Blake Lively gets Hollywood support over Justin Baldoni lawsuit

Hollywood stars have got Blake Lively back.

Gwyneth Paltrow and Amy Schumer were among those who stood with the actress after she filed a bombshell lawsuit against her It ends with us co-star and director Justin Baldoni.

Lively accused Baldoni of sexual harassment, including impromptu kissing, and of conducting “a coordinated effort to destroy her reputation.” Baldoni has described the allegations as “completely false, outrageous and deliberately malicious.”

On Instagram Stories, Paltrow chose her side by adding Lively’s Blake Brown hair care line to her Christmas wish list. She punctuated her message, which was published the day the trial became public, with a queen emoji.

“I think Blake,” was the simple message from Schumer on Instagram Stories. The comedian’s support was notable as she has previously grilled Lively on her Inside Amy Schumer sketch show and later admitted, “We’re not close friends.”

Paul Feig, who directed Lively in A simple service and its sequel, also noted his support for the actress. “All I can say is that she is one of the most professional, creative, collaborative, talented and kind people I have ever worked with,” he said on Twitter/X. “She really didn’t deserve any of this smear campaign against her. I think it’s terrible that she was put through this.

Another place, Lively’s Sisterhood of the travel pants co-stars America Ferrera, Amber Rose Tamblyn and Alexis Bledel wrote a letter of support. “We stand with her in solidarity as she fights back against the reported campaign waged to destroy her reputation,” they said.

In her dense, ten-claim complaint, filed Friday with the California Civil Rights Department, Lively details “the hostile work environment that nearly derailed the production of the film” and the multi-pronged “Astroturfing” campaign that allegedly was launched against her by self-proclaimed feminist Baldoni and his company, Wayfarer Studios.

She alleged that Baldoni and It ends with us Producer Jamey Heath introduced overly sexual aspects to the film as well as showing pornography, discussing addiction and using sexually inappropriate language on set.

Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman said: “It is disgraceful that Ms Lively and her representatives would make such serious and categorically false allegations against Mr Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios and its representatives, as yet another desperate attempt to ‘fix’ her negative reputation, which was drawn from her own remarks and actions during the promotion of the film.”