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COM Published: 04:32, 1 May 2025 | Updated: 04:32, 1 May 2025 e-mail View comments Blake Lively 's recent promotional appearance involved public food preparation with her hair down, a choice that might raise eyebrows given a past health investigation for a similar incident. The Gossip Girl star, 37, was promoting her latest film, Another Simple Favor, with her fellow co-stars in a clip shared to the tooomuchfoood Instagram account on Wednesday. The actress, who's currently embroiled in an ongoing legal war with former co-star Justin Baldoni , was pictured preparing ravioli in a glamorous black skirt and top.
She wore her long blonde hair in a side ponytail, with no hairnet covering it as she hovered over the pasta. It comes after Blake's visit to Rise Doughnuts in Wilton, Connecticut , earlier this month sparked a health and safety investigation. At the time she was called out by fans for the 'disgusting' act of not wearing a hairnet while she baked.
A spokesperson for the Wilton Health Department confirmed that the business was under investigation following complaints from customers. Blake Lively's, 37, recent promotional appearance involved public food preparation with her hair down, a choice that might raise eyebrows given a past health investigation for a similar incident The actress was pictured preparing ravioli in a glamorous black skirt and top without any head covering Blake's co-stars Anna Kendrick — who has been the subject of ongoing feud rumors with Lively — Henry Golding and director Paul Feig were also present at the event. Blake was pictured helping Instagram food content creator Morgan Raum make ravioli.
Read More Blake Lively's 'disgusting' donut shop stunt sparks health and safety investigation Since chefs in aprons were visible in the clip, it's hard to tell if Lively's food preparation was spontaneous or planned. The star's fingers, adorned with gold rings, were bare as she wasn't wearing any gloves. Blake could be heard guiding Morgan on cutting the ravioli, advising, 'you don't want to push down,' and correcting her again with a 'nope.
' 'You're just trying to get these two halves to seal,' she told her. She then smiled and nodded in approval when Morgan cut the ravioli correctly. Morgan was later seen creating a cocktail with Anna, Henry and Paul but without Blake.
Towards the end of the clip the stars were seen posing together with the chefs. The star was promoting her latest film, Another Simple Favor, with her fellow co-stars in a clip shared by food content creator Morgan Raum to Instagram account on Wednesday She wore her long blonde hair in a side ponytail, with no hairnet covering it as she hovered over the pasta Since chefs in aprons were visible in the clip, it's hard to tell if Lively's food preparation was spontaneous or planned Blake's co-stars Anna Kendrick — who has been the subject of ongoing feud rumors with Lively — Henry Golding and director Paul Feig were also present at the event, though they stuck to making cocktails Morgan was later seen creating a drink with Anna, Henry and Paul but without Blake Their upcoming film, A Simple Favor sequel, comes out on Prime Video May 1. It comes after Lively came under fire from furious fans who have lambasted her for an improvised scene she did while filming A Simple Favor in 2018.
The actress is currently embroiled in a lawsuit with her It Ends With Us co-star Justin, after accusing him of sexual harassment and plotting a smear campaign to ruin her reputation. But in the wake of Justin's counter lawsuit, Blake's behavior on various film sets has come under fire. Earlier this month a clip has emerged that shows a surprising side to Blake's behavior on the set of A Simple Favor, when she confessed that she improvised a scene where she grabbed her co-star Henry's privates.
Earlier this month Lively's sugar-coated PR stunt at a Connecticut doughnut shop sparked an official investigation into the establishment over alleged unsanitary practices. The It Ends With Us star visited Rise Doughnuts in Wilton where she was called out by fans for the 'disgusting' act of not wearing a hairnet while she baked. Posting footage from her visit, she wrote: 'Baking with genius food friends and their kitchen mixer the size of a car.
This is what my happy place looks like...
' It was later confirmed that the Wilton Health Department received complaints about Lively working in the kitchen without a hairnet, covering, hat, or hair-tie to keep her flaxen mane from shedding all over the $5 craft donuts - and that the business was under investigation. It's unclear what possible health code violations, sanctions, or fines could be enforced on owners Hugh Mangum and Laura Malone, who only acquired the former pizzeria in 2022. Rise Doughnuts currently has a 4.
5 out of five star rating on Yelp and all new reviews are paused as 'this business is being monitored by Yelp's Support team for content related to media reports.' Lively's sugar-coated PR stunt at a Connecticut doughnut shop earlier this month sparked an official investigation into the establishment over alleged unsanitary practices A spokesperson for the Wilton Health Department confirmed that they've received complaints about Blake working in the kitchen without a hairnet Lively is currently in the midst of a legal war against her It Ends With Us director Justin Baldoni (M, pictured in 2024), whom she's accused of sexually harassing her on set 'Is it the practice at this doughnut shop to allow employees handling the food to wear their hair loose & hang a few inches above a tray of doughnuts?' Yelp user J.J.
complained in a recent review that got through. 'Why don't your employees have to wear hairnets? This does not seem sanitary.' Lively is still in the midst of a legal war against her It Ends With Us director Justin, whom she's accused of sexually harassing her on set.
It all began December 20 when Blake filed a complaint with the California Civil Rights Department against the 41-year-old filmmaker for sexual harassment and retaliation on the set of the Sony Pictures drama, and revealed her side to the New York Times. Justin immediately filed a libel lawsuit for $250M against the New York Times for allegedly biased coverage of Lively's California complaint and she filed a lawsuit against him and his PR team on December 31 for his alleged 'plan to undermine her reputation in retaliation' with a 'vicious smear campaign' in retaliation for reporting sexual harassment. All of the parties deny the allegations against them.
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