin Baldoni's attorney.

00:05:01.020 To me, that just says it all.

00:05:02.640 They just basically lost their lawsuit.

00:05:05.520 And all they can say is like, look at Brian Friedman.

00:05:09.000 This is not about Brian Friedman.

00:05:10.880 This is about Michael Gottlieb and Blake Lyley's legal team

00:05:14.880 who did a terrible job because the judge did not believe

00:05:18.380 that these claims should move forward to a trial.

00:05:21.500 And now Michael Gottlieb is saying,

00:05:23.660 Brian Friedman doesn't understand the law.

00:05:26.040 Well, I don't think Michael Gottlieb understands the law, actually.

00:05:29.760 And then he continues to say, he, talking about Brian Friedman, didn't even argue the summary judgment motion he's now spinning.

00:05:37.640 Had to bring in another law firm for the trial.

00:05:40.980 So what? Blake Lively has several law firms working for her. 1.00

00:05:44.800 If he knows another law firm that is better at certain things, why shouldn't he bring them in?

00:05:49.640 I mean, OK.

00:05:50.980 and just last week was reprimanded by the court for having filed legally frivolous claims.

00:05:57.000 So yes, Brian Friedman did get a slap on the wrist last week by the judge.

00:06:02.240 But what did Michael Gottlieb get?

00:06:04.900 He filed 13 claims and only three of those claims were allowed to move forward.

00:06:10.900 This kind of damage control for him now, not to lose face,

00:06:15.200 because of course this doesn't look good for Blake Lively's attorneys. 0.99

00:06:18.360 they look like idiots in the press because they filed this lawsuit that the judge did not allow 0.98

00:06:25.220 he continues to say what the court actually decided yesterday he's going to explain to us 1.00

00:06:30.880 what actually happened here and it's all brian friedman's fault of course is that blake lively

00:06:36.440 provided evidence to go to trial on her court claims she provided evidence that everyone saw

00:06:43.680 and no one believed in. And what actually happened was that judge said, okay, these three claims that

00:06:49.280 she has left, I'm going to leave that up to a jury because for me now, it's just he says, she says,

00:06:55.380 and she has feelings that these things happened and I can't rule on Blake Lively's feelings.

00:07:01.380 Basically, that's what he said. If she felt that these things happened, she doesn't even need to

00:07:06.860 prove that they did. So that's up to a jury to decide. That's what the judge said, just to make

00:07:13.500 sure that everyone understands that. So he continued to say what the court actually decided

00:07:17.380 yesterday is that Blake Lively provided evidence to go to trial on her court claims. Now these three

00:07:22.280 are her court claims. We all know that's not true. That she spoke out against what she believed was

00:07:27.960 SH, what she believed was SH. It's all about what she believes, right? It's not what actually 0.90

00:07:33.560 happened. It's what Blake Lively believes. Very important to also make a note of that.

00:07:38.280 and suffered retaliation that harmed her reputation as a result. 0.72

00:07:43.200 She suffered and she harmed her own reputation as a result.

00:07:47.000 It was not the retaliation that harmed her reputation.

00:07:50.440 But the judge said, you know, let a jury decide this.

00:07:54.340 I don't want to get involved in this part.

00:07:56.260 And because, as you know, Blake and her team are relying on evidence that's not there.

00:08:02.120 That is their strongest card here, saying that they deleted messages from Signal.

00:08:08.680 They used an app called Signal, and they had auto-delete,

00:08:12.280 and that's where all the evidence was, and that's gone.

00:08:15.200 Remember, they said that.

00:08:16.540 Anyways, I wonder how they're going to explain that to a jury.

00:08:20.020 He says here,

00:08:20.960 The court held in painstaking detail that Ms. Lively provided sufficient evidence of all the following.

00:08:29.060 She privately spoke up about and negotiated changes to unset behavior by Justin Baldoni,

00:08:34.280 Jamie Heath, that she and others found disturbing.

00:08:37.840 That is true because we have seen that 17 points letter that Blake wanted them to sign.

00:08:44.180 And it's very clear that a lot of those things never even happened.

