Summarize and humanize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in EnglishBlake Lively has shared her pride over being named as one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2025 as she brushed off recent controversies.The Hollywood actress, 37, was included on the list amid a difficult year which has seen her embroiled in a lawsuit with her It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni.However, Blake brushed off the ongoing scandal as she took to her Instagram Stories on Wednesday to gush over the prestigious honor.She poignantly spoke about being given ‘a voice’ ‘when it should be given’ and thanked Time for ‘uplifting’ those to ‘live boldly’ when it’s ‘scary’ to do so.She penned: ‘Thank you for the honor. I’m able to see this moment, almost looking back from the future, or looking ahead from childhood, and from every time period I can see how profound this is to me.’Not just to be included, but to have a voice. It’s a fortunate thing, when it should be a given. Lively, seen last August in London, accused Baldoni of sexually harassing her in multiple ways during the making of the movie It Ends With Us’So thank you to @time and to each of you who uplift the many who live boldly, even when it’s scary.’She also thanked civil rights attorney Sherrilyn Ifill – who was head of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund when Blake and her husband Ryan Reynolds gave $1million to the organization in 2019 – for her glowing tribute.’And thank you @sherrilynifill for your words. Since the day I met you, you have shown me grace, kindness, curiosity, wisdom, strength, knowledge and the power of the female fire to illuminate in times of darkness,’ she continued.’You constantly illustrate how connected we all are and can be when division feels like the only ending.’Thank you for your light, your fire, your work and your words.’ The Gossip Girl star was included in the Titans section alongside the likes of tennis legend Serena Williams, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and podcast superstar Joe Rogan.Netflix chief Ted Sarandos, fashion designer Miuccia Prada, Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt and Palantir CEO Alex Karp were in the same section. In a testimonial, Sherrilyn hailed Blake as a ‘philanthropist’ and a ‘serious person’ who was ‘committed to move this country forward’. ‘I feel like maybe Blake smelled his kindness, mistook it for weakness and tried to take advantage and take power,’ she speculated ‘I don’t know the Blake Lively of the red carpet. Or the Met Gala. I never watched Gossip Girl,’ Sherrilyn wrote. ‘The Blake Lively I know is a philanthropist and a student of our country’s most intractable problems. She and her husband Ryan Reynolds reached out in 2019 to make a contribution to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.’She noted: ‘I’m always curious about the kind of research famous people do before they make that cold call to offer their support. The ones I have remained in relationship with are those who, like Blake, really did their homework.’Sherrilyn wrote that she ‘admired immediately her curiosity, and her sincere work to understand the conditions that shape this country’.Dailymail.com has reached out to Sherrilyn for further comment on her endorsement of Blake amid the ongoing litigation, which has made headlines throughout 2025. In the latest development, Blake was accused of trying wrestle control of It Ends With Us from Justin Baldoni by storyboard artist, Talia Spencer, on 60 Minutes Australia.In a segment about the legal battle between Blake and Justin, Talia fiercely defended the director, who Blake accused of sexual harassment and launching a retaliatory smear campaign against her in December. While speaking about her former boss, she described Justin – who has denied all of Blake’s allegations and filed a defamation countersuit against her – as ‘one of the few directors I’ve worked for that was kind and respectful’. Lively, who has been accused of scheming for control on the set of It Ends with Us, received a glowing tribute from civil rights attorney Sherrilyn Ifill. Pictured in NYC in 2019’I feel like maybe Blake smelled his kindness, mistook it for weakness and tried to take advantage and take power,’ she speculated. When asked directly if she believed Blake attempted to seize control of the film, Talia answered: ‘I think she tried to, yes.’As for whether Blake was successful in obtaining that power, the It Ends With Us crew member said she felt ‘there was a massive compromise in terms of Justin’s original vision for the film’.Talia also recalled thinking that Justin cared ‘a lot about the vision’ of the film and was ‘not in it for fame’, saying she finds it ‘hard to believe the allegations’ against him.She said she hadn’t felt uncomfortable during any of her interactions with Justin as she discussed the ongoing lawsuit.In January, Blake’s legal team furiously accused Justin of using the ‘abuser playbook’ in his $400million lawsuit against her and her husband Ryan.Blake and Ryan were sued for defamation by Justin and his publicists, who claim the actress cooked up a scheme to kill their careers and discredit them by making false accusations of sexual harassment.Court papers obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com accuse Blake and Ryan of using their combined star power to hijack It Ends With Us, which Justin co-starred in and directed. ‘Everything she put her hands on and her mind to, she made better,’ he praised in an interview, released months before she filed her lawsuit; pictured in August 2024The defamation suit came after Blake sued Justin for sexually harassment and creating a toxic work environment on the set of the film. He has staunchly denied the allegations.In response to Justin’s lawsuit, Blake’s attorneys issued a fiery statement to DailyMail.com, declaring: ‘This latest lawsuit from Justin Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios, and its associates is another chapter in the abuser playbook.’They added: ‘This is an age-old story: A woman speaks up with concrete evidence of sexual harassment and retaliation and the abuser attempts to turn the tables on the victim. This is what experts call DARVO. Deny. Attack. Reverse Victim Offender.’The statement alleged Justin’s production company Wayfarer Studios ‘opted to use the resources of its billionaire co-founder to issue media statements, launch meritless lawsuits, and threaten litigation to overwhelm the public’s ability to understand that what they are doing is retaliation against sexual harassment allegations’.Blake’s attorneys added: ‘They are trying to shift the narrative to Ms. Lively by falsely claiming that she seized creative control and alienated the cast from Mr. Baldoni. ‘The evidence will show that the cast and others had their own negative experiences with Mr. Baldoni and Wayfarer.’The evidence will also show that Sony asked Ms. Lively to oversee Sony’s cut of the film, which they then selected for distribution and was a resounding success. ‘Their response to sexual harassment allegations: she wanted it, it’s her fault. Their justification for why this happened to her: look what she was wearing.’ She received a glowing tribute in the magazine from Sherrilyn Ifill, who was head of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund when Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds (left) donated $1 million to it The statement concluded: ‘In short, while the victim focuses on the abuse, the abuser focuses on the victim. ‘The strategy of attacking the woman is desperate, it does not refute the evidence in Ms. Lively’s complaint, and it will fail.’It Ends with Us – which also starred Jenny Slate, Hasan Minhaj, Brandon Sklenar and Kevin McKidd – arrived in theaters on August 9.The film, adapted from the 2016 Colleen Hoover novel, earned $148million in domestic box office, and $350million globally, according to Box Office Mojo.
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