Blake Lively’s team is responding to Megyn Kelly’s claim that the actress sent her a subpoena amid her ongoing legal battle with Justin Baldoni.
“At no point in this litigation has Ms. Lively served a subpoena on Megyn Kelly,” a spokesperson for Lively, 38, told Us Weekly in a statement on Friday, August 29, noting, “Ms. Lively is continuing to pursue discovery in order to prove her case that Justin Baldoni, Jed Wallace, Melissa Nathan and the Wayfarer Parties’ retaliated against her for speaking up against the harassment she and others experienced on set, as alleged in her complaint.”
The spokesperson pointed out, “Seeking evidence through discovery is a normal part of the litigation process.”
Us Weekly has reached out to Kelly’s rep for comment.
Kelly, for her part, alleged on the Thursday, August 28, episode of her SiriusXM podcast “The Megyn Kelly Show” that she was “targeted” by a subpoena issued by the actress’ attorneys.
“She actually tried to get the confidential and proprietary materials my team and I used for any and all stories about her, because Blake Lively was unable to fathom that yours truly had developed a genuine revulsion toward her on my own,” Kelly, 54, alleged during the podcast, calling Lively a “terrible” person throughout the broadcast.
The former Fox News host explained that she shares lawyer Bryan Freedman with Baldoni, 41. Kelly said that she believes that connection is what caused Lively’s team to think she “must have been ensnared in Baldoni’s alleged ongoing smear campaign against her.”
Kelly proceeded to call Lively “narcissistic” telling her listeners that Lively “actually thinks I needed to get paid by Baldoni’s team to say negative things about her. News flash, Blake: I came to those conclusions totally organically.”
She quipped, “It was you — it was all you who made me unable to stand you. No man had anything to do with it.”
Kelly’s comments came after Lively filed a lawsuit in December 2024 against her It Ends With Us costar and director Baldoni. She accused Baldoni of sexual harassment, creating a hostile work environment and orchestrating a smear campaign against her.
Baldoni denied the allegations and filed a countersuit against Lively, her husband, Ryan Reynolds, and publicist Leslie Sloane. He accused the trio of extortion and defamation, which they denied.
A judge dismissed Baldoni’s countersuit in June. However, Lively’s initial lawsuit against the actor is set to go to trial in March 2026.
While Lively’s team denied sending a subpoena to Kelly in preparation for the trial, Deadline reported on Thursday that they did subpoena Red Seat Ventures. That company has provided “sales support, production, distribution and marketing branding and sales services for content creators like Kelly,” according to the outlet.
Kelly, for her part, has been vocal about her dislike of Lively, including the issue she had with the Gossip Girl alim being recognized on the TIME100 list of influential individuals earlier this year amid her legal battle with Baldoni.
“It’s a ridiculous joke. She shouldn’t be there,” Kelly told the Daily Mail on April 24. “She has no influence over anything.” (Us Weekly reached out to Lively’s team for comment at the time.)
Lively, meanwhile, expressed thanks after being named to TIME’s annual list that month.
“It’s an honor to be acknowledged on the @time 100 list for 2025🤍🙏🤍 To be written about by the great @sherrilynifill is not something I take lightly. Her work has shaped our nation,” Lively wrote via Instagram in April. “WHO SHE IS — as a human, woman, mother, leader, fighter, healer, empath, risk taker and dream maker — has shaped my heart and also my stamina to never stop believing in a future that’s better and safer for everyone.”
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants star added, “Thank you @time And thank you @sherrilynifill for one of the most surreal and meaningful moments of my life in this honor. My 10-year-old self is pretty blown away right now.”
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