A source previously told PEOPLE that Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds would not be in attendance at the annual event

Blake Lively is back with a new project, Another Simple Favor. The film, which headed straight to streaming on Prime Video, marked her first release since the It Ends With Us legal battle. In late December,

Blake Lively, once Queen of the Met Gala, has been noticeably absent from the lavish event in recent years. Amid tension between the actress and her It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni, her inclination to attend such a public-facing event might be hindered.