In a move no one saw coming, Blake Lively has settled with Wayfarer Studios... and I am in mourning. That courtroom trial was the only way I was emotionally getting through May 2026.

(We're devastated. We're inconsolable. We're rewatching the Met Gala interview for forensic evidence.)

This week on Dirty Dish, I'm breaking down the settlement no one wanted: what Blake Lively actually agreed to, what Justin Baldoni's lawyer Bryan Freedman is saying about it, and why I think the real war isn't over...it's just moved to the box office. I also unpack Whitney Leavitt leaving The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives and why this is a full Geri Halliwell-leaving-the-Spice-Girls moment for Mom Tok.

Plus...I have a brand new PR plan for Blake. It involves a baking blog, and that's all I'm giving you.

Then yes, I talk about marketing as well.

In Dirty Business, I'm getting honest about why I postponed a launch by a month. We're talking about the self-imposed deadlines that quietly wreck your business, the moment I caught myself comparing my business to other women's, and the very specific thing my husband had to bully me into admitting.

It's not a tidy lesson. It's the actual conversation.

→ Why Blake Lively's Met Gala 2026 appearance hours after settling with Wayfarer Studios was a calculated PR move, not a coincidence

→ What Justin Baldoni's strategic silence tells you about owning the narrative when the internet wants a statement

→ The Whitney Leavitt and Secret Lives of Mormon Wives lesson on when to detach your brand from a group identity

→ The exact moment a self-imposed deadline stops serving your business and starts costing you

→ Why I started getting jealous of other woman

Dirty Chats is hosted by Marisa Twentyman, website copywriter and founder of Dirty Copy. New episodes drop weekly.

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I'm ranting today. Women in the entrepreneurial space need to stop being put on a pedestal...because I'm starting to feel like a lot of them are being dishonest.

Also we've got Taylor Frankie Paul and Dakota Mortensen back in court...the judge absolutely clocked what's going on there...

Plus Nike's embarrassing response to their Boston Marathon campaign backlash, and why their non-apology is a masterclass in what NOT to do when your brand gets backlash from the Karens.

Next, how Emma Grede turned every controversy on her book tour into free press for Start With Yourself... and the reframe strategy behind it

And then I go into a rant about women in the entrepreneurial space, the wide-open-calendar performance, paying for proximity, and why the real opportunity right now belongs to the women who've actually been putting in the work.

I have opinions.

(You've been warned.)

I'm Marisa Twentyman, website copywriter and founder of Dirty Copy, copywriting for brands that don't do boring.

I'm the host of Dirty Chats podcast...

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What happened in Belle Burden's smash hit memoir Strangers? (and why did my carousel about it go viral?) I chat about the devastating prenup, what my husband said about the husband leaving, and what my carousel angle taught me about Instagram metrics.

The Alex Cooper Vs Alix Earle drama explained: what actually kicked the feud off, and why Matt Kaplan is all of a sudden in hot water (and why he shouldn't called 'Matt')...and I pitch an unofficial PR plan for Alex Cooper that I will absolutely NOT be posting.

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I'm Marisa Twentyman, website copywriter and founder of Dirty Copy.

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