Blake Lively Attends World Cup Final After Wedding Snub

Actress Blake Lively attended the FIFA World Cup final on Sunday, July 19, 2026, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, marking her first major public appearance following her notable absence from Taylor Swift's wedding earlier this month. Lively, 38, shared a photo on her Instagram Stories posing with friends Kendall Glazer, Libby Glazer, and Emma Gray at the match, where Spain defeated Argentina 1-0.

Her outing comes two weeks after she and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, were not among the guests at Swift's wedding to NFL star Travis Kelce on July 3 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The ceremony reportedly included over 1,000 attendees, featuring numerous celebrities. On the weekend of the wedding, Lively and Reynolds were photographed approximately 300 miles away in Lake Placid, New York, supporting their daughter at a horse show.

Sources indicate the longstanding friendship between Swift and Lively has ended, stemming from legal proceedings involving Lively and her "It Ends With Us" co-star and director, Justin Baldoni. Last year, Swift was subpoenaed in relation to the lawsuit, though the subpoena was later withdrawn. The situation reportedly caused a...