Blake Lively has ended her working relationship with Leslie Sloane, the publicist who represented her for more than two decades, according to three sources who spoke with Page Six. Sloane was part of Lively’s team during her breakout years on“Gossip Girl”while at Baker Winokur Ryder, and she brought Lively with her when she founded Vision PR in 2014. That’s a twenty-year-plus partnership officially over.
The split lands just months after Lively’s legal battle with Justin Baldoni finally ended. The 18-month fight reportedly cost both sides a combined $60 million in legal fees. A judge dismissed Lively’s sexual harassment claims in April 2026, Baldoni’s suit was dismissed in June 2025, and the two settled in May 2026, just two weeks before trial was set to begin. Case closed, but the ripple effects are clearly still landing.
So what does dropping a two-decade publicist actually signal? In Hollywood, a change like this often points to a reinvention: new strategy, new messaging, new era. After a year defined by headlines and legal drama, Lively may be ready to rewrite the narrative on her own terms. Only time will tell what that looks like.
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