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Blake Lively’s Attorneys Condemn “More Attacks” From Justin Baldoni’s Legal Team
The It Ends With Us controversy surrounding Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively isn't ending anytime soon.
During the Jan. 7 occurrence of The Megyn Kelly Show—which featured an quality by Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman—the big played an audio clip purportedly of the It Ends With Us prima and manager complaining astir allegedly being sidelined astatine the film's New York premiere backmost successful August.
"On what could've been 1 of the astir beauteous nights of my beingness career-wise, I was virtually sent to the basement with each my friends and household for implicit an hour," Baldoni says in the undated clip, of which Kelly did not specify however she obtained, "because I wasn't allowed to beryllium seen."
Indeed, the Jane the Virgin alum not appearing successful immoderate photos with Lively and the remainder of their costars from the star-studded premiere was one of the details that tipped fans off to determination perchance being atrocious humor betwixt them.
"[Blake] didn't privation maine anyplace adjacent her oregon the remainder of the cast, truthful they ushered maine disconnected of the carpet and they sent america down to the basement," helium continued. "We were down determination together—my friends and family, the radical that emotion maine the most—and we commencement laughing due to the fact that of the ridiculousness of this full thing."
The Six Feet Apart manager added that the moment—which "was expected to beryllium truthful materialistically joyful"—forced him to bespeak connected wherefore helium pursued filmmaking to statesman with.
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"None of that s--t matters. None of it," Baldoni said to his team. "That's not wherefore we're successful the business, that's not wherefore the 3 of america are successful this business, to be a premiere similar that and beryllium celebrated."
"We're successful this business, due to the fact that we're artists and we judge successful what we do," helium emphasized, "and due to the fact that we privation to make creation that touches people's hearts and souls and tin determination people, and that's what we did."
Baldoni ended the dependable memo—which Kelly indicated was conscionable a information of a longer clip—on a hopeful message.
"I judge that volition travel each of us," helium said, "and that information volition prevail and that airy and emotion volition win."
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In effect to the recently released audio, E! reached retired to Lively's rep, who pointed a erstwhile connection calling retired Baldoni’s squad for “more attacks” they accidental person been leveled against their client.
"A classical maneuver to distract from allegations of this benignant of misconduct is to 'blame the victim' by suggesting that they invited the conduct, brought it connected themselves, misunderstood the intentions, oregon adjacent lied," the Jan. 6 connection work successful part. "Another classical maneuver is to reverse the unfortunate and offender, and suggest that the offender is really the victim."
In the weeks since Lively filed a ineligible ailment successful California connected Dec. 21, tensions betwixt her and Baldoni person exploded into the courts. On Dec. 31, she sued Baldoni and his institution for “severe affectional distress.”
That aforesaid day, helium filed a $250 cardinal libel lawsuit against The New York Times implicit reporting connected an alleged smear run against Lively aft she accused him of intersexual harassment connected set. (The New York Times has since said they program to “to vigorously support against the lawsuit.”)
His lawyer has besides since indicated plans to writer Lively.
But amid the ongoing lawsuits, Lively’s squad slammed “more attacks” leveled astatine the A Simple Favor star by Baldoni and those successful his camp.
"This is not a 'feud' arising from 'creative differences' oregon a ‘he said/she said' situation," Lively's lawyers besides said successful their Jan. 6 connection to E! News, noting that allegations made successful Lively's archetypal ailment were "serious claims of intersexual harassment and retaliation."
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Meanwhile, Freedman, connected behalf of Baldoni and his institution Wayfarer Studios, refuted Lively's archetypal ailment Dec. 21, saying, "these claims are wholly false, outrageous and intentionally salacious with an intent to publically wounded and rehash a communicative successful the media."
Keep speechmaking to spot however stars reacted to the concern betwixt Lively and Baldoni.
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Colleen Hoover
After Blake Lively filed a ineligible complaint against It Ends With Us costar and manager Justin Baldoni, accusing him of intersexual harassment connected the film's acceptable and for aboriginal taking portion successful a smear run against her—claims that helium has since denied via his lawyer—Colleen Hoover, who wrote the publication that the movie is based on, shared a connection to the actress.
"@blakelively, you person been thing but honest, kind, supportive and diligent since the time we met," Colleen wrote connected her Instagram Stories Dec. 21. "Thank you for being precisely the quality that you are. Never change. Never wilt."
Robyn Lively
Blake's sister, chap histrion Robyn Lively, besides weighed in.
