Blake Lively and Ben Affleck go way back to 2010. More than 15 years after they first crossed paths, the two made headlines in January 2026 after an email Lively apparently sent to Affleck went viral. The message, which appeared to be sent in May 2024, was one of more than 180 unsealed documents in connection with Lively and Justin Baldoni's ongoing legal battle over the movie It Ends With Us. Lively initially filed a complaint against Baldoni in the California Civil Rights Department before accusing him of sexual harassment, among other allegations, in a lawsuit.