{"id":21777,"date":"2025-02-15T14:13:46","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T14:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=21777"},"modified":"2025-02-15T14:13:46","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T14:13:46","slug":"megyn-kelly-calls-blake-lively-serial-fraudster-amid-justin-baldoni-legal-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=21777","title":{"rendered":"Megyn Kelly Calls Blake Lively \u2018Serial Fraudster\u2019 Amid Justin Baldoni Legal Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/news\/topic\/megyn-kelly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-vars-item-name=\"Megyn Kelly\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"67afa4a8e4b0513a8d772e37\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/news\/topic\/megyn-kelly\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"0\">Megyn Kelly<\/a>\u00a0isn\u2019t buying actor\u00a0<a class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entertainment\/topic\/blake-lively\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-vars-item-name=\"Blake Lively\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"67afa4a8e4b0513a8d772e37\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/entertainment\/topic\/blake-lively\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"1\">Blake Lively<\/a>\u2019s legal claims against her \u201cIt Ends with Us\u201d costar and director\u00a0<a class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/topic\/justin-baldoni\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-vars-item-name=\"Justin Baldoni\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"67afa4a8e4b0513a8d772e37\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/topic\/justin-baldoni\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"2\">Justin Baldoni<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>The former\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/news\/topic\/fox-news\">Fox News<\/a>\u00a0host unleashed a lengthy rant against Lively, whom she deemed a \u201cserial fraudster\u201d on Thursday\u2019s episode of her SiriusXM radio show.<\/p>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>\u201cMy own position is she\u2019s absolutely ruined her brand. She has started a fight she cannot win,\u201d Kelly said. \u201cI have yet to see one of her complaints borne out. In fact, all of the ones I\u2019ve seen have been undermined by [Baldoni\u2019s] hardcore proof in text messaging and so on. That puts a totally different light on her horrific allegations. Then you see what she actually said and wrote. It\u2019s very different.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Lively\u00a0<a class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/blake-lively-it-ends-with-us-justin-baldoni-alleged-sexual-harassment_n_6766d396e4b08c77e531d78c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-vars-item-name=\"filed a complaint against Baldoni\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"67afa4a8e4b0513a8d772e37\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"6766d396e4b08c77e531d78c\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"buzz\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"3\">filed a complaint against Baldoni<\/a>\u00a0and then a\u00a0<a class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/blake-lively-sues-it-ends-with-us-director-justin-baldoni-alleging-harassment-smear-campaign_n_6774c5f8e4b05ee1a816c2b3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-vars-item-name=\"lawsuit\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"67afa4a8e4b0513a8d772e37\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"6774c5f8e4b05ee1a816c2b3\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"buzz\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"4\">lawsuit<\/a>\u00a0alleging that the director had sexually harassed her while on the set of \u201cIt Ends with Us\u201d and had orchestrated a smear campaign to damage her reputation following the film\u2019s release in August of last year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"public-good-placeholder\" class=\"pg-placeholder\">\n<div class=\"pgs-dpg-card\" data-pgs-partner-id=\"verizon-huffpost\" data-loaded=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Baldoni has denied any wrongdoing and retaliated\u00a0<a class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/film\/news\/justin-baldoni-sues-new-york-times-blake-lively-allegations-story-1236263099\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-vars-item-name=\"with a $250 million libel lawsuit\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"67afa4a8e4b0513a8d772e37\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/film\/news\/justin-baldoni-sues-new-york-times-blake-lively-allegations-story-1236263099\/\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"5\">with a $250 million libel lawsuit<\/a>\u00a0against The New York Times over its coverage of Lively\u2019s allegations. He also\u00a0<a class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/01\/16\/entertainment\/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-lawsuit\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-vars-item-name=\"filed a $400 million countersuit\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"67afa4a8e4b0513a8d772e37\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/01\/16\/entertainment\/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-lawsuit\/index.html\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"6\">filed a $400 million countersuit<\/a>\u00a0against Lively and her husband,\u00a0<a class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entertainment\/topic\/ryan-reynolds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-vars-item-name=\"Ryan Reynolds\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"67afa4a8e4b0513a8d772e37\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/entertainment\/topic\/ryan-reynolds\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"7\">Ryan Reynolds<\/a>, alleging defamation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch a clip of Megyn Kelly discussing Blake Lively below.