{"id":139979,"date":"2024-12-23T19:39:54","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T19:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/23\/amber-heard-speaks-out-on-blake-livelys-justin-baldoni-allegations\/"},"modified":"2024-12-23T19:39:54","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T19:39:54","slug":"amber-heard-speaks-out-on-blake-livelys-justin-baldoni-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/23\/amber-heard-speaks-out-on-blake-livelys-justin-baldoni-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"Amber Heard Speaks Out on Blake Lively&#8217;s Justin Baldoni Allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>As we previously reported, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/12\/blake-lively-actually-sues-justin-baldoni-for-sexual-harassment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Blake Lively has filed a sexual harassment lawsuit<\/a> against her <em>It Ends With Us<\/em> costar and director, Justin Baldoni.<\/p>\n<p>Rumors of hostility on the set of the Colleen Hoover adaptation circulated nonstop ahead of the film\u2019s release.<\/p>\n<p>And now, Blake is alleging that the situation was even worse than previously reported.<\/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\/12\/GettyImages-2165916386-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Blake Lively attends the UK Gala Screening of \" it=\"\" ends=\"\" with=\"\" us=\"\" at=\"\" the=\"\" odeon=\"\" luxe=\"\" leicester=\"\" square=\"\" on=\"\" august=\"\" in=\"\" london=\"\" england.=\"\" class=\"wp-image-515682 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165916386-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165916386-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165916386-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165916386-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165916386-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165916386-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165916386-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165916386-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Blake Lively attends the UK Gala Screening of \u201cIt Ends With Us\u201d at the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on August 08, 2024 in London, England.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Gareth Cattermole\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"h-an-alleged-smear-campaign\">An Alleged Smear Campaign<\/h2>\n<p>Among the allegations from Lively is a claim that Baldoni hired a PR firm to orchestrate a \u201csmear campaign\u201d with the goal of destroying her career and reputation.<\/p>\n<p>The firm that Baldoni allegedly hired to smear Blake is the same one that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2022\/12\/amber-heard-announces-decision-to-settle-johnny-depp-case-actress-blasts-us-legal-system-on-instagram\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Johnny Depp worked with during his defamation trial<\/a> against ex-wife Amber Heard.<\/p>\n<p>And now, Heard is speaking out about the parallels between her experience and the situation that Lively is enduring now.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"669\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1241042675-1-1024x669.jpg\" alt=\"US actress Amber Heard waits before the jury announced a split verdict in favor of both Johnny Depp and Amber Heard on their claim and counter-claim in the Depp v. Heard civil defamation trial at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, on June 1, 2022.  \" class=\"wp-image-515680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1241042675-1-1024x669.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1241042675-1-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1241042675-1-768x502.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1241042675-1-2048x1338.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1241042675-1-960x627.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1241042675-1-1080x705.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1241042675-1-1200x784.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"669\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1241042675-1-1024x669.jpg\" alt=\"US actress Amber Heard waits before the jury announced a split verdict in favor of both Johnny Depp and Amber Heard on their claim and counter-claim in the Depp v. Heard civil defamation trial at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, on June 1, 2022.  \" class=\"wp-image-515680 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1241042675-1-1024x669.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1241042675-1-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1241042675-1-768x502.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1241042675-1-2048x1338.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1241042675-1-960x627.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1241042675-1-1080x705.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1241042675-1-1200x784.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1241042675-1.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">US actress Amber Heard waits before the jury announced a split verdict in favor of both Johnny Depp and Amber Heard on their claim and counter-claim in the Depp v. Heard civil defamation trial at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, on June 1, 2022.  <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by EVELYN HOCKSTEIN\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"h-amber-s-experience\">Amber\u2019s Experience<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cSocial media is the absolute personification of the classic saying \u2018A lie travels halfway around the world before truth can get its boots on,&#8217;\u201d Heard wrote in a statement issued to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/amber-heard-speaks-blake-lively-suit-justin-baldoni-saw-firsthand-rcna185193\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NBC News<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI saw this firsthand and up close. It\u2019s as horrifying as it is destructive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2022\/06\/johnny-depp-wins-lawsuit-against-amber-heard-actor-is-awarded-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Depp won his suit against Heard<\/a>, and the 2022 trial developed into the year\u2019s biggest media circus.