Ryan Reynolds Talks Online Critics After Baldoni Lawsuit

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Ryan Reynolds addressed his public image after months of nonsense stemming from the Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni lawsuits.
Last December, Blake accused her It Ends With Us co-star and director of sexual harassment and a subsequent retaliation campaign. Justin then sued Blake and Ryan, alleging that they were trying to destroy his reputation, but that lawsuit was recently tossed out by the judge.
Justin's team had the option to amend some of their complaints, but they did not.
Despite most of Justin's claims obviously being, in my opinion, bullshit, take a look at a post that even mentions Ryan and you'll be met with comments like these:
(This is on a post about an Australian sailing team Ryan recently bought with Hugh Jackman, and doesn't even have his face).
In a new interview with Time about his numerous business ventures (specifically, Maximum Effort), Ryan declined to comment directly on the legal issues. However, he was asked about whether "tabloids and online discourse" have affected his business ventures. To that, the 48-year-old replied, "I can read something that says, 'He should be drawn and quartered.' I could read something that says I should win a Nobel Prize. Both are meaningless."
'None of us are comprised of our best moments. None of us are defined by our worst moments. We are something in the middle," he added.
When later pressed on whether headlines affect his brand and business relationships, Ryan said, "Accessibility and accountability are a big part of how I do things...The people that I work with know me, so there's never a question of anything like that. If you operate with some degree of core values and integrity, they're going to help you up. If you're an asshole, they're not. And that's pretty simple.'
Ryan attributes his ability to remain calm to the aftermath of a "brawl" with one of his friends when he was younger. "I skipped rehab in my 20s and decided to go to conflict-resolution workshops in Santa Fe,' he recalled. 'Conflict resolution changed my life in a way that I can't quantify. You don't have to agree with the person. You can empathize, you can validate. You can do all those things and get closer to them without having to just blindly agree or win or lose.'
After all, Ryan says that his value "comes from having four kids and a good marriage...My self-worth isn't farmed out to any one thing that isn't under the roof of my home.'
And I'm sure that noooooooone is going to reveal they've joined a borderline conspiracy group in the comments...