Blake Lively references her year with the ‘lowest lows’ on ‘Late Night’

CNN Blake Lively reflected on her year filled with the highest highs and the lowest lows in an interview this week Lively was a guest on Late Night with Seth Meyers on Thursday to discuss her new film Another Simple Favor During their chat she brought up her children and how they ve helped her during a pretty intense year No surprise I ve had a pretty intense year And they re just my lifeline the actress disclosed in reference to the four children she shares with husband Ryan Reynolds No matter what day I m having I have to be Disneyland everyday for them It s the best When Meyers questioned her about her year and acknowledged that she might not be able to share too much due to legal constraints Lively responded by saying This year has been full of the highest highs and the lowest lows of my life And I see so various women around afraid to speak especially right now afraid to share their experiences and fear is by design it s what keeps us silent she continued But I also acknowledge that several people don t have the opportunity to speak she added So I do feel fortunate that I ve been able to and it s the women who have had the ability to use their voice that s kept me strong and helped me in my belief and my fight for the world to be safer for women and girls It s a pretty simple thing Lively has been in a multi-case legal dispute since December with Justin Baldoni her costar and director on last year s film It Ends With Us based on the Colleen Hoover novel of the same name Lively has sued Baldoni and his production company for sexual harassment and retaliation while Baldoni is suing Lively and her husband Reynolds for defamation In March Lively solicited a judge to dismiss Baldoni s million lawsuit against her arguing that he is weaponizing his own defamation claim to retaliate against her for publicly speaking out about her sexual harassment accusations against him Lively s motion to dismiss came days after her husband also filed a motion to dismiss asking the judge to drop him from the affair In their suit Baldoni his business associates and his production company Wayfarer Studios claim that the Hollywood power couple and their band hijacked his film and then sought to destroy his career The parties have denied the respective charges