Blake Lively Reportedly ‘Refused to Allow’ Justin Baldoni to Attend ‘It Ends With Us’ Premiere

Justin Baldoni is accusatory Blake Lively of a concerted effort to remove him from the filmmaking process for their 2024 drama It ends with us.

In addition to claiming that Lively tried to take creative direction from him, Baldoni, who also directed the film, claims that Lively, 37, tried to exclude him from the film’s premiere.

Baldoni’s accusation came in a lawsuit he filed Tuesday, Dec. 31, against New York Times. He is seeking $250 million in damages for four complaints, including libel and false light invasion of privacy.

The trial, obtained by Us Weeklyclaims that Lively “systematically put (him) out of marketing his own film.”

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“Further undermining Baldoni’s role, Lively initially refused to allow his attendance at the film’s premiere,” the lawsuit states. “Only after considerable pressure did she reluctantly agree to allow Baldoni and the Wayfarer team to participate, but under humiliating conditions. The Wayfarer team and their families, including Baldoni and (producer Jamey) Heath, were separated from the main cast, excluded from the exclusive after party and forced to organize their own event at extra cost.”

Blake Lively reportedly refused to allow Justin Baldoni to attend the It Ends With Us premiere on February 2

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The suit further details Lively’s alleged efforts to ostracize Baldoni and his family at the film’s premiere.

“Baldoni’s red carpet appearance was interrupted and his family and friends were confined to a temporary seating area in the basement before being escorted to a separate theater following Lively’s departure,” the suit continues. “Not only had Lively stolen the film, but she also deprived Baldoni and his team of any real opportunity to celebrate their hard work.”

Baldoni, 40, further accuses Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, to use bullying tactics to “exile” him from his own film. In addition to her alleged attempts to ban Baldoni from the premiere, the suit says Reynolds, 48, tried to use her influence to convince Baldoni’s agent to drop him as a client.

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“Baldoni and (Wayfarer Studios) became increasingly fearful of what Lively and Reynolds were capable of as their actions seemed aimed at destroying Baldoni’s career and personal life,” the suit states.

Lively’s attorney responded to Baldoni’s lawsuit, saying in a statement Us Weekly that it does not change the charges she made against him.

“Nothing in this lawsuit alters the allegations made in Ms. Lively’s California Civil Rights Department complaint or her federal complaint filed earlier today,” the statement read. “This lawsuit is based on the patently false premise that Ms. Lively’s administrative complaint against Wayfarer and others was a ruse based on a choice ‘not to sue Baldoni, Wayfarer’ and that ‘litigation was never her ultimate goal.’ As indicated by the federal complaint filed by Ms. Lively earlier today, this frame of reference for the Wayfarer case is false in its entirety. We look forward to addressing each and every one of Wayfarer’s claims in court.”