00:08:48.420 She just said no more of this, pointing to things that hadn't even occurred.

00:08:53.700 and as you know she twisted things around to make it seem really serious which it wasn't and also I

00:08:59.560 have to say I've read through a lot of the judge ruling now and I will go through some of the

00:09:05.060 points later this week as well in what he actually said because he went by her SH claims point by

00:09:11.300 point you know saying that this is not SH this is not SH so it's not like he believed her evidence

00:09:18.820 he just believed that she believes these things and he's allowing Blake to try and convince a

00:09:25.400 jury of the same thing. And her second point from Michael Gottlieb, saying that Blake reasonably

00:09:30.460 believed in good faith that the behavior she privately raised concerns about was unlawful

00:09:35.680 SH. So the judge said, yeah, I believe that Blake Lively thinks all these things. I actually believe

00:09:41.820 Blake Lively thinks these things too. I think she's so delusional that she thinks that it's SH

00:09:47.480 age when someone says that her 1C is sexy because that is her strongest SH claim as far as I know.

00:09:55.040 Number three point here he says Baldoni Heath and Wayfair Studios understood that the claims

00:09:59.820 amounted to SH harassment allegations and in response they crossed the line and took steps

00:10:05.220 that harmed her reputation and career. So the judge never said that he believed that they

00:10:11.960 actually retaliated against Blake. He said it's up to a jury to decide whether that happened or not.

00:10:19.340 And then Michael Gottlieb says, and because of yesterday's decision, all of those claims will

00:10:24.460 be heard by the jury. And here is what the court actually said about Ms. Lively's SH claims.

00:10:31.220 A person in her position could have understood the workplace to at times reflect a gendered

00:10:39.260 and sexualized view of women and disregard for their privacy sufficient to make it reasonable

00:10:47.080 to complain about a hostile work environment based on sex or gender. A person in her position

00:10:52.900 could have understood. So he's not saying anything about this happened. He said a person in her

00:11:01.480 position being a very delusional actress could have believed these things to be true. So again,

00:11:09.260 twisting things around here and he continues to say the court's ruling that Miss Lively's state

00:11:15.320 and federal harassment claims could not go to trial was about legal issues rather than an

00:11:20.820 endorsement rather than an endorsement of the defendant's conduct the court held that Miss 0.65

00:11:27.300 Lively's SH claims could not go to a jury because Miss Lively did not sign a contract that she is

00:11:33.680 an independent contractor instead of an employee and that the offensive conduct occurred in New 0.98

00:11:39.100 Jersey instead of California. Well, that's on you, Michael Gottlieb, because you should have known

00:11:44.560 the law. Why did you file this lawsuit when you knew that this could be the result of a judge

00:11:50.800 ruling? Why did your company invoice a million dollars? Yeah, that's how much Blake Lively's

00:11:57.300 legal army costs her approximately a million dollars a month. And they accepted that money 0.97

00:12:03.360 knowing that her lawsuit could basically be tossed out because she was not an employee, 0.90

00:12:11.260 she was a contractor. But still, they went all the way. And he continues, the fact that Brian

00:12:19.140 Friedman, he brings up Brian Friedman again, is trying to blame him here, is claiming exoneration

00:12:26.300 based on legal technicalities while facing trial next month tells you everything you need to know

00:12:32.980 Well, that's exactly what Michael Gottlieb did when Justin Baldoni's lawsuit was partly dismissed.

00:12:39.960 He went on a victory tour.

00:12:41.800 He went on CNN and spoke about it. 0.98

00:12:43.900 I will speak about that interview later this week as well, because there's some interesting stuff there that is coming back to bite him in the butt right now. 0.96

00:12:51.240 So again, trying to blame it on someone else. 0.84

00:12:54.680 You have to own your loss.

00:12:56.360 Anyways, he ends it here saying the retaliation Ms. Lively faced for privately speaking up for a safe work environment has always been the beating heart of her case.

00:13:09.380 It is why she filed her lawsuit. The court found ample evidence to move her case forward. We look forward to trial.

00:13:16.720 They didn't find ample evidence. They said a jury should design this.

