Vogue slammed for putting controversial Blake Lively front and center amid Justin Baldoni legal feud

Daily Mail​

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Vogue magazine has been bombarded with messages from angry followers after its publishers boldly decided to post Blake Lively at the front of a carousel of photos in an Instagram upload.
On Tuesday morning, the publication took a moment to celebrate Chanel 's 18th Tribeca Festival Artists dinner at The Odeon restaurant which had taken place the previous evening.
Gossip Girl alum Blake, 37, was among the celebrity guests in attendance, and showed up a mere couple of hours after it was revealed that Justin Baldoni 's $400 million countersuit against her had been dismissed.
She joined the glitzy dinner alongside the likes of Hollywood legend Robert De Niro, Mad Men star Jon Hamm, and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina's Whitney Peak.
Vogue shared a carousel of photos from the glamorous event, opting to lead the upload with a picture of Blake.
'Lights, camera, Chanel!' they captioned the post. 'Last night at The Odeon, @ChanelOfficial hosted its 18th annual Tribeca Festival Artists Dinner, honoring the artists who contributed original works for this year's Festival award-winning filmmakers.
'From @BlakeLively and Robert De Niro to @WhitneyPeak, Jon Hamm and Anna Osceola, head to the link in our bio to see the film stars, artists, and downtown darlings who stepped out for the occasion.'
The decision to kick off the upload with Blake, however, didn't sit well with Vogue magazine's followers who blasted it as a 'poor choice.'
'Starting off with Blake was a poor choice,' one said.
'She was cancelled months ago,' another blasted. 'Enough Vogue.'
A third continued: 'You lost me at lively. Cancel Blake.'
'Bold choice using Blake on the first picture…,' wrote another.
'Oof why are people still supporting Blake Lively?' asked a fifth.
A sixth continued: 'Truly, I can't even scroll through my already depressing/disturbing feed with the current world we live in…
'I specifically came to Vogue to just look at some stellar fashion. First photo was of Blake Lively, right off the bat... Really Vogue - the very first photo?!?
'Why are all these publications shoving certain problematic people [that we don't want to see] in our faces constantly?? It honestly feels like we aren't allowed to enjoy anything anymore, without it having to be tainted in some kind of way… sad.'
The decision to kick off the upload with Blake, however, didn't sit well with Vogue magazine's followers
Blake has been embroiled in a legal wrangle with her It Ends with Us costar Justin for months.
In December 2024, the actress sued Justin for allegedly sexually harassing her on set — claims he denied - before he and Wayfarer Studios fired back with a defamation suit against Blake, her publicist Leslie Sloane and husband Ryan Reynolds.
Justin also waged war with The New York Times, filing a $250million lawsuit against the publication over its bombshell tell-all on Blake's sexual harassment claims against her former co-star on December 31, 2024.
On Monday June 9, however, it was learned that a judge dismissed Justin's lawsuit in a major setback for the actor's hopes for a blockbuster win over the millionaire actress.
Judge Lewis J Liman dismissed Justin's suit alleging defamation and extortion on the basis that all Blake's allegations were made within privileged court papers.
The judge said in the order obtained by DailyMail.com: 'The Wayfarer Parties have not alleged that Lively is responsible for any statements other than the statements in her CRD complaint, which are privileged.
'The Wayfarer Parties have alleged that Reynolds and [publicist Leslie] Sloane made additional statements accusing Baldoni of sexual misconduct and that the Times made additional statements accusing the Wayfarer Parties of engaging in a smear campaign.
'But the Wayfarer Parties have not alleged that Reynolds, Sloane or the Times would have seriously doubted these statements were true based on the information available to them, as is required for them to be liable for defamation under applicable law.
'The Wayfarer Parties' additional claims also fail. Accordingly, the Amended Complaint must be dismissed in its entirety.'