Blake Lively sparked a furious response from Megyn Kelly at the TIME100 all-star gala on Thursday night in New York City, following the actress’ controversial inclusion on the publication’s Most Influential People list.
The 37-year-old Another Simple Favor actress was joined by her husband Ryan Reynolds, 48, at the event, though he wasn’t included on the elite list.
The 54-year-old conservative journalist blasted Blake and her ongoing lawsuit against Justin Baldoni in an impassioned rant while speaking to DailyMail.com on the red carpet.
According to Megyn, Blake — who left readers outraged over her TIME100 cover — ‘shouldn’t be here.’
The red carpet feud erupted amid a new lawsuit filing in Blake and Justin’s legal battle in which his production company and his publicist for his film It Ends With Us, Jennifer Abel, accused his embattled former publicist, Stephanie Jones, of allegedly plotting with Blake to cover up efforts to leak Abel’s sensitive text messages to the actress.
At the TIME100 gala, Megyn ramped up her attack against the Gossip Girl star, accusing her of ‘bastardiz[ing] Me Too allegations’ in her quest to sue her It Ends With Us director and costar Justin for sexual harassment, which he has denied.
Baldoni later followed up by launching a $400 million defamation lawsuit against Lively, her publicist and her husband Ryan — which all have denied as well — and he also filed a $250 million libel lawsuit against the New York Times for its reporting on her allegations.
‘It’s a ridiculous joke. She shouldn’t be here,’ she said of Blake.
‘I think [Blake has] launched a fake Me Too allegation against [Justin], and she’s lived to regret doing it, because virtually every allegation she has made has fallen apart,’ Megyn added.
