But this case is the opposite of a tangled web, with Bell telling Extra in February 2025 that bringing The OC heartthrob's real-life wife on board "just seems natural and wonderful."
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Leighton Meester, Penn Badgley Reveal If Their ‘Gossip Girl’ Characters Ended Up With Right PeopleAs a disembodied voice on a deliciously soapy CW drama once said, "If two people are meant to be together,.
Key takeaways
- A judge also threw out 10 of Lively's 13 claims, including sexual harrassment, in April 2026 but the warring parties are still slated to go to trial in May.
- 9, 2012, and share four children: daughters James, Inez and Betty and son Olin, born in 2023.
- In an April 3 Instagram Story, Lively wrote, "The constant packaging of this lawsuit as a 'Celebrity Drama' is not only irresponsible, but it is by design: to keep you from seeing yourselves in my story.
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Published: Apr 9, 2026
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