Blake Lively has cut ties with longtime publicist Leslie Sloane, three sources told Page Six (opens in new tab) on Tuesday, ending a professional relationship that dated to Lively’s “Gossip Girl” rise more than two decades ago. TMZ (opens in new tab) separately reported the split.
Confirmed background: Sloane represented Lively at Baker Winokur Ryder and later at Vision PR, which Sloane founded in 2014. Baldoni’s $400 million countersuit in the “It Ends With Us” dispute named Sloane and Vision PR among defendants over alleged smear activity; those claims against Sloane were later dismissed, Page Six (opens in new tab) and TMZ (opens in new tab) note. Lively and Baldoni settled in May 2026 with no money changing hands, according to prior TMZ (opens in new tab) reporting cited again Tuesday. Lively later sought more than $8 million in fees and was awarded about $400,000, TMZ (opens in new tab) reports.
Circulating claim: Page Six (opens in new tab)’s sources say Sloane was let go after backlash tied to the 18-month legal war, which the outlet says cost the co-stars a combined $60 million in legal fees. TMZ (opens in new tab) frames the move as Lively “cleaning house” after the Baldoni battle. Neither Lively nor Sloane had publicly commented on the reported split as of Tuesday afternoon in the cited stories.
Readers should treat the parting itself as reported by gossip outlets via anonymous sources, not as a statement from either party. Court outcomes in the Baldoni litigation — settlement timing, dismissal of claims against Sloane, fee award — are on the public record as summarized by those outlets.