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"New Video and Details Emerge Showing &quot;Serial Fraudster&quot; Blake Lively's Past Actions, with Ruthless\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6yiKOZJjmjI\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Though the trial over Baldoni and Lively\u2019s dispute\u00a0<a class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/02\/lively-baldoni-trial-date-might-move-1236274537\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-vars-item-name=\"isn\u2019t slated to take place\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"67afa4a8e4b0513a8d772e37\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/02\/lively-baldoni-trial-date-might-move-1236274537\/\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"8\">isn\u2019t slated to take place<\/a>\u00a0until next year, the case resurfaced in the headlines this week\u00a0<a class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/extratv.com\/2025\/02\/11\/blake-lively-recalls-trying-to-gain-more-creative-control-on-projects-in-resurfaced-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-vars-item-name=\"after a video interview\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"67afa4a8e4b0513a8d772e37\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/extratv.com\/2025\/02\/11\/blake-lively-recalls-trying-to-gain-more-creative-control-on-projects-in-resurfaced-interview\/\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"9\">after a video interview<\/a>\u00a0in which Lively acknowledged her interest in securing more creative control and \u201cauthorship\u201d over her film and TV projects went viral.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Kelly claimed Lively\u2019s comments in the interview, shot at the\u00a0<a class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/maryroeloffs\/2025\/02\/12\/blake-lively-admitted-to-forbes-she-needed-authorship-on-her-films\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-vars-item-name=\"2022 Forbes Power Women\u2019s Summit\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"67afa4a8e4b0513a8d772e37\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/maryroeloffs\/2025\/02\/12\/blake-lively-admitted-to-forbes-she-needed-authorship-on-her-films\/\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"10\">2022 Forbes Power Women\u2019s Summit<\/a>, suggested that she\u2019d had \u201csecret plans\u201d to take control of the movie.<\/p>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s called fraud when you pretend &#8230; you\u2019ll do the thing they\u2019re hiring you for, but all along, you have secret plans to do something very, very different that\u2019s above your pay grade,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd she finally bumped into someone who was weak enough and not famous enough to stop her.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"cli cli-image js-no-inject\">\n<div class=\"img-sized\">\n<div class=\"img-sized__placeholder\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/img.huffingtonpost.com\/asset\/67afb701160000250063793c.jpeg?ops=crop_0_0_1990_1750%2Cscalefit_720_noupscale&amp;format=webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-sized__img landscape\" src=\"https:\/\/img.huffingtonpost.com\/asset\/67afb701160000250063793c.jpeg?ops=crop_0_0_1990_1750%2Cscalefit_720_noupscale\" alt=\"&quot;It Ends with Us&quot; stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have been ensnared in a legal battle following the film's release last year. \" width=\"720\" height=\"633\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"cli-image__spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"cli-image__source-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"cli-image__source-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"cli-image__caption caption-cli\">&#8220;It Ends with Us&#8221; stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have been ensnared in a legal battle following the film&#8217;s release last year.\u00a0<\/figcaption><div class=\"cli-image__source-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"cli-image__credit\" aria-label=\"Image Credit: via Associated Press\">\n<div class=\"credit-container\"><span class=\"credit\">via Associated Press<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>\u201cThis Justin Baldoni, most people had never even heard of him. He\u2019d been in like one series,\u201d Kelly continued. \u201cHe certainly wasn\u2019t at Ryan Reynolds-level fame, never mind Blake Lively, and she bullied him into giving her the movie, where she did her own cut.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Kelly\u2019s assessment aside, the \u201cIt Ends with Us\u201d drama doesn\u2019t appear to have had a lasting impact on Lively\u2019s Hollywood career \u2015 at least not yet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Last month, director Paul Feig\u00a0<a class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/news\/paul-feig-a-simple-favor-2-shelved-indefinitely-amazon-blake-lively-anna-kendrick-1236272256\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-vars-item-name=\"quashed reports\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"67afa4a8e4b0513a8d772e37\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/news\/paul-feig-a-simple-favor-2-shelved-indefinitely-amazon-blake-lively-anna-kendrick-1236272256\/\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"11\">quashed reports<\/a>\u00a0that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/impact\/topic\/amazon\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0had shelved Lively\u2019s next film, \u201cAnother Simple Favor,\u201d amid the legal turmoil.<\/p>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>In\u00a0<a class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DFqhPk7SeGU\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-vars-item-name=\"an Instagram post\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"67afa4a8e4b0513a8d772e37\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DFqhPk7SeGU\/\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"12\">an Instagram post<\/a>\u00a0confirming the movie\u2019s South by Southwest premiere next month, Feig called Lively \u201ca dream to work with\u201d and \u201can amazing collaborator.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cli cli-advertisement advertisement-holder loaded\">\n<div class=\"advertisement-sticky-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Megyn Kelly\u00a0isn\u2019t buying actor\u00a0Blake Lively\u2019s legal claims against her \u201cIt Ends with Us\u201d costar and director\u00a0Justin Baldoni. The former\u00a0Fox News\u00a0host unleashed a lengthy rant against Lively, whom she &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21777"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21779,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21777\/revisions\/21779"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}