{"id":139900,"date":"2024-12-23T12:27:47","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T12:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/23\/justin-baldoni-responds-to-bombshell-blake-lively-lawsuit\/"},"modified":"2024-12-23T12:27:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T12:27:47","slug":"justin-baldoni-responds-to-bombshell-blake-lively-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/23\/justin-baldoni-responds-to-bombshell-blake-lively-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Baldoni Responds to Bombshell Blake Lively Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively co-starred in the film It Ends With Us.<\/p>\n<p>But when it comes to the ugly and unfortunate feud between these former colleagues?<\/p>\n<p>Well. That is just beginning.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-09-at-2.57.00-PM-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-508059 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-09-at-2.57.00-PM-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-09-at-2.57.00-PM-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-09-at-2.57.00-PM-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-09-at-2.57.00-PM-960x640.webp 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-09-at-2.57.00-PM-1080x720.webp 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-09-at-2.57.00-PM-1200x800.webp 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-09-at-2.57.00-PM.webp 1360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screen-Shot-2024-08-09-at-2.57.00-PM.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">It seems unlikely Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni will share the screen ever again.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Sony Pictures Releasing \/ courtesy Everett Collection)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As you\u2019ve likely heard by now, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/12\/blake-lively-actually-sues-justin-baldoni-for-sexual-harassment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lively filed a sexual harassment lawsuit<\/a> last week against Baldoni.<\/p>\n<p>In these legal papers, Lively accuses Baldoni of launching a smear campaign to \u201cdestroy\u201d her reputation, while also claiming Baldoni created a hostile work environment on the set of the aforementioned book adaption.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, the documents allege that the actor caused \u201csevere emotional distress\u201d to Lively as a result of his behavior\u2026 which included \u201cshowing nude videos or images of women to Blake,\u201d along with discussion of Baldoni\u2019s past \u201cpornography addiction\u201d or \u201csexual conquests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a meeting that involved Lively, husband Ryan Reynolds, Baldoni and others involved in the project, Baldoni was asked to make \u201cno further mentions of cast and crew\u2019s genitalia, no more inquiries about Blake\u2019s weight, and no further mention of Blake\u2019s dead father.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We had previously heard that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/08\/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-it-ends-with-us-drama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Baldoni fat-shamed Lively<\/a> on set, as shooting on the movie got underway not long after she gave birth.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-515640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-2048x1364.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-960x639.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-1080x719.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-1200x799.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-515640 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-2048x1364.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-960x639.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-1080x719.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-1200x799.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165362039-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Blake Lively poses on the red carpet upon arrival to attend the UK gala screening for \u201cIt ends with us\u201d at the Odeon Luxe in Leicester square, central London on August 8, 2024. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS \/ AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to The New York Times, meanwhile, Baldoni\u2019s lawyer Bryan Freedman has now fired back against Lively troubling allegations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is shameful that Ms. Lively and her representatives would make such serious and categorically false accusations against Mr. Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios and its representatives,\u201d Freedman said in a statement, referring to the production company the director cofounded.<\/p>\n<p>Baldoni\u2019s attorney called Lively\u2019s allegations in the complaint \u201cyet another desperate attempt to \u2018fix\u2019 her negative reputation which was garnered from her own remarks and actions during the campaign for the film; interviews and press activities that were observed publicly, in real time and unedited, which allowed for the internet to generate their own views and opinions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lively and Baldoni did not promote It Ends With Us together in any way \u2014 no interviews, no photo shoots \u2014 promoting massive speculation this summer over what had transpired between them.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2165600162-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-508061\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2165600162-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2165600162-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2165600162-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2165600162-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2165600162-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2165600162-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2165600162-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2165600162-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2165600162-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-508061 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2165600162-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2165600162-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2165600162-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2165600162-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2165600162-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2165600162-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2165600162-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2165600162-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2165600162-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Justin Baldoni attends the \u201cIt Ends With Us\u201d New York Premiere at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on August 6, 2024 in New York City. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> ((Photo by Cindy Ord\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Baldoni continued, through his legal team:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese claims are completely false, outrageous and intentionally salacious with an intent to publicly hurt and rehash a narrative in the media.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The attorney said Wayfarer Studios \u201cmade the decision to proactively hire a crisis manager prior to the marketing campaign of the film\u201d due to alleged \u201cmultiple demands and threats made by Ms. Lively during production which included her threatening to not showing up to set, threatening to not promote the film, ultimately leading to its demise during release, if her demands were not met.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It sure sounds like Baldoni and Lively won\u2019t be starring in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/08\/it-ends-with-us-sequel-will-it-happen-in-wake-of-blake-lively-justin-baldoni-feud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">It Ends With Us sequel<\/a>, huh?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Blake Lively in front of a giant It Ends With Us sign on August 8, 2024.\" class=\"wp-image-508016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Blake Lively in front of a giant It Ends With Us sign on August 8, 2024.\" class=\"wp-image-508016 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0827_blakelively_03-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Blake Lively attends the \u201cIt Ends With Us\u201d UK Gala Screening at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on August 08, 2024.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Jeff Spicer\/Getty Images for Sony Pictures)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In her own statement to The New York Times, Lively said the following: <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope that my legal action helps pull back the curtain on these sinister retaliatory tactics to harm people who speak up about misconduct and helps protect others who may be targeted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve got a feeling we\u2019ll be hearing a lot more about this in the coming days, weeks and months.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/12\/justin-baldoni-responds-to-bombshell-blake-lively-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively co-starred in the film It Ends With Us. But when it comes to the ugly and unfortunate feud between these former colleagues? Well. That is just beginning. It seems unlikely Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni will share the screen ever again. (Sony Pictures Releasing \/ courtesy Everett Collection) As you\u2019ve [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":139901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-139900","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}