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-461927527-1024x724.jpg\" alt=\"Actors Amber Heard and Johnny Depp attend The Art of Elysium's 7th Annual HEAVEN Gala presented by Mercedes-Benz at Skirball Cultural Center on January 11, 2014 in Los Angeles, California.\" class=\"wp-image-515679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-461927527-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-461927527-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-461927527-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-461927527-2048x1448.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-461927527-960x679.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-461927527-1080x764.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-461927527-1200x849.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-461927527-1024x724.jpg\" alt=\"Actors Amber Heard and Johnny Depp attend The Art of Elysium's 7th Annual HEAVEN Gala presented by Mercedes-Benz at Skirball Cultural Center on January 11, 2014 in Los Angeles, California.\" class=\"wp-image-515679 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-461927527-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-461927527-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-461927527-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-461927527-2048x1448.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-461927527-960x679.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-461927527-1080x764.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-461927527-1200x849.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-461927527-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Actors Amber Heard and Johnny Depp attend The Art of Elysium\u2019s 7th Annual HEAVEN Gala presented by Mercedes-Benz at Skirball Cultural Center on January 11, 2014 in Los Angeles, California.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Michael Kovac\/Getty Images for Art of Elysium)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>These days, Amber lives a quiet life in Spain, having stepped away from the spotlight for the time being. She announced earlier this month that she\u2019s currently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/12\/amber-heard-pregnant-with-baby-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">expecting her second child<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As for Blake and Justin, the next chapter of this feud promises to be the messiest one yet.<\/p>\n<p>Lively claims that Baldoni worked with a crisis management team during the movie\u2019s promotional campaign in order to \u201chelp change the narrative\u201d about their on-set feud through \u201csocial manipulation.\u201d<\/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\/12\/GettyImages-2165606628-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Blake Lively attends the \" it=\"\" ends=\"\" with=\"\" us=\"\" new=\"\" york=\"\" premiere=\"\" at=\"\" amc=\"\" lincoln=\"\" square=\"\" theater=\"\" on=\"\" august=\"\" in=\"\" city.=\"\" class=\"wp-image-515681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165606628-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165606628-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165606628-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165606628-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165606628-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165606628-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165606628-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165606628-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\/12\/GettyImages-2165606628-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Blake Lively attends the \" it=\"\" ends=\"\" with=\"\" us=\"\" new=\"\" york=\"\" premiere=\"\" at=\"\" amc=\"\" lincoln=\"\" square=\"\" theater=\"\" on=\"\" august=\"\" in=\"\" city.=\"\" class=\"wp-image-515681 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165606628-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165606628-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165606628-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165606628-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165606628-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165606628-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165606628-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165606628-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2165606628-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Blake Lively attends the \u201cIt Ends With Us\u201d New York Premiere at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on August 06, 2024 in New York City. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Cindy Ord\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Over the weekend, Baldoni issued a statement in which he called the actress\u2019 filing \u201cshameful\u201d and \u201ccategorically false\u201d (via <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/12\/23\/celebrity-news\/amber-heard-reacts-to-justin-baldonis-alleged-smear-campaign-against-blake-lively\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Page Six<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, it sounds like both sides are preparing for a nasty court battle, and a quiet, out-of-court settlement seems unlikely.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/12\/amber-heard-blake-lively-justin-baldoni\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we previously reported, Blake Lively has filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against her It Ends With Us costar and director, Justin Baldoni. Rumors of hostility on the set of the Colleen Hoover adaptation circulated nonstop ahead of the film\u2019s release. And now, Blake is alleging that the situation was even worse than previously reported. 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