Everyone clap for Blake Lively, y’all — she just passed a major postpartum mom milestone, and she is “so proud” of herself! She walked the first red carpet since welcoming baby number four with husband Ryan Reynolds at Barnard College’s Annual Gala in New York on April 24, looking absolutely stunning.
The It Ends With Us star became a mom of four in February (she also shares daughters James, 8, Inez, 6, and Betty, 3, with Reynolds), and this week, she did the unthinkable: got dressed, put on makeup, had her hair done, and went out! Yes, it was heavily documented, of course.
“This is my new family now @serenalevy @slevydirect @sophie_levy congratulations on all you’ve done for @barnardcollege,” Lively wrote on Instagram.
“I loved celebrating you but I mostly loved having an excuse to wear neon and heels,” she added. Who wouldn’t?
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The Gossip Girl alum channeled Serena van der Woodsen in a Carolina Herrera white dress dotted with colorful florals and hot pink Manolo Blahnik heels. Slide to the next picture to see her stunning neon pink-and-yellow Sergio Hudson jacket that she wore over her dress, while posing in front of a floral frame. Yeah, we would want to take a million pictures of that perfect spring ‘fit, too!
Lively also posted pictures of her outfit on her Instagram Stories, including one with her back turned to show off her long, half up, half down curly hairstyle and the back of her pink coat. “Now you see me,” she wrote. In the next picture, she drops the coat and stands in front of the floral artwork, joking about how much she blends in: “Now you don’t.”
She also teases her look. “it’s the ‘magic’ / shocked face tho 😬🫣🤦🏼♀️.” She’s clearly having so much fun on her break night from the kids, and we love it for her!
Major congratulations to @blakelively who's expecting her fourth child with actor, @VancityReynolds! https://t.co/qhtJXibZtH
— SheKnows (@SheKnows) September 15, 2022
In another picture, Lively thanks her hair and makeup stylists Jennifer Yepez and Carolina Gonzalez for “making me feel like human Facetune.” She shows off her gorgeous rainbow earrings in another, which she is wearing with her Christmas pajamas as she gets ready. Every mom knows you can’t wear anything nice until the last second when kids are involved!
“Yes I’m in Christmas pajamas at this point but focus on the insane art that is @brentnealejewelry & @lorraineschwartz,” she wrote.
In the last picture from her Stories, she shares her Instagram post of herself standing in front of the floral painting in the full ensemble. She jokes, “If I keep taking photos in these clothes it will no longer be an outfit but an actual Transformer.”
“I’m just so proud I left the house,” she added. We are so proud of her too — it’s not an easy thing to do with a newborn and three big kids at home!
Blake Lively Presented an Award to Sophie Levy
At the gala, Lively presented an award to actress Sophie Levy, 23, daughter of director Shawn Levy and Serena Levy.
Lively talked about how she had “zero acting jobs” early in her career, so she decided to go back to college at Columbia, per a video shared by Barnard College on its Instagram Stories, seen by Entertainment Tonight.
“Two weeks after that, the producers of Gossip Girl called me like an ex-boyfriend and they said, ‘Listen, will you please do this show? And if you do, we promise you can go to Columbia one day a week — as long as it doesn’t interfere with our seven-day-a-week shooting schedule,'” the actress said in her speech. “Who doesn’t want to earn a bachelor’s degree in 77 years?”
She continued, “So needless to say, I think I have to accept that tonight is the closest I’m going to get. So I’m just going to pretend that this is me graduating tonight. So thank you, thank you. I made it.”
This Isn’t The First Time Blake Lively’s Left the House
Despite this being Lively’s first red carpet since becoming a mom of four, this isn’t her first time making a public outing. She attended the Vanarama National League match between Wrexham and York City at the Racecourse Ground on March 25 in Wrexham, Wales, with her husband, Wrexham co-owner, and their children.
And last week, she celebrated Gigi Hadid’s 28th birthday with Taylor Swift and the Haim sisters.
A source told Entertainment Tonight, “Taylor Swift and Blake Lively hung out at Zero Bond in NYC last night,” an eyewitness revealed. “They went to dinner with Ryan Reynolds before and headed to Zero Bond after for a girls’ night. They arrived at around 11 p.m. and stayed for about an hour. They were wandering around the space and having fun. Gigi Hadid also popped by to join them since she lives nearby.”
The insider also commented on Taylor Swift’s recent split from Joe Alwyn. “Taylor was having so much fun and it seemed like she was just relaxing and enjoying herself with her girlfriends,” the source added. “She didn’t seem upset about her breakup with Joe at all. Blake and Gigi have been a great support system for Taylor and they’re all so close.”
Blake Lively & Ryan Reynolds ‘Love’ Being Parents
During an interview with ET Canada on April 14, the Deadpool actor joked about his kids, “I haven’t met any of them yet, but they seem great,” he said. “They have a private Instagram account that I follow.”
He continued on a more serious note, “You know, two to three was a huge jump… three to four less so. I cannot speak for my wife, but it’s just from what I’ve observed.” He added, “You know, we would be idiots to do this again if we didn’t love it.”
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