The Megyn Kelly Show The TRUTH About Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, Potential CBS Lawsuit, and Russini Scandal, with Maureen Callahan | Ep. 1313
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May 8, 2026 
Maureen Callahan, host of The Nerve and sharp cultural commentator, dissects celebrity theater and media scandals. She tackles Blake Lively’s Met Gala performance and settlement fallout. She explores troubling claims about Ryan Reynolds’ past, Dianna Russini’s controversy, nepotism at the Met, Lauren Sanchez’s look, and simmering tensions at CBS.
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Settlement Hurt Broader MeToo Credibility
- The settlement left Lively with no monetary award and she emerged publicly as the villain, making it harder for future legitimate harassment claims to be believed.
- Megyn notes Baldoni was photographed publicly happy with his wife, signaling a reputational win for him.
Caught Lying About Destroying Dailies
- Evidence showed Lively lied under oath about requesting deletion of raw dailies, contradicting her deposition and weakening her credibility.
- A Sony executive email entered into evidence said, "Blake asking us to destroy some of the dailies," directly undermining her denials.
Ryan Reynolds' Teenage Arson Story
- Maureen recounts reporting that Ryan Reynolds set fire to his elementary school as a teen, with contemporaneous front-page coverage confirming the arson.
- Reynolds later admitted he "got away with it," which Callahan calls evidence of a troubling past behavior pattern.