How Ryan Reynolds is scrambling to protect his 'nice guy' image as Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni legal battle turns ugly - from 'staged' paparazzi shoot to 'focus-shifting' Wrexham announcement

In his 34 years successful the spotlight, there's nary denying Ryan Reynolds made being Hollywood's 'nice guy' a cardinal portion of his idiosyncratic brand.

Having started his vocation arsenic a teenage soap opera heartthrob successful the 1990s, the father-of-four has worked with a wide scope of charities implicit the years - famously donating $1m to Ukrainian refugees successful 2022.

Since buying Wrexham with Robert McElhenney successful 2020, the Deadpool prima has besides helped the flagging shot nine unafraid implicit £475m successful concern - prompting adoring fans to dub their Disney+ docu-series the 'real Ted Lasso'.

Only 2 months ago, the histrion received Officer of the Order of Canada, which is the country's highest civilian honour, for his philanthropic work.

But for the archetypal clip successful his hugely palmy career, it seems the tides are turning against Ryan Reynolds and his cautiously curated representation - arsenic his woman Blake Lively's ineligible conflict with her It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni turns ugly.

In December, Blake Lively sued Justin Baldoni, his accumulation institution and pb shaper Jamey Heath. As portion of the ineligible proceedings, Blake accused her co-star and manager of sexual harassment and for spearheading a smear run launched successful retaliation for speaking retired against his alleged misconduct connected the set

Although Ryan was not officially progressive successful the Colleen Hoover adaptation, Justin has accused Blake and her hubby of kicking him disconnected his ain movie successful his $400m antagonistic suit- and claims the Deadpool histrion tried to destruct his career.

Amid this ongoing ineligible drama, Ryan has present been accused of 'staging' a paparazzi outing successful New York - wherever helium was pictured being swarmed by fans brandishing homemade Deadpool posters past week.

In addition, Ryan unveiled Wrexham's stunning caller stadium plans yesterday - astir the aforesaid clip his wife's lawyer was going head-to-head with Justin's ineligible representatives for the archetypal clip successful court.

Here FEMAIL reveals however Ryan is scrambling to salvage his 'nice guy' representation amid 1 of the astir nationalist ineligible battles successful Hollywood past - arsenic 1 PR adept says the A-Lister is 'losing control' of however the nationalist perceives him.

'Staged' instrumentality appearance 

Last Thursday, Ryan Reynolds was photographed signing autographs for dozens of fans extracurricular of The Paley Center successful New York.

However, it didn't agelong until online commentators grew suspicious implicit whether it had been portion of a cautiously planned media attack to rehabilitate Ryan's image.

Labelling the quality 'fake', TikTok idiosyncratic Tenille - who boasts 95,000 followers - highlighted however each of the 'homemade' Deadpool posters looked incredibly akin - having been made retired of aged cardboard and colourful tape.

She asked: 'Why does everybody person the aforesaid sign? The nonstop aforesaid pens? Everybody's motion looks similar it was made by the aforesaid five-year-old [...]

'You're telling maine that each these radical randomly went out, bumped into Ryan Reynolds and each happened to person the nonstop aforesaid random signs?

'And wherever is everybody's phones? Why is cipher recording? This is 2025. I knew celebrities called paparazzi connected themselves but this is excessively acold Ryan!' 

Speaking exclusively to FEMAIL, Emily Austen - who is the CEO of PR bureau Emerge London - said the quality 'projects an representation of likability' and proves Ryan has a 'loyal supporters'.

The PR adept explained: 'The staged pap shots [could person apt been] a program to make up to day imagery of Ryan that doesn’t specifically nexus to the lawsuit, successful bid to effort and nudge the quality docket on.

'As seen successful his televised Wrexham documentary, Ryan mostly is an upbeat, comic and thoughtful man. 

'The astir caller property questions this, and truthful it’s wholly imaginable that helium wants to unafraid much affirmative property arsenic portion of his quality cognition arsenic the proceedings begins.

'Most personage nationalist personas are cautiously controlled and planned. Commercial deals, sequencing of publicity, messaging, documentaries are each portion of a larger strategy. This relies connected control, thing Ryan Reynolds is opening to lose.' 

Unveiled Wrexham stadium plans

Yesterday, attorneys representing Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni met successful tribunal for a 90-minute hearing - marking the authoritative commencement of the stars' ineligible battle.

But that aforesaid afternoon, Ryan made a determination to reinstate the public's cognition of him arsenic a 'nice guy'. 

Baldoni's lawyer Bryan Freedman pleaded with the justice to determination the lawsuit guardant arsenic rapidly arsenic imaginable due to the fact that his lawsuit was 'suffering greatly'.

However, Lively's lawyer Michael Gottlieb vehemently denied the assertion that Lively was purposely dragging her heels successful the lawsuit. 

Judge Lewis Liman denied a move from Lively and Ryan Reynolds to gag Team Baldoni pursuing the bid of bombshell claims made by his ineligible team.

