Sometimes with awards shows the nominees (and at times the actual winners) can't make it on the night, which might explain why Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds weren't at the Golden Globes.
Reynolds had his film Deadpool & Wolverine nominated for the Cinematic and Box Office Achievement award, but lost out to Wicked in that category, so he wouldn't have been expected to get up on stage anyway.
Since Reynolds wasn't attending the ceremony his wife, who also appeared in Deadpool & Wolverine, was also not really going to attend.
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Her recent film It Ends With Us was not nominated in any category by the Golden Globes, so unless she'd been booked for a hosting role or to present an award she wouldn't be going.
According to Deadline, the decision from Reynolds and Lively not to attend the Golden Globes was made well ahead of the growing situation between Blake Lively It Ends With Us director and actor Justin Baldoni.
Deadpool & Wolverine star Hugh Jackman was also not planning to attend the Golden Globes either, so while they had a film nominated at the awards, they had simply decided ahead of time not to attend it.
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Reynolds had previously been nominated for a Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Golden Globe back when the first Deadpool released, but was defeated by Ryan Gosling for his performance in La La Land.
That time round Reynolds put on a fake celebration with Andrew Garfield as they kissed, and according to Garfield, he'd told the Green Lantern star 'if you win kiss me instead of your wife', and when he didn't win they still decided to kiss anyway.
The decision not to attend has nothing to do with the ongoing lawsuits between Lively and Baldoni.
Last month, she sued her director and co-star, alleging sexual harassment and a campaign of 'social manipulation' against her.
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Baldoni's legal representatives accused Lively of having 'false stories planted with the media' and said her lawsuit contained 'categorically false accusations'.
They also said that Baldoni was planning to launch a lawsuit of his own against Lively, and he is among the plaintiffs of a $250 million lawsuit against the New York Times which alleges libel and false-light invasion of privacy.
She has since filed a second lawsuit against him, where she is demanding 'punitive' and 'compensatory' damages as well as a jury trial, and her legal representatives have said the look forward to resolving the matter in court.
Topics: Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds, Golden Globes, TV and Film
Joe Harker