Blake Lively is an extremely supportive wife to her husband, Ryan Reynolds, but on Monday she celebrated the achievements of her "new family".
The Gossip Girl star – who recently welcomed her fourth child with the Deadpool actor – spent an evening away from her husband following his trip to the UK to witness his soccer team, Wrexham AFC, earn a promotion.
Blake made her first red carpet appearance since becoming a mom of four at Barnard College's Annual Gala and took to Instagram after the event to praise her fellow attendees.
Sharing a gorgeous photo of her beaming alongside other guests, Blake penned: "This is my new family now @serenalevy @slevydirect @sophie_levy congratulations on all you've done for @barnardcollege I loved celebrating you but I mostly loved having and excuse to wear neon and heels."
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Of course, Blake looked stunning for the event wearing a floral print Carolina Herrera dress, paired with a color-block trench coat with bright panels in hot pink, coral, and neon yellow.
© InstagramShe added pair of Manolo Blahnik's iconic Hangisi pumps in red and wore her signature golden blonde tresses styled in a tousled up-do. She accessorized with an ombré rhinestone clutch with a gradient pink hue.
Though Blake ultimately did not attend Barnard (Columbia's sister school) or any college – she started her acting career in high school and had already deferred for a year when she landed the iconic role of Serena van der Woodsen on Gossip Girl – she presented an award at the gala, which she said she considered an honorary graduation.
© InstagramShe said: "The producers of Gossip Girl called me like an ex-boyfriend and they said, 'Listen, will you please do this show? And if you do, we promise you can go to Columbia one day a week… as long as it doesn't interfere with our seven-day-a-week shooting schedule.'
"Who doesn't want to earn a bachelor's degree in 77 years?" she joked, before adding: "So needless to say, I think I have to accept that tonight is the closest I'm going to get.
© Getty Images"So I'm just going to pretend that this is me graduating tonight. So thank you, thank you. I made it," she concluded.
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