Blake Lively appeared in great spirits as she shared a sweet selfie with her husband Ryan Reynolds on Sunday evening. 

The Hollywood couple smiled in the snap as Ryan wrapped up in a striped jumper and blue Wrexham lager beanie hat while Blake, 37, rested her head on his shoulder. 

Their united display comes amid her ongoing legal war against It Ends With Us director Justin Baldoni. 

The Gossip Girl star has been making multiple public appearances lately as she promotes her new movie Another Simple Favor, however its promotions have been overshadowed by the increasingly rancorous legal battle between Blake and Justin.

Adding insult to injury, Blake has been trailed by a persistent stream of conjecture that she and co-star Anna Kendrick do not get along behind the scenes amid rumours of tensions between them. 

Blake failed to shut down any drama surrounding the pair as she gave a very telling clue all is not well between her and the actress, 39. 

Blake Lively shared a loved up snap with her husband Ryan Reynolds on Sunday amid her Justin Baldoni legal war while her new movie receives scathing reviews

The Gossip Girl star has been making multiple public appearances lately she promotes her new movie Another Simple Favor, however its promotions have been overshadowed by the increasingly rancorous legal battle between Blake and Justin

Taking to Instagram, Blake shared a gallery of pH๏τographs from the movie’s promotional tour in Austin and gushed over working with ‘each of you’ in a caption.

She featured pictures of her co-star Anna and the film’s director Paul Feig at the SXSW Film Festival, but they weren’t in any of the behind-the-scenes snaps.

Other than her co-star Michele Morrone, 34, being included in pictures of them playing table tennis, all of the group sH๏τs simply featured members of Blake’s own team.

Out of the 20 sH๏τs, Anna was only included in one pH๏τograph of her and Blake on stage at SXSW Film Festival on Friday, rather than any of the snaps of Blake’s social nights out with her team.

Meanwhile Blake suffered a further setback as the film has also received scathing reviews from two top Hollywood trades.

After the movie’s premiere at the South By Southwest Film Festival earlier this month, the critics have delivered their verdicts – and two important ones have not been kind.

Another Simple Favor was blasted as ‘silly and sometimes trying’ by The Hollywood Reporter, as Variety accused it of ‘samey-sameness’ and noted it ‘drags on.’

The Hollywood Reporter argued that the movie ‘doesn’t prove to be the exception’ to the rule that sequels ‘rarely live up to the standards of their predecessors.’

Blake has been trailed by reports she and co-star Anna Kendrick (L) do not get along behind the scenes amid rumours of tensions between them (pictured with director Paul Feig) 

Meanwhile Blake suffered a further setback as the film has also received scathing reviews from two top Hollywood trades (pictured in the teaser)

Blake failed to shut down any drama surrounding the pair as she gave a very telling clue all is not well between her and the actress, 39, in a recent Instagram  

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Elsewhere in the latest update amid her legal war with Justin, the director’s attorney Bryan Freedman addressed using the word ‘victim’ amid the ongoing lawsuit between his client and Blake. 

Freedman appeared on The Town podcast last week to discuss the legal battle sparked by Blake’s allegations of Sєxual harᴀssment and retaliation—claims Justin denies—while also addressing his countersuit against Blake, which she also denies. 

During a pre-trial hearing on March 6, Freedman told the court that no one ‘has any intent of harming Ms. Lively in any way’ and defended Justin, saying, ‘My clients have a right to defend themselves. That is in no way abusing the victim.’

On the podcast, Belloni pressed Freedman on his wording, asking, ‘Does that mean you agree that Blake is a victim here?’

Freedman responded, ‘I actually think that a lot of people are victims here.’

He continued, referencing other parties named in the various complaints, ‘I think Justin is a victim here, I think Melissa Nathan is a victim. I think Jed Wallace is a victim. I think Jen Abel is a victim.’

The latest development follows reports that while Lively has secured a protective order in the case, it won’t fully shield the legal battle from public scrutiny.

Despite the Gossip Girl star, 37, receiving a modified protective order by a federal judge on Thursday, DailyMail.com has learned the court limited the scope of the restrictions she sought.

While both the former It Ends With Us costars’ teams will have the option to designate some sensitive material to be restricted to ‘attorneys’ eyes only’ (AEO), ultimately, if the case goes to trial, it’s unlikely the court will ‘seal or otherwise afford confidential treatment’ for any documents that end up as evidence.

This means that as long as the actress and Baldoni, 41, do not settle out of court, ‘very few secrets’ will stay hidden and ‘everything will come out at trial anyway.’

According to People, Judge Lewis J. Liman ruled that the materials protected by Attorneys’ Eyes Only designation ‘can only be applied if their disclosure is ‘highly likely to cause a significant business, commercial, financial or privacy injury.’

In regards to the latest legal update, Baldoni’s attorney, Bryan Freedman, told DailyMail.com: ‘We are fully in agreement with the Court’s decision to provide a narrow scope of protections to categories such as private mental health records and personal security measures that have never been of interest to us as opposed to Ms. Lively’s exceedingly over broad demand for documents for a 2.5 year period of time which the court rightly quashed.’

He continued: ‘We remain focused on the necessary communications that will directly contradict Ms. Lively’s unfounded accusations.’