But Gottlieb said they intend to deed Baldoni with caller allegations successful Lively's intersexual harassment case, and insisted that protecting the couple's personage friends was going to beryllium 'very important'. 

Gottlieb told the tribunal during the proceeding that they mean to adhd 'both claims and parties' to a revised ailment which volition beryllium filed by Valentine's Day.

That aforesaid afternoon, Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney unveiled their plans for Wrexham's caller stadium, which Emily argues could person been portion of a property strategy to gully absorption backmost to Ryan's enactment with this Welsh community.

The adept - who is the writer of Smarter: 10 Lessons for a More Productive and Less-Stressed Life - explained: 'I ideate the Wrexham stadium uncover volition person been portion of a large program and it could person been timed successful bid to displacement the focus.

'Welcome to Wrexham generated a batch of likability for him and his concern spouse Rob truthful it could beryllium a strategical determination to denote them astatine the aforesaid time, and effort to dilute the negativity of the proceedings story.'

As Blake's lawyer went to court, Ryan and Robert submitted a caller readying exertion to Wrexham Council connected Monday for the 5,500-capacity development. 

Wrexham's historical crushed lone holds astir 12,600 fans astatine present, with a impermanent basal presently down 1 goal.

More than £17million of nationalist backing has been secured from the Welsh authorities to enactment the caller design, which has been created by Populous, who worked connected Wembley and the Tottenham Hotspur stadium.

The proposals see harmless standing, hospitality suites, and accessible seating. The architects said the extortion plan aims to boost the ambiance connected lucifer days by amplifying dependable from supporters towards the pitch. 

Asked tribunal to driblet Justin's $400m suit 

The time aft Ryan's alleged 'staged' paparazzi appearance, the prima and his woman expressed their intention to inquire a national tribunal to driblet a suit filed earlier this month by the It Ends with Us director.

'The Lively-Reynolds Parties mean to determination to disregard Plaintiffs' complaint,' an lawyer for the Hollywood powerfulness couple, Michael Gottlieb, told Judge Lewis Liman successful a letter, Variety reported Thursday aft reviewing ineligible documents successful the case.

Judge Liman had antecedently requested the lawyers to nonstop a written announcement to 'indicate successful 1 condemnation the Defendant's intent to marque a question to dismiss.' 

The justice is expected to docket a deadline day for them to taxable the paperwork successful the request, the outlet reported. 

Lively and Reynolds' publicist Leslie Sloane, who Baldoni besides named successful his suit arsenic a defendant, connected Wednesday taxable a akin connection to the court.

According to the PR expert, this determination from Ryan and Blake was different means of trying to salvage their reputations, which person been tarnished by this scandal.

Emily continued: 'The antagonistic speculation by commentators online, and connected societal media, has been that Ryan Reynolds has intervened, and alleges since helium hasn’t got his way, he’s turned nasty.

'Ryan has ever been a household man, and astatine the bosom of this proceedings is his alleged tendency to support his wife.

'The world is that it’s hard to power your nationalist persona erstwhile a suit specified arsenic this captivates societal media. Celebrities successful the A-list league are fascinating and arsenic fractures statesman to amusement successful the cognition of them, speculation breeds. 

'As such, the questions and allegations grow, and it becomes acold much hard to power the cognition of the individual; radical are taking the accusation they person and making their minds up.

'I can’t assistance but deliberation that each of this should person taken spot down closed doors, and that determination won't beryllium immoderate nationalist facing winners astatine the extremity of it.'

During the property circuit for the film, Blake gushingly revealed Ryan had helped constitute the 'iconic rooftop scene' successful It Ends With Us, which near the movie's screenwriter baffled. 

'My hubby really wrote it. Nobody knows that but you now,' Blake, who is the prima and shaper of the film, told E! News astatine the New York City premiere connected Tuesday. 

The histrion — who made a cameo successful Reynolds' Deadpool & Wolverine movie — added: 'We assistance each other. He works connected everything I do; I enactment connected everything helium does. So his wins, his celebrations are excavation and excavation are his.'

This morning, MailOnline exclusively published substance messages betwixt Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, which gave bonzer penetration into their moving relationship.

In 1 Blake allegedly texted Justin: 'It's my emotion language. Spicy and playfully bold, ne'er with teeth' successful a flirty speech astir 1 raunchy country successful It Ends With Us and repeatedly calls herself a 'ballbuster'.

In different chat Justin dismisses immoderate proposition she won't look 'amazing' successful 'body scenes' erstwhile she asked for them to beryllium delayed to the extremity of the shoot.

Justin is the the midst of ineligible warfare and his squad acceptable up a website revealing the histrion and director's interaction with Hollywood royalty Lively and Reynolds.

His lawyers laic retired a timeline from January 2019 to January 2024. This includes 168 pages of emails, substance messages and WhatsApps, mostly betwixt him and Blake arsenic good arsenic immoderate bonzer interactions with her husband.

It reveals that Ryan Reynolds told him that helium and Lively are 'big fans' and that the Deadpool prima told him: 'I hap to adore you Justin.'