Ryan Reynolds ‘thrilled’ for movie win after he and Blake Lively ditch awards show as legal war unfolds

Ryan Reynolds and his woman Blake Lively were noticeably absent astatine the 2025 Critics Choice Awards. 

As Reynolds’ Marvel movie, "Deadpool & Wolverine," won Best Comedy astatine the celebrated awards ceremony, Friday, helium took to societal media to observe his win.

"Zing! Thanks @criticschoice — full squad @deadpoolmovie is thrilled," the Hollywood histrion penned connected Instagram. 

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Marvel histrion Ryan Reynolds and his woman Blake Lively skipped the 2025 Critics Choice Awards arsenic their ineligible conflict with actor-director Justin Baldoni looms. ( Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

He additionally congratulated Kieran Culkin’s "A Real Pain," since some films tied for Best Comedy. 

Reynolds starred successful the superhero enactment movie alongside Hugh Jackman, arsenic the histrion portrayed the quality Wolverine.

During the aforesaid nighttime arsenic the Critics Choice Awards, Reynolds shared connected societal media that helium attended a J.P. Morgan acme with the CEO of Disney, Bob Iger. (Disney/Brian Bowen Smith/Getty Images)

During the aforesaid nighttime arsenic the Critics Choice Awards, Reynolds shared connected societal media that helium attended a J.P. Morgan acme with the CEO of Disney, Bob Iger and cause Bryan Lourd. Reynold’s parent additionally made an quality astatine the concern event. 

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Meanwhile, the awards amusement host, comedian Chelsea Handler, kicked disconnected the nighttime with a monologue, arsenic she made a jab astatine Reynold’s woman Lively and her "It Ends With Us" actor-director Justin Baldoni. 

Blake Lively's hubby Ryan Reynolds helped constitute and produce, successful summation to prima successful "Deadpool & Wolverine." (Getty Images)

Reynolds and Lively are presently successful a ineligible conflict with Baldoni, arsenic the "Jane the Virgin" prima is suing the Hollywood couple. 

"I privation to admit that we've been done a batch lately, not conscionable present successful Los Angeles, but our full country, waking up each time not knowing what quality we're going to perceive that volition disappoint oregon horrify us," Handler said successful her monologue. 

"So it is important successful times similar these to person a distraction, and that's wherefore I privation to personally widen my gratitude to Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively," she jokingly added.

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Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively starred successful the movie based connected the Colleen Hoover novel. (Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)

"Thank you for providing america with that distraction, I'm grateful," she remarked. "I deliberation we're each grateful. And I deliberation we're good. I deliberation everybody successful this room, nary substance whose broadside you're on, we tin each hold to judge that there's astir apt not going to beryllium a sequel."

"It ends with us, guys," she referred to the rubric of the film.

Baldoni and Lively person go embroiled successful a ineligible back-and-forth involving aggregate lawsuits, leaked substance messages and emails and behind-the-scenes footage to beryllium definite claims.

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Baldoni's suit against Lively followed the actress's own, accusing the histrion of intersexual harassment portion filming "It Ends With Us." 

Baldoni insisted Lively "falsely" accused him successful an effort to repair her estimation pursuing fallout from the "It Ends With Us" property circuit aft she allegedly took power of the film.

Justin Baldoni not lone starred successful the movie adaptation of the novel, but besides directed the movie. (Getty Images)

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Lively and Baldoni's lawyers were successful tribunal Feb. 3, wherever they discussed a imaginable gag bid with a judge.

Judge Lewis Liman ordered the stars' ineligible teams to travel the New York Rules of Professional Conduct, which bounds speaking to the press. 

Blake Lively accused Justin Baldoni's ineligible squad of attempting to sabotage her career. (Getty Images)

Neither enactment volition beryllium allowed to marque statements to the property that person a "substantial likelihood" of prejudicing a jury. 

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However, the ineligible teams volition beryllium allowed to support their clients successful the media against publicity not created by either side.

The proceedings day remained acceptable for March 2026.

Fox News Digital's Lauryn Overhultz contributed to this report.