"I impulse everyone to work The NY Times nonfiction successful its entirety," Robyn wrote connected Instagram Dec. 23, referencing the NYT portion that details Blake's ailment filed with the California Civil Rights Department. "It calls retired those down the ruthless and nefarious smear run that aimed to instrumentality down my sister."
The Teen Witch prima went connected to enactment that it besides "highlights" what Blake allegedly experienced connected the acceptable of It Ends With Us.
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Paul Feig
Blake's A Simple Favor manager besides came to her defense, writing connected X Dec. 22, "I’ve present made 2 movies with Blake and each I tin accidental is she’s 1 of the astir professional, creative, collaborative, talented and benignant radical I’ve ever worked with. She genuinely did not merit immoderate of this smear run against her. I deliberation it’s atrocious she was enactment done this."
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Amy Schumer
The comedian showed her enactment for the Gossip Girl alum, penning connected her Instagram Story Dec. 22, "I judge Blake."
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Gwyneth Paltrow
Shortly aft Blake's ailment was made public, the Goop laminitis shared a photograph of The Town star's hairsbreadth company, Blake Brown, connected her Instagram Story, writing, "Just added to my Christmas privation list."
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Alexis Bledel, Amber Tamblyn & America Ferrera
Blake's BFFs and Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants costars penned a associated message, posted to Instagram Dec. 22, stating they "stand with her successful solidarity arsenic she fights backmost against the reported run waged to destruct her reputation."
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Bart Johnson
Bart Johnson shared an impassioned defence of his sister-in-law successful the comments conception of a New York Times Instagram post detailing the filing and its ain probe into the behind-the-scenes turmoil.
“Her complained were filed during the filming,” the High School Musical alum, who is joined to Blake's sister Robyn, wrote. “On record. Long earlier the nationalist conflict. The formed unfollowed him for a reason. Read this nonfiction earlier spitting ignorance. His PR squad was stellar. Gross and disgusting but highly effective. Read the article, their substance connection exchanges and his PR run strategy to hide her by immoderate means necessary. No 1 is with retired faults. But the nationalist got played."
He aboriginal added connected X of Baldoni, "He’s a fraud. He puts connected the 'costume' of a hero, antheral bun and all. Used each of the trendy catchphrases & buzz words for his podcasts. None of it’s genuine. It’s each theater. And everyone fell for it. For years. Rewatch his videos with a much captious oculus and ticker him compliment and praise himself with faux humility and aforesaid deprecation. What a performance."
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Shawn Levy
Ryan Reynolds' predominant collaborator Shawn Levy shared the New York Times probe into the smear run connected his Instagram Stories, writing, "Proud to telephone @blakelively a friend."
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Amber Heard
Days aft Lively's filing was made public, Amber Heard reflected connected her ain acquisition facing relentless vitriol online amid ex Johnny Depp's defamation proceedings against her.
“Social media is the implicit personification of the classical saying ‘A prevarication travels halfway astir the satellite earlier information tin get its boots on,’” the Aquaman star expressed successful a connection to NBC News Dec. 23. “I saw this firsthand and up close. It’s arsenic horrifying arsenic it is destructive.”
Brandon Sklenar
Brandon Sklenar, who played Blake's emotion involvement Atlas Corrigan in It Ends With Us, had a simple, pointed connection of support.
Sharing a screenshot of the Gossip Girl alum's afloat ailment against Baldoni connected his Instagram Stories Dec. 23, helium wrote implicit a nexus to the text, "For the emotion of God work this." He followed up by tagging her with a bosom emoji.
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Jenny Slate
Jenny Slate, who played Baldoni's sister and Blake's BFF successful the film, shared her thoughts connected the "disturbing" allegations.
“As Blake Lively’s castmate and friend, I dependable my enactment arsenic she takes enactment against those reported to person planned and carried retired an onslaught connected her reputation,” Slate said successful a Dec. 23 statement to Today. “Blake is simply a leader, loyal person and a trusted root of affectional enactment for maine and truthful galore who cognize and emotion her.”
“What has been revealed astir the onslaught connected Blake is terribly dark, disturbing, and wholly threatening," the Parks and Recreation alum continued. "I commend my friend, I respect her bravery, and I basal by her side.”
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Michele Morrone
The actor, who stars alongside Lively successful the upcoming sequel to A Simple Favor, sent his emotion to her connected Instagram Story Dec. 23, adding that helium felt her "pain" arsenic they filmed unneurotic earlier this year.