00:13:21.420 the judge never said that she has enough evidence here because most of blake lively's claims here

00:13:27.480 are based on her feelings in private so how can the judge say that that is evidence enough that

00:13:34.740 blake lively says i felt as aged this whole thing reminded me do you remember when charlie sheen

00:13:41.100 went on that winning tour winning in what sense just winning just being some would say that you're

00:13:46.000 defeated now. They can say that but what kind of car are they driving? Good luck you're gonna need

00:13:51.560 it I'll be over here like winning. I'm sorry winning. Winning yes I have to say I actually

00:13:58.600 like Charlie Sheen after I watched the documentary about him. He has a great sense of humor which I

00:14:03.660 don't think Michael Gottlieb or Blake Wiley's team has at all. But yeah I think that sums it up

00:14:09.060 really. How desperate can you get? Like my attorney said in the interview I published a couple of

00:14:15.100 days ago. He said these attorneys are not looking forward to going to trial. They know that she is

00:14:21.440 going to be toast on that stand. Anyways Rob Shooter has a lot of reports. If you missed my

00:14:27.660 interview with him the other week it was amazing. He's got all the inside scoops you guys and he

00:14:33.120 reported this weekend that Blake Lively is urged to drop her lawsuit. Enough damage has been done.

00:14:40.740 She can't drop her lawsuit at this point, but of course she can do anything in her power to settle because it's not up to her anymore.

00:14:48.940 It's also up to Baldoni's team if they want to go to trial or not.

00:14:52.780 And as you know, there is a meeting today with the judge where he's meeting both parties separately.

00:14:57.940 And I'm sure he's going to try to convince them to meet for mediation again and try to settle this because, as you know, she has no chance of winning this lawsuit.

00:15:08.540 So Robin, his report is saying that the pressure is mounting on Blake Lively and this time it's coming from inside her own circle.

00:15:16.260 Sources tell Naughty But Nice that friends, family and even those closest to her are genuinely quietly urging the actors to walk away from her ongoing battle.

00:15:25.920 People around Blake are begging her to settle.

00:15:29.200 They think enough damage has already been done.

00:15:33.420 Yes.

00:15:33.940 He also did this report saying that Taylor Swift is relieved after Blake Lively's legal loss,

00:15:40.440 but watching closely, Insiders said she wants this over and her name out of it.

00:15:47.380 Well, if Blake Lively takes this to trial, her name might be brought back into it.

00:15:52.740 Taylor Swift is breathing a sigh of relief, but she's not relaxing.

00:15:56.880 It says here, after Blake Lively suffered a devastating legal setback with 10 over 13 claims dismissed,

00:16:02.380 Insider says Taylor sees it as a turning point and hopes it's the beginning of the end.

00:16:09.740 It's a huge relief, one insider tells me.

00:16:12.560 This case just got dramatically weaker.

00:16:15.520 But behind the relief, there is frustration.

00:16:19.060 No one understands why Blake isn't trying to settle, the source adds.

00:16:22.740 From the outside, it looks like she's already lost.

00:16:26.000 And Taylor, she wants out of the orbit of this drama fast.

00:16:31.080 She wants this wrapped up before her summer wedding.

00:16:34.380 The timing couldn't be worse.

00:16:37.220 Rob also reported this, saying that Hollywood turns his back on Blake Lively,

00:16:41.940 who's going to hire her now.

00:16:45.580 Trust is everything, and right now, it's shaken.

00:16:49.360 After a devastating legal setback,

00:16:51.360 insiders say Blake Lively isn't just fighting in court.

00:16:54.340 She's now fighting for her career.

00:16:56.920 Producers are asking what happens if something goes wrong.

00:17:00.380 will this turn into another legal situation of course people are talking about this in the

00:17:07.120 industry like what a nightmare for a director to be accused of these things for just doing his job

00:17:14.360 directing a movie that was supposed to be r-rated it didn't it didn't end up being r-rated it ended

00:17:20.340 up as a pg-13 movie but if you can get sued over these things in hollywood of course people are

00:17:26.340 getting worried but thankfully something that I'll get deeper into in another episode this week

00:17:31.320 is that the judge agreed with Baldoni's team that the conversations they had about those scenes

00:17:37.800 about the intimate scenes in the movie was related to the movie and one should expect those

00:17:43.800 conversations to occur when you sign up to a movie so in that sense I think that is a relief

00:17:49.440 to Hollywood and all directors out there that are directing movies that has these kind of intimate

00:17:55.380 it seems that they will not risk being found guilty. The thing is, people can always sue you.

