New Delhi, May 5 -- Blake Lively made her Met Gala comeback on Monday, local time, just hours after settling the acrimonious years-long 'It Ends With US' legal drama with co-star Justin Baldoni. Her appearance at the fundraiser was a surprise.

They averted a costly civil trial scheduled for May, where both actors were expected to testify about Lively's allegations of sexual misconduct against Baldoni.

Lively last attended the Met Gala in 2022, when she served as a co-chair alongside her husband Ryan Reynolds.

Blake Lively arrived at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute's annual fashion event on Monday, May 4, in an archival Atelier Versace gown from spring 2006.

This year's theme for the Met Gala was "Costume Art," and the...