Blake Lively Just Made A Desperate Attempt To Fix Her "Wholesome" Image

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00:00Blake Lively just made a desperate attempt to fix her wholesome image.

00:03It looks like Blake Lively is back in full PR mode, and this time she's dusting

00:07off the apron and diving into a donut kitchen to remind the world that she's

00:10still Hollywood's sweetheart. Or at least, trying to. Blake popped up on Instagram

00:15smiling from ear to ear in what can only be described as damage control. She

00:20shared snaps from Inside Rise Donuts in Wilton, Connecticut, a cozy little bakery

00:24owned by a friend, where she was seen laughing, baking, and acting like the

00:28only thing on her mind was pastry dough. Totally not a lawsuit, totally not a PR

00:32crisis, just cinnamon sugar and giggles. One pic she posted was of an industrial

00:37sized mixer stirring up some dough. Blake captioned it, baking with genius food

00:42friends and their kitchen mixer the size of a car. This is what my happy place

00:46looks like. Cue the wholesome music and Hallmark vibes. Another pic showed her

00:50leaning over a tray of pastries with that classic Blake grin, like she wasn't

00:53knee-deep in one of Hollywood's messiest scandals. Now let's not pretend this was

00:57just a casual weekend hang. This was a strategic move, because while Blake was

01:01all smiles behind the counter, the rest of the world was still catching up on

01:04her drama with It Ends With Us co-star and director, Justin Baldoni. Back in

01:09December 2024, Blake filed a complaint against Baldoni and several members of

01:14his team, including producer Jamie Heath and Wayfarer Studios co-founder Steve

01:18Sarawitz. Her allegations were pretty huge, including a calculated campaign

01:22designed to take her down. It was messy, it was bold, and it made headlines fast.

01:26Then in February, Baldoni clapped back hard, filing a $400 million defamation

01:31lawsuit against Blake, her husband Ryan Reynolds, and their longtime publicist

01:35Leslie Sloan. Yep, $400 million. He's accusing them of shutting him out of his

01:39own movie, torpedoing his career, and dragging his name through the mud. If

01:43this sounds like a Netflix courtroom drama, just wait. It gets better. Blake's

01:47team recently filed to dismiss the defamation suit, calling it vengeful and

01:50rambling. Not only that, but they claim Justin Baldoni's antics could backfire

01:55in a major way. According to court docs, his side could be hit with a $100 million

01:58price tag, thanks to California's protections for individuals who speak

02:02out about those kinds of issues. Translation? This chess game just took a

02:05wild turn. And yet, here's Blake, elbows deep in flour, pretending like she

02:10doesn't have a multi-million dollar storm hovering over her head. Girl, you

02:13might be whisking dough, but you're not fooling anyone. Let's be real, this isn't

02:17the first time we've seen a celebrity crisis makeover in action. The timing of

02:21this happy place moment feels very on-brand for a star trying to soften

02:24the narrative. After several Hollywood insiders came forward sharing not-so-

02:28sweet run-ins with Blake, the former Gossip Girl alum has clearly been

02:31feeling the heat. So what better way to distract from drama than to roll up your

02:34sleeves, bake some sugar-coated treats, and serve up a slice of small-town

02:37charm? To make things extra digestible, a source told people that Blake was in a

02:42really happy mood while baking and chatting with customers. So casual, so

02:47relatable. Almost like she didn't just drop news on her co-star and get slapped

02:51with a 400 million dollar counter-attack. And don't forget, her

02:54husband Ryan Reynolds and publicist Leslie Sloan have also filed to be

02:57dismissed from the case. Meanwhile, Blake's team is leaning hard into the

03:00idea that Baldoni's suit is a textbook case of retaliation against someone who

03:04dared to speak up.

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