Justin Baldoni's Lawyer Reacts to Alleged Diss in Deadpool & Wolverine

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Blake Lively’s Attorneys Condemn “More Attacks” From Justin Baldoni’s Legal Team

Justin Baldoni's lawyer is taking contented with Deadpool & Wolverine.

While discussing the It Ends With Us star and director's ineligible troubles with costar Blake Lively, Baldoni's lawyer Bryan Freedman commented connected what helium believes was a excavation astatine his lawsuit made by Lively's husband Ryan Reynolds in the 2024 Marvel movie that Reynolds produced and starred in.

Fans connected societal media had pointed out that the quality of Nicepool—played by Reynolds successful the film—bore a resemblance to Baldoni with his antheral bun, a hairstyle the 40-year-old wore for years until 2023.

In the movie, Nicepool commented connected his pistillate counterpart Ladypool (played by Lively), saying to Deadpool and Hugh Jackman's Wolverine, "Oh my goodness, hold til you've seen Ladypool. She is gorgeous. She conscionable had a babe excessively and [you] can't adjacent tell."

Deadpool responds, "I don't deliberation you're expected to accidental that," to which Nicepool says, "That's OK. I place arsenic a feminist."

Freeman was shown the clip by Megyn Kelly during an interview posted to her YouTube Jan. 7 and asked what helium made of the movie moment.

"What I marque of that is that if your woman is sexually harassed, you don't marque amusive of Justin Baldoni," Freeman said. "You don't marque amusive of the situation. You instrumentality it precise seriously, you record HR complaints, you rise the contented and you travel a ineligible process. What you don't bash is mock the idiosyncratic and crook it into a joke."

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According to Freeman, determination was "no question it relates to Justin," adding that the "hair bun" and "the remark astir the pregnancy" made it "pretty evident what's being done."

"But again, if idiosyncratic is earnestly sexually harassed," helium continued, "you don't marque amusive of it. It's a superior issue."

E! News has reached retired to Reynolds and Lively for comment, but has not heard back.

Although neither has commented connected the country successful question, Lively's squad precocious slammed "more attacks" from Baldoni, who filed a $250 cardinal suit against The New York Times for libel over an article detailing an alleged smear run against the Lively pursuing her intersexual harassment allegations. In her ailment filed astatine the extremity of December, she accused Baldoni of harassment, arsenic good arsenic criticizing her assemblage aft giving commencement to son Olin in 2023.

"This is not a 'feud' arising from 'creative differences' oregon a ‘he said/she said' situation," Lively's lawyers said successful a connection to E! News Jan. 6, noting that allegations made successful Lively's archetypal ailment were "serious claims of intersexual harassment and retaliation."

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The connection alleged that Baldoni's maneuver "has been to motorboat much attacks against Ms. Lively since her filing."

However, the Jane the Virgin alum has not lone denied the allegations but is besides pursuing his suit against The Times, successful which helium seeks to clasp the outlet "accountable for its relation successful this defamation campaign," according to Baldoni's lawsuit, obtained by E! News. (In response, The Times said it stands by its reporting.)

But Lively's squad is holding steadfast connected their allegations of Baldoni's misconduct arsenic outlined successful the Gossip Girl star's archetypal civilian rights complaint and consequent lawsuit.

"Sexual harassment and retaliation are amerciable successful each workplace and successful each industry," Lively's ineligible squad said successful their statement. "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."

Since filing her complaint, galore stars person shared their enactment for Lively. Keeping speechmaking for the messages, including respective from those who worked connected It Ends With Us.

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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."

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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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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 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.”

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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.

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