{"id":417519,"date":"2026-05-08T06:11:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T06:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/417519\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T06:11:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T06:11:11","slug":"hugh-jackman-saves-blake-lively-wardrobe-malfunction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/417519\/","title":{"rendered":"Hugh Jackman\u00a0Saves Blake Lively Wardrobe Malfunction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/hugh_jackman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Hugh Jackman<\/a> was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/blake_lively\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Blake Lively<\/a>&#8216;s superhero at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/met_gala\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer nofollow\">2026 Met Gala<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Although Ryan Reynolds didn\u2019t attend the New York ball with his wife of nearly 14 years, Jackman was able to fill in for his Deadpool &amp; Wolverine costar and give Lively a hand to help her avoid a wardrobe malfunction on the red carpet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My good friend Blake Lively, goes, \u2018Dude, I need some help with the dress,'&#8221; Jackman explained to Jenna Bush-Hager and Shaneille Jones during a May 6 appearance on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/video\/hugh-jackman-talks-sheep-detectives-film-2026-met-gala-more-262843461510\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Today<\/a>. He said Lively pointed to the bodice of her dress and noted, &#8220;I think there\u2019s a hook in there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Before helping the It Ends With Us actress rearrange her &#8220;stunning&#8221; ball gown\u2014a Versace design with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1431576\/met-gala-2026-blake-lively-reveals-cousin-was-with-her-on-red-carpet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer nofollow\">a dramatic 13-foot train<\/a>\u2014Jackman\u00a0shot a text\u00a0message\u00a0to Reynolds. &#8220;I\u2019m like, \u2018Ryan, is this cool? Checking. Are we good?\u2019\u201d\u00a0he\u00a0recalled, revealing\u00a0Reynolds replied, &#8220;Go for it, brother.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Reynolds, 49, missed the &#8220;cool moment,&#8221; as Jackman dubbed it, as he passed on attending Anna Wintour\u2019s\u00a0annual philanthropic affair. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hugh Jackman was\u00a0Blake Lively&#8216;s superhero at the 2026 Met Gala. Although Ryan Reynolds didn\u2019t attend the New York&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417520,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-417519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}