42-year-old “Thunderbolts” star Sebastian Stan is finally spilling the tea on where he stands with “Gossip Girl” co-star Blake Full of life, and let’s just say, they’re not exactly swapping DMs.
Sebastian Stan, who played smirky bad boy Carter Baizen on the CW hit from 2007 to 2010, opened up about his former castmates during a press stop Thursday, and it feels like only a number of are still on speed dial.
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Sebastian Stan Talks ‘Gossip Girl’ Friendships, But Leaves Out Blake Full of life
“I discuss with Chace rather a lot,” he told E! News, referring to Chace Crawford. “I knew him before’ Gossip Girl’ so we stayed close. Penn Badgley, I did his podcast at one point, but really Chace.”
Noticeably missing from his list? Ed Westwick, Leighton Meester (who Stan dated from 2008 to 2010), and Blake Full of life, the show’s golden girl who’s currently coping with legal chaos behind the scenes.
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Sebastian Stan Talks ‘Thunderbolts’
In regard to Stan stepping back into the role of Bucky Barnes for Marvel’s “Thunderbolts,” hitting theaters May 2, he shared that he believes his superhero could tackle Chace’s character from “The Boys,” but admitted he’d fairly not put that theory to the test.
“We could also just laugh it out,” he joked. “He’s just good.”
While Stan kept it classy, his silence on Full of life says rather a lot, especially as she battles mounting legal drama with “It Ends With Us” co-star and director Justin Baldoni.
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Blake Full of life Suffers Major Spray Tan Fail On Red Carpet
The strain is beginning to bubble over into Full of life’s public appearances, including the buzzy “One other Easy Favor” premiere Sunday in NYC.
Full of life hit the red carpet in a Cinderella-blue gown with daring cutouts and sparkling pink Lorraine Schwartz bracelets, however it wasn’t just her curves turning heads, it was a significant body makeup mishap.
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Blake Full of life Hits Back As Justin Baldoni’s $400M War Adds Recent Explosive Claims
As fans know, Full of life is entangled in a legal firestorm together with her “It Ends With Us” co-star Baldoni, and ever since, several of her former co-stars have spoken out concerning the drama.
In a shocking twist earlier this month, 14 recent allegations were filed against Baldoni’s former publicist, Stephanie Jones, dragging much more drama into the already heated courtroom war.
Baldoni, through his production company Wayfarer and current “It Ends With Us” publicist Jennifer Abel, is now accusing Jones of breach of contract, defamation, fraud, and even violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
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In accordance with the most recent bombshell filings, Jones allegedly accessed Abel’s private communications without permission and conspired with Full of life in what Baldoni’s team is asking an “abuse of process,” claiming they cooked up a fake lawsuit to fabricate a subpoena and conceal that Jones can have leaked sensitive info to Full of life.
Baldoni isn’t stopping there. He’s filed a jaw-dropping $400 million defamation countersuit against Full of life, her publicist, and her husband Ryan Reynolds, all of whom fiercely deny the accusations. He’s also suing The Recent York Times for $250 million over its coverage of the scandal.
But Full of life isn’t backing down. She’s coming out swinging.
Blake Full of life Accuses Justin Baldoni Of ‘Scorched Earth’ Tactics In $650 Million Showdown
“Mr. Baldoni has gone from monetizing a brand dedicated to believing and supporting women to leading the charge to tear down the very law that protects women who come forward about sexual assault, harassment, and discrimination,” Full of life’s legal team blasted.
They went on to say, “California’s sexual harassment privilege, AB 933, was enacted to stop perpetrators of sexual harassment from abusing defamation lawsuits to sue their accusers into oblivion.”
And the warning was crystal clear, “The chilling message scorched earth litigation sends to victims is stay silent or be destroyed.”
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With $650 million in lawsuits now swirling, accusations of hacking, leaking, and retaliation, this Hollywood legal battle is officially next-level ugly.
Stay tuned since it doesn’t seem like anyone’s backing down anytime soon.
