Blake Lively is being called out for a ‘disgusting’ mistake she made while serving donuts at a friend’s cafe this week.

Additionally, the embattled actress has also been accused of staging a PR stunt amid her ongoing legal battle with Justin Baldoni that completely ‘missed the mark’. 

The 37-year-old was all smiles as she baked up a storm at a Connecticut donut shop over the weekend, but fans on social media noticed that she hadn’t tied her hair back for the culinary endeavor.

As she leaned forward at one point, her long blonde locks hung down over her shoulders – just above a tray of donuts that she was serving to customers.

When podcaster Zack Peter, host of No Filter, shared the images on Instagram, one fan wrote, ‘Why isn’t her hair pulled back?’

‘First thing I thought, “eeewwwww donuts with hair,”‘ one person replied.

Another wrote, ‘Exactly! If she is serving food, then her hair needs to be pulled back.’

Blake Lively is being called out for not tying her hair up while serving donuts at a friend’s cafe this week

A third added, ‘Literally my first thought! She shouldn’t be allowed in the kitchen without her hair back at least!’

Lively is famed for her illustrious mane, and even has her own hair care line called Blake Brown. 

Meanwhile, Peter also weighed in on the star’s donut debacle, calling Lively’s baking blitz ‘a PR stunt.’

‘Looks like Blake Lively is doing everything she can do to look cool and unbothered amid her legal saga with Justin Baldoni,’ he wrote.

Speaking to DailyMail.com, an insider said, ‘Blake did this on her own. She was not advised by her team to do this. She told her team after this happened and everyone thought that it was a harmless idea.’

They continued, ‘It is not so much a PR stunt as an effort to gain back her fans by showing her softer side which people loved her for. She wanted to show that she truly cares about people. But in hindsight she really missed the mark on this.

‘Federal regulations in every state specify that women need to wear hairnets when handling food. Blake wore her long hair down. This is also the responsibility of the donut shop to make sure health regulations are adhered to. But everyone was so excited to have Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds there that this was likely overlooked.’

‘Baking with genius food friends and their kitchen mixer the size of a car,’ Lively wrote in one post, which showed her slaving over a large mixer filled with dough

Lively is actually famed for her illustrious mane, and even has her own hair care line called Blake Brown

While naysayers have accused the Gossip Girl actress of dishing out donuts for publicity, Lively revealed that her friend actually owns the store and that she was simply happy to help out.

‘Baking with genius food friends and their kitchen mixer the size of a car,’ she wrote in one post, which showed her slaving over a large mixer filled with dough.

‘This is what my happy place looks like,’ she added in another post.

According to People magazine, Lively ‘is friends with the owner’ of Rise Doughnuts in Wilton and was ‘in a really happy mood’ as she helped out in the kitchen.

Lively also seemed to have friendly and fun conversations with customers while working behind the counter, according to the outlet.

Her wholesome day of baking sweets comes amid her ongoing legal battle with her It Ends With Us co-star and director Baldoni.

Late last year, Lively filed a lawsuit against him as well as film producer Jamey Heath, Wayfarer Studios co-found Steve Sarowitz and more from Baldoni’s team.

‘She shouldn’t be allowed in the kitchen without her hair back at least!’ one fan wrote

In her complaint, she accused Baldoni and company of sexual harassment and orchestrating a smear campaign to ruin her reputation.

In response, Baldoni filed a $400 million defamation lawsuit against Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds and their publicist Leslie Sloane, accusing them of shutting him out of his own film and ruining his career.

He also filed a lawsuit against The New York Times’ reporting on Lively’s allegations.

Over a week ago, Lively filed a motion to dismiss Baldoni’s $400 million defamation lawsuit, slamming it as ‘vengeful and rambling.’

In court documents obtained by DailyMail.com, Lively’s attorneys slammed Baldoni’s lawsuit as a ‘profound abuse of the legal process that has no place in federal court’ as they asked for all claims against her to be dropped.

In a shocking twist, the documents also state that Wayfarer’s legal efforts against Lively may end up costing Baldoni’s team $100 million due to a mandatory fee shifting provision in California Civil Code Section 47.1, which provides protections to individuals with claims of sexual harassment and similar allegations. 

Additionally, the embattled actress has also been accused of staging a PR stunt amid her ongoing legal battle with Justin Baldoni that completely ‘missed the mark’

It’s the latest update in the messy legal ordeal between Lively and Baldoni, which officially began in December 2024 after Lively filed her complaint and Baldoni countersued in February.

All parties have denied the allegations against them, and Reynolds and Sloane have also filed to be dismissed from the lawsuit.

In the introduction and summary of their argument, Lively’s legal team argues the lawsuit against her has ‘no place in federal court’ due to legal protections for individuals who have spoken out about sexual harassment or filed legal claims.

‘The law prohibits weaponizing defamation lawsuits, like this one, to retaliate against individuals who have filed legal claims or have publicly spoken out about sexual harassment and retaliation,’ the documents state.

The former co-stars’ trial date is set for March 9, 2026.