{"id":150656,"date":"2025-02-17T15:40:45","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T15:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/17\/brandon-sklenar-is-team-it-ends-with-us-amid-costars-legal-battle\/"},"modified":"2025-02-17T15:40:45","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T15:40:45","slug":"brandon-sklenar-is-team-it-ends-with-us-amid-costars-legal-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/17\/brandon-sklenar-is-team-it-ends-with-us-amid-costars-legal-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"Brandon Sklenar Is ‘Team It Ends With Us’ Amid Costars’ Legal Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n Brandon Sklenar<\/span> Cindy Ord\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Brandon Sklenar<\/strong><\/a> doesn\u2019t want to insert himself into the ongoing saga between his It Ends With Us<\/em> costars Justin Baldoni<\/strong><\/a> and Blake Lively<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Appearing on CBS Mornings<\/em> on Monday, February 17, Sklenar, 34, was asked if he was \u201cTeam Justin\u201d or \u201cTeam Blake\u201d as the two actors remain embroiled in a legal battle stemming from when they filmed the movie.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m Team It Ends With Us<\/em>