As her legal battle against Justin Baldoni continues, Blake Lively is stopping to smell the roses.
The actress shared a tribute to her mother, Elaine Lively, via her Instagram Story on Thursday, June 5, as she revealed she had been trying her hand at flower arranging.
Blake, 37, shared a photo of herself holding a bouquet of flowers via her social media and thanked her mom, 77, for always supporting her creative endeavors.
“Grateful to my mama for always doing creative things with me,” Blake captioned the post. “Even when she was working nonstop and had zero time. She always told me I ‘couldn’t mess it up,’ when I very much could.”
She added: “What a lifelong gift that creative empowerment and trust has been. Most of my passions come from, or thanks to, her.”
Blake famously portrayed Lily Bloom, who worked as a florist, in the 2024 film It Ends With Us. Working on this movie culminated in a battle against her costar and director, Baldoni, after the pair launched legal action against each other.
The pair’s back-and-forth began in December 2024. Blake filed a lawsuit against Baldoni, accusing him of sexual harassment, creating a hostile work environment and orchestrating an alleged smear campaign against her.
Baldoni has denied the allegations. He subsequently filed a $400 million lawsuit against Lively, her husband, Ryan Reynolds, and their publicist, Leslie Sloane, accusing them of civil extortion, defamation, false light invasion of privacy and more. They have denied the claims and requested for the lawsuit to be dismissed.
At the Time 100 Gala in New York City in April, Blake seemingly addressed the controversy after being named one of the magazine’s most influential people.
“I have so much to say about the last two years of my life, but tonight is not the forum,” the actress said, appearing to refer to the drama surrounding It Ends With Us.
During her time on stage, the Gossip Girl alum made the moment about her mother, Elaine, as she went on to speak about “the feeling of being a woman who has a voice today.”
Blake shared a tribute to Elaine, who attended the event, praising her for being a survivor “of the worst crime someone can commit against a woman.”
“I’ve watched her conceal her raw and undeserved shame my entire life, so as her daughter, being asked to share this today, is monumental. If we name it, we change it,” she said at the time.
Blake later added, “Never underestimate a woman’s ability to endure pain.”
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