Blake Lively’s feud with Justin Baldoni just took a very serious turn

On December 21, 2024By Littum

When It ends with us came out in August, the rift between producer and star Blake Lively and director and star Justin Baldoni was palpable. Fans did their detective work and discovered that the cast was unfollowing Baldoni on social media after he stayed far away from them at the red carpet premiere. The feud was right there in plain sight. Now the inmate questions have been transferred to the courts.

Lively is suing Baldoni for sexual harassment, according to TMZ. The court documents obtained by the outlet allege that Lively fought with Baldoni, who allegedly showed nude photos and videos of women, disclosed his past “pornography addiction” to her, discussed Lively’s postpartum weight and loved to share intimate details about his sex life. . The legal papers also noted that an emergency meeting took place to discuss the “hostile work environment” and was attended by Lively’s husband, Ryan Reynolds.

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Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, has already responded to the case and told TMZthat Lively is trying to “fix her negative reputation” and that the case is filled with “false, scandalous and deliberately malicious intent to injure the public.” Freedman claims that it was Lively who was difficult on set, “threatening not to show up to the scene, threatening not to promote the film, which ultimately led to its demise during release.”

The film, based on Colleen Hoover’s book, did well at the box office, generating $350 million worldwide on a budget of $25 million per film. The numbers. Studio executives hoped to greenlight the sequel to Hoover’s It starts with usbut the feud has gotten in the way. “This is uncharted territory and no one has any idea what a sequel might look like,” an insider told us. Black at the end of August. “There’s probably no world where these two will work together again.” Baldoni’s production company, Wayfarer Studios, owns the rights to the sequel, and while he could reprise Lively’s role, she’s a big name at the box office.

While Baldoni reportedly struggled with Reynolds rewriting a scene and not telling him as a director, Page six claimed that it wasn’t just Lively who had issues with Baldoni. The source described the working environment as “extremely difficult.” The bitter fight seemed to die down after a few weeks, but little did everyone know that Lively was preparing for something more serious — a legal battle that could turn ugly.

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