Blake Lively reveals $400 Christmas gift for her pals… days before anniversary of Baldoni lawsuit bombshell
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Blake Lively has revealed the game she has been gifting her friends as of late - and it costs $400.
In a new interview with Vogue, Lively, 38, revealed her favorite item to gift in recent days has been Mahjong sets from Oh My Mahjong.
Mahjong can be an expensive game to get into, and a set of tiles from Oh My Mahjong range from $350 to $400 - which is comparable to other sets available online.
'I have been teaching friends how to play Mahjong, though I need to say I’m not a certified teacher. But I know enough to teach my friends how to play with me, and in the end, I always end up gifting them my own set because they are obsessed and want to practice,' she told the fashion bible.
The interview was done in promotion of her collaboration with Stoney Clover, and last week an event she attended with the brand featured mahjong lessons by Oh My Mahjong.
The game did not go unnoticed by Redditors, with one calling the price tag 'crazy.'
Blake Lively has revealed the $400 Christmas gift she has been giving friends as of late
A set of Mahjong tiles by Oh My Mahjong can cost anywhere between $350 to $500
'$400 for a mahjong set?! That is crazy talk,' one Redditor posted.
'Oh? The event also included mahjong lessons from Oh My Mahjong, the company that sells $400 mahjong sets that Blake was plugging on her instagram a few months back,' another posted.
The message included a meme reading 'What a crazy, random happen-stance!'
The revelation comes as Lively approaches the one-year anniversary of her widely publicized legal war with Justin Baldoni.
The drama all stemmed from their time together filming 2025's It Ends With Us, in which they both starred and he directed.
The New York Times were the ones to break the story on December 21, 2024.
Lively was the first to sue Baldoni and claimed sexual harassment on the film set.
She is demanding $161 million for personal and financial losses due to his alleged retaliation and smear campaign.
Lively is now approaching the one-year anniversary of her legal battle with Justin Baldoni
Baldoni responded with a $400 million defamation suit against Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds and The New York Times, which reported on the actress's claims, but a judge dismissed it.
He is now trying to have Lively's case dismissed by arguing that they were 'minor grievances' that didn't rise to the level of harassment.
Last week, it was revealed that the civil trial had been postponed from March 9, 2026 to May 18.
Judge Lewis Liman announced that 'as important as this case is… criminal trials take precedent'.
A scheduled hearing in the high-profile case - which first became public knowledge in December 2024 - is set to take place on January 22.
Lively told The New York Times last year: 'I hope that my legal action helps pull back the curtain on these sinister retaliatory tactics to harm people who speak up about misconduct and helps protect others who may be targeted.'
Baldoni later denied the allegations, with his lawyer describing the claims as 'categorically false'.
The drama stems from their disputed version of events over the making of It Ends With Us
Bryan Freedman, who acted as a lawyer for the actor and his Wayfarer Studios production company, told Variety: 'These claims are completely false, outrageous and intentionally salacious with an intent to publicly hurt and rehash a narrative in the media.'
In a statement provided to The Hollywood Reporter, Freedman said: 'It is shameful that Ms Lively and her representatives would make such serious and categorically false accusations.'
He added that Lively's legal action was 'yet another desperate attempt to "fix" her negative reputation which was garnered from her own remarks and actions during the campaign for the film; interviews and press activities that were observed publicly, in real time and unedited, which allowed for the internet to generate their own views and opinions'.
