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Rob McElhenney said he and wife Kaitlin Olson are offering support to friends Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively during their legal battle with Justin Baldoni
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The actor, who co-owns a soccer team with Reynolds, said they don’t want to “simply add oxygen to the fire,” however
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Olson previously spoke out in support of Lively, calling her “kind, lovely, honest and generous”
Rob McElhenney is sharing how he’s supporting friend and business partner Ryan Reynolds during the ongoing legal saga with Justin Baldoni.
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia star McElhenney co-owns the Wrexham soccer team with Reynolds, and their friendship and growing sports venture are explored in the FX docuseries Welcome to Wrexham.
McElhenney and his costar wife Kaitlin Olson are on the cover of Variety, and during the wide-ranging interview, McElhenney shared how he’s privately showing support for Reynolds, 48, and the Deadpool actor’s wife Blake Lively during their legal battle with Baldoni.
“It’s just our way of staying connected and navigating something together. And also me giving and showing as much support as I possibly can with all the other stuff that he’s got going on, that I know is so difficult and challenging,” said McElhenney, 48.
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Kaitlin Olson and Rob McElhenney; Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds
“We both are just trying to offer our support in any way that we can that doesn’t just simply add oxygen to the fire,” he added.
In December 2024, Lively, 37, sued her It Ends With Us director-costar Baldoni, 41, alleging sexual harassment and retaliation, which he has denied. He followed up with a $400 million countersuit against Lively and Reynolds, accusing them of extortion and defamation. The trial is set for March 2026.
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Blake Lively; Justin Baldoni
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Olson, 49, spoke out in support of Lively in a Dec. 26 Instagram Stories post, sharing The New York Times’ report about Lively’s complaint and writing, “@blakelively is a kind, lovely, honest and generous person (and an incredible mom.) FYI.”
In a September 2024 interview with Us Weekly Olson said she and Lively had only met twice, explaining that they “live on a different coast” from one another. “I would love to hang out with them both more often,” the High Potential star added at the time, adding, “I love Ryan.”
While appearing as a guest on Late Night with Seth Meyers on May 1, Lively briefly mentioned having an “intense year” that has “been full of the highest highs and the lowest lows of my life.”
In April 2025, Reynolds praised wife Lively, with whom he shares four kids, telling PEOPLE, “I’m incredibly in awe of my wife in many ways.” He added, “I don’t know that I’ve met somebody stronger. And her coping mechanisms are just coffee, which is amazing to me because I don’t know how I could hold what she holds and do it with grace and strength. It’s pretty profound.”
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