00:18:01.060 Anyone can sue anyone for anything in this country. So no one is safe from something like this to

00:18:06.320 happen. And the thing is, even though the judge tosses the case, it's been a year and millions

00:18:11.200 and millions, millions of dollars have been spent on this fight so far. Who wants to be in that

00:18:16.260 situation? And who wants their name to be dragged through the media like this? Anyways, talking about

00:18:22.100 that Ryan Reynolds is now part of another legal feud. It says here that Ryan Reynolds' Deadpool

00:18:28.440 dance triggered legal battle for Sony. Sony must be so thrilled having worked with this couple now.

00:18:34.120 It says here a high-stake legal showdown is brewing with a blockbuster movie at its epic

00:18:40.180 center. The controversy surrounds Ryan Reynolds' bye-bye-bye dance. Remember he was dancing

00:18:46.520 bye bye bye the nsing song while he was wearing the deadpool suits yeah he didn't have permission

00:18:52.900 to use those dance moves and it says here that sony the studio behind it is reportedly facing

00:18:59.540 a lawsuit leaving fans and industry insiders anxiously awaiting the outcome so it's the

00:19:06.320 choreographer here darren henson who filed a lawsuit against the entertainment company

00:19:11.720 The dance, which was also featured as an emote in Fortnite, has sparked a high-stakes legal battle.

00:19:20.440 According to Billboard, Darren Hansen has initiated legal proceedings against Sony Music Holdings.

00:19:26.020 He alleges the unauthorized utilization of his choreographic work in Deadpool and Wolverine and Fortnite.

00:19:34.820 The lawsuit filed on March 27 asserts that Sony exceeded its authority

00:19:41.300 by licensing Henson's work without requisite permission.

00:19:46.300 In this filing, the celebrated choreographer claims that the choreography

00:19:50.700 has been rebranded and used in ways that erased its original creator.

00:19:56.140 The dance is now linked more to the film's character than its creator.

00:20:00.580 He highlighted how others, including Nick Pauly, who performed the dance in the film, are cashing in on his work.

00:20:09.880 Meanwhile, he's getting neither credit nor pay.

00:20:13.960 And it says here that the Bye Bye Bye dance gained renewed popularity after being featured in the opening scene of the latest Deadpool film.

00:20:21.420 Reynolds' characters breaks it down while taking out a room full of bad guys.

00:20:26.020 However, its conclusion has sparked a fresh controversy, one that has resulted in Sony facing legal actions.

00:20:34.200 All right, I'm sure that was Ryan Reynolds' idea, by the way, but now Sony is in hot water because of it.

00:20:41.120 Let's see what happens with this lawsuit.

00:20:42.980 Should be interesting to follow.

00:20:44.160 I'll keep you posted if there's more information coming out about this.

00:20:47.180 Also, this was interesting, something that Without a Crystal Ball published yesterday.

00:20:51.400 I don't know where she got this from but I know that she has sources and she said in a post on

00:20:57.440 Instagram happening now don't be surprised if Wayfairy Studios and the parties sue Blake Lively

00:21:04.400 and her legal team for malicious prosecution stay tuned wow as I said I don't know where this

00:21:14.280 information is coming from but it's kind of exciting so we'll see what happens here if

00:21:19.580 They're going to go after Blake Lively's team and Blake here

00:21:22.600 for her malicious prosecution.

00:21:24.720 Oh my God, this drama is just getting worse and worse by the minute.

00:21:29.760 Anyways, that's it for me today, you guys.

00:21:31.520 Thank you so much for watching and thanks for subscribing.

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Flaawsome Talk with Kjersti Flaa - April 07, 2026

Blake's Lawyer Scrambling !! Ryan involved in NEW Lawsuit !!

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