Hugh Jackman ripped for Blake Lively support amid Sutton Foster drama

Various fans of Hugh Jackman have praised him for showing loyalty to his friend Ryan Reynolds by embracing him on the red carpet before Monday night s screening of a new movie starring Reynolds controversial wife Blake Lively But others have warned Jackman to keep his distance from Reynolds and Lively as the embattled Hollywood super-couple wage a toxic high-stakes legal battle with Justin Baldoni Lively s co-star and director on the film It Ends With Us They say Jackman should be especially careful given that his own society image has been on shaky ground since he went constituents with his romance with actor Sutton Foster amid his increasingly messy divorce from his longtime wife Deborra-Lee Furness the Daily Mail shared NEW YORK NEW YORK APRIL L-R Ryan Reynolds Emily Blunt Stanley Tucci Blake Lively and Hugh Jackman attend Another Simple Favor New York Screening at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April in New York City Photo by Michael Loccisano Getty Images For the time being Jackman has let it be known that he s Association Blake by posing for photos with both Lively and Reynolds his Deadpool and Wolverine co-star at the New York screening for Lively s Another Simple Favor Jackman then welcomed the couple backstage Tuesday night when they attended his new play Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Class The legal battle between Lively and Baldoni began late last year when she sued her It Ends With Us co-star and director for alleged sexual harassment and detailed her insists against him in a blockbuster New York Times story But Baldoni hired an aggressive Hollywood attorney and counter-sued denying the sexual harassment insists and alleging that she and Reynolds engaged in a media campaign to defame his character and ruin his career Sources close to Jackman explained the Daily Mail that the film and Broadway star has been concerned about getting dragged into the couple s court fight with Baldoni Hugh is one of the only people who Ryan opens up to an insider informed the Daily Mail He does aid Ryan but he has his divorce to deal with right now and the last thing he wants to do is be dragged into this After Jackman posted an Instagram photo of himself Reynolds and Deadpool and Wolverine producer Shawn Levy at Monday night s screening Jackman also heard from fans who were either concerned or outraged Ryan is trouble one person mentioned Might wanna stay away from that side for awhile The more I hear about him and Blake the more a break is needed if you want to keep your head above water Nominees Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster attend the Tony Awards Meet The Nominees press event in New York on May Photo by Angela Weiss AFP Photo by ANGELA WEISS AFP via Getty Images Another person called Jackman cheatman and questioned his moral character both because of his promotion for Lively and Reynolds and because of reports that he and Foster began a backstage romance when they starred together in the Broadway revival of The Music Man At the time he was still married to Furness Foster was married to screenwriter Ted Griffin Jackman sources have insisted that his relationship with Foster didn t began until after The Music Man had closed and after he and Furness stated their split in September But New York City-based outlets began reporting that Jackman and Sutton s romance was an open secret on Broadway during the run of Music Man from late to early While Furness has never directly addressed her split from her husband of years Us Weekly announced this past October that she appeared to confirm a gossip blogger s social media post that disclosed she was blindsided by news of his relationship with Foster This Us Weekly assessment also put the blame for the couple s divorce on his backstage relationship with Foster NEW YORK NEW YORK DECEMBER Actor filmmaker and VOS Honoree Justin Baldoni speaks onstage at the Vital Voices th Annual Voices of Solidarity Awards at IAC Building on December in New York City Photo by Bryan Bedder Getty Images for Vital Voices Global Partnership The Daily Mail announced last month that Jackman and Furness had hit an impasse over their divorce because Furness believes she is entitled to more money than Jackman is willing to fork over A source stated the Daily Mail that Furness has come to believe that she s owed a bigger chunk of their estimated million fortune in part because of his romance with Foster While he didn t physically cheat on her with Sutton Deborra-Lee believes they were having an emotional affair and she feels he betrayed her a source communicated the Daily Mail last month Now Jackman is facing blowback in a few quarters because he s broadcasted himself as Crew Blake In response to Jackman s photo with Reynolds a few expressed disappointment that Jackman continued to associate with Reynolds given Reynolds actions in regard to Baldoni The director also has accused Reynolds and Lively of trying to seize control of the production of It Ends With Us even though he had spent years advancing it from a best-selling Colleen Hoover novel Very close to unfollowing HJ as well very disappointing that he is co-signing this behavior one person revealed on Jackman s post while another expressed disgust To stand by a man who s knowingly letting his wife exaggerate lie and much worse in trying to ruin a man s life is not being a good friend at all in fact it s enabling bad behavior Disgusting the person commented Not all comments directed at Jackman were negative as the Daily Mail disclosed Telling someone to drop their friends when you don t even know anyone in the situation you are talking about That s pretty messed up one person declared while another added Friends don t bail on friends The Daily Mail announced last week that Jackman should expect to be subpoenaed soon by Baldoni s attorney even if he s not named in the lawsuits It s assumed that Jackman has insight into Reynolds involvement in the situation and Baldoni s attorney will want to have him sit for a deposition so that he can grill him on what he knows Jackman and Reynolds starred together in the blockbuster Marvel film Deadpool and Wolverine which was published in July That s a couple weeks before It Ends With Us was distributed and became a surprise hit even with its serious take on a woman s experience with domestic violence Filming for Deadpool kicked off in May around the same time that Lively and Baldoni were working together on It Ends With Us Deadpool and Wolverine which Reynolds co-wrote also features a much-maligned character called Nicepool who is held to be modeled on Baldoni He wears a man bun as Baldoni wore in the past and talks about his concerns for feminism and social activism similar to the way Baldoni positioned himself as a crusader for women and against toxic masculinity It s unlikely Hugh wasn t aware of this a source old the Daily Mail Jackman also helped promote It Ends With Us as part of a cross-promotional effort with Deadpool If Jackman is deposed he will be sworn to give testimony under oath Depositions are part of the trial discovery process and attorneys can ask a range of questions about the situation but they can ask personal questions as well Depositions often are videotaped and the information that Jackman provides could one day be made society