Blake Lively Expresses Regret for Plantation Wedding, Addresses Backlash During Justin Baldoni Deposition

Blake Lively is addressing the backlash surrounding her wedding venue.

In her July 2025 deposition with Justin Baldoni‘s lawyer, the Gossip Girl actress was asked about getting married at Boone Hall, a former slave plantation in South Carolina.

Blake and her husband Ryan Reynolds got married at the venue in September 2012 and their venue choice became a headline many years later during the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020. The couple apologized and announced a $200,000 donation to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund in August 2000.