Anne Hathaway was the name dropped in the court documents Blake Lively i Justin Baldonithe ongoing legal battle.
In January 2026, a series of documents in the case of Lively and Baldoni were unsealed and made known to the public. Court documents included correspondence from BaldoniLively, members of their respective teams, executives involved End With Us and more
In addition to Lively and Baldoni’s messages coming to light, several additional celebrities were thrown into the mix, including taylor swift, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and more Although Hathaway’s name appeared in the documents, she is not directly involved in the legal proceedings.
Keep scrolling to see why Hathaway was mentioned in Lively and Baldoni’s unsealed documents:
Did Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively mention Anne Hathaway?
Neither Justin Baldoni nor Blake Lively referenced Anne Hathaway in theirs End With Us lawsuit Instead, Lively was compared to Hathaway in an email exchange between Sony executives Tom Rothman i Toni Vinciquerra.
What was said about Anne Hathaway?
The email chain started with Tom Rothman and Tony Vinciquerra discussing a The Hollywood Reporter article that Vinciquerra contributed a quote praising Blake Lively for her efforts End With Us. Rothman applauded his colleague for speaking positively about Lively while facing backlash for how he promoted the film, which contains themes of domestic violence.
“That’s great. I’m so glad you did. I went into the TikTok dump today and was shocked at how mean, ugly and personally hateful it was to her,” Rothman replied.
Vinciquerra agreed that the situation was “ugly.” Rothman then compared Lively’s reaction to public criticism Anne Hathaway faced years ago.
“I guess she’s an ugly reflection of society — she has so much (looks, money, fame, husband, kids, etc.) that the crowd’s instinct is to tear her down,” Rothman wrote. “Like what happened to Anne Hathaway and none of them deserve it, even though she took it all by refusing to listen to advice… and selling her products.”
Why were Blake Lively and Anne Hathaway compared?
During the 2010s, Anne Hathaway endured criticism on social media. Although Hathaway didn’t publicly do anything wrong, online trolls argued that Hathaway was trying too hard to be perfect. When Hathaway won her Oscar in 2013 for her performance in Les Miserablessocial media users claimed that the actress’ speech was too rehearsed and sounded fake.
In a March 2024 interview with Vanity FairHathaway explained how online comments affected her career.
“A lot of people wouldn’t give me roles because they were so worried about how toxic my online identity had become,” she told the network, adding that she was grateful. Christopher Nolan gave him a chance in the middle of the speech. “I had an angel in Christopher Nolan, who didn’t mind that and gave me one of the most beautiful roles I’ve ever had in one of the best movies I’ve ever been a part of. I don’t know if I knew he was supporting me at the time, but it had that effect. And my career didn’t lose momentum like it might have if he hadn’t supported me.”
Like Hathaway, Blake Lively received backlash on social media for promoting End With Us. Lively was criticized for her tone-deaf comment to viewers to “grab your friends and wear your florals” when they went to see It Ends With Us, as the film has themes of domestic violence.
Following the backlash, Lively shared resources on her social media for victims of domestic violence.