Blake Lively Falls Victim To Spam Campaign, 'Tagged' In Pornographic Posts Amid Justin Baldoni Feud
Although unaware initially, Blake Lively’s handle on the photo-sharing application was taken care of by her team as they updated her security settings.
Amid her ongoing legal dispute with her It Ends With Us co-star and director Justin Baldoni, Blake Lively recently fell victim to a spam campaign on her Instagram. Her social media feed was flooded with explicit content mainly including pornographic posts. Although unaware initially, Lively’s handle on the photo-sharing application was taken care of by her team as they updated her security settings. Lively had filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Justin Baldoni a few months back.
According to a report by TMZ, a massive wave of pornographic posts appeared on Blake Lively’s Instagram, primarily in the tagged section. Under this feature, users can be tagged in posts visible to the public unless blocked by privacy settings. A source told the publication that Lively did not know about the spam until the security settings were updated to prevent more such content from appearing on her feed.
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Daniel Roberts, a Meta spokesperson, commented on the harassment to condemn it and said, “We are removing the content that violates our policies and will continue to monitor for additional violating posts."
The spam attack comes at a time when Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni are at loggerheads with each other over a case filed by the actress against her co-star. Lively filed a case of sexual harassment against Baldoni, who in response, denied all allegations. The actor and director even filed a USD 400 million lawsuit against Lively and her husband actor Ryan Reynolds.
Weeks into the sexual harassment case, Baldoni and Lively are seen set to face each other for a trial on March 9, 2026. The judge, Lewis J Liman, said that he will hold an initial hearing on February 3 wherein Lively’s attorneys may seek an order prohibiting Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, from launching a public relations campaign over the ongoing dispute.
In her lawsuit, Blake Lively alleged that she, along with other cast and crew members of It Ends With Us, faced “invasive, unwelcome, unprofessional, and sexually inappropriate behaviour" from Baldoni while filming the project. Additionally, she also accused him of an association with a crisis PR team to harm her reputation.
In response to the allegations, Baldoni’s legal team released the slow dance scene between Lively’s character of Lily Bloom and Baldoni’s Ryle Kincaid from It Ends With Us. Through the video, they aimed to prove that both actors were behaving well and had mutual respect and professionalism.
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