Ryan Reynolds was all smiles in his first pink carpet look since his spouse Blake Energetic sued Justin Baldoni.
The Deadpool & Wolverine actor, 48, stepped out in New York Metropolis on Tuesday, January 7, for the Nationwide Board of Assessment Annual Awards, the place he offered the Greatest Movie award to Depraved.
Reynolds minimize a suave determine on the pink carpet, sporting a grey go well with with black satin lapels. The star accessorized his look with a dashing pair of studying glasses.
Depraved stars Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo and Ethan Slater joined the actor on stage at Cipriani Wall Road as he offered them with the Greatest Movie prize. Reynolds was pictured hugging each Grande and Erivo as they took the stage.
Tuesday’s pink carpet look comes after Reynolds, Energetic and Deadpool & Wolverine costar Hugh Jackman opted to not attend the Golden Globes on Sunday, January 5, amid Energetic’s ongoing authorized battle together with her It Ends With Us costar and director.
“Ryan and Hugh weren’t confirmed to attend and the choice has nothing to do with [sic] authorized battle,” a supply confirmed to Us Weekly on Saturday, January 4.
In accordance with Deadline, Energetic, Reynolds and Jackman determined to not attend the awards ceremony on Sunday nicely earlier than the It Ends With Us authorized points, and their respective absences had been unrelated to the continuing scandal.
Energetic, 37, filed a lawsuit towards Baldoni, 40, on December 31, accusing him of sexual harassment and making a hostile work surroundings on the set of their Colleen Hoover movie adaptation. On the identical day, Baldoni filed a lawsuit towards The New York Instances for its protection of an earlier grievance Energetic filed with the California Civil Rights Division, accusing the publication of libel and false gentle invasion of privateness, amongst different issues.
Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, confirmed final week that the actor/director is planning to file a separate lawsuit towards Energetic.
“We plan to launch each single textual content message between the 2 of them. We would like the reality to be on the market,” Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman informed NBC Information on Thursday, January 2. “We would like the paperwork to be on the market. We would like folks to make their dedication primarily based on receipts.”
Reynolds, for his half, has discovered himself drawn into the costars’ authorized battle. In Baldoni’s lawsuit towards the New York Instances, he accused Reynolds and Energetic of an “inappropriate and humiliating berating” in an allegedly hostile assembly at their New York Metropolis condominium earlier than filming It Ends With Us and that they chastised him for “fat-shaming” Energetic. Baldoni mentioned the confrontation was “delivered, maybe deliberately, as different movie star buddies had been coming out and in of their penthouse.”
Baldoni additionally claimed that Reynolds pressured Baldoni’s agent to drop him as a consumer on the New York Metropolis premiere of Deadpool & Wolverine final yr in an try at “destroying Baldoni’s profession and private life.” (Baldoni was dropped as a consumer by WME final month.)
On January 1, WME informed The Hollywood Reporter, “In Baldoni’s submitting, there’s a declare that Reynolds pressured Baldoni’s agent on the Deadpool & Wolverine premiere. This isn’t true. Baldoni’s former consultant was not on the Deadpool & Wolverine premiere nor was there any stress from Reynolds or Energetic at any time to drop Baldoni as a consumer.”