{"id":618607,"date":"2026-04-21T10:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T10:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/618607\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T10:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T10:32:12","slug":"blake-lively-tells-court-her-mean-girl-label-cost-her-40-5-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/618607\/","title":{"rendered":"Blake Lively Tells Court Her &#8216;Mean Girl&#8217; Label Cost Her $40.5 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Blake Lively<br \/>\n                          Claims &#8216;Mean Girl&#8217; &amp; &#8216;Bully&#8217; Labels<br \/>\n                          Cost Her Over $40 Million<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              April 20, 2026<br \/>\n                            5:00 PM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260420_9ac278f91e46447cafc6e57978274ac5\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:56ce6228-5812-466b-ad2d-d4001813c451\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/9ac278f91e46447cafc6e57978274ac5_md.jpg\" alt=\"blake lively getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/blake-lively\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Blake Lively<\/a> believes the \u201cmean girl\u201d label placed on her amid her battle with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/justin-baldoni\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Justin Baldoni<\/a> cost her upwards of $40 million in reputational damages &#8230; TMZ has learned.<\/p>\n<p>According to court docs obtained by TMZ, Blake breaks down the money she is seeking in the legal battle.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260420_4e99eb8f688b4bdfb4635e4bc66b133c\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:56ce6228-5812-466b-ad2d-d4001813c451\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/4e99eb8f688b4bdfb4635e4bc66b133c_md.jpg\" alt=\"blake lively it ends with us everett\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>As TMZ first reported, Blake is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/11\/07\/blake-lively-asks-damages-justin-baldoni-lawsuit\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">seeking around<\/a> $161 million from Baldoni\u2019s company, including $56 million in past and future earnings, $49 million in losses to her haircare company, $22 million for her Betty Buzz beverage company, and more.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In new docs, the &#8220;Gossip Girl&#8221; star explained what she was seeking in a little more detail. Blake said she hired an expert who determined that there were more than 176 million impressions online, calling her a \u201cmean girl,\u201d \u201cbully,\u201d and \u201ctone deaf.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blake said her expert found that the posts harmed Blake\u2019s reputation to the tune of $36.5 million to $40.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260402_5a73a92c56254f5bb6bc5602b945d7dc\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:56ce6228-5812-466b-ad2d-d4001813c451\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5a73a92c56254f5bb6bc5602b945d7dc_md.jpg\" alt=\"justin baldoni blake lively getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Baldoni and his team scoff at the numbers presented by Blake in court.<\/p>\n<p>Blake and Baldoni are set to face off at trial on May 18 in New York. As TMZ previously reported, the judge presiding over the case <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/04\/02\/blake-lively-sexual-harassment-lawsuit-dismissed\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dismissed the majority<\/a> of Blake\u2019s claims, over her experience on the set of &#8220;It Ends With Us,&#8221; earlier this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Blake Lively Claims &#8216;Mean Girl&#8217; &amp; &#8216;Bully&#8217; Labels Cost Her Over $40 Million Published April 20, 2026 5:00&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":618608,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75],"class_list":["post-618607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=618607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/618608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=618607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=618607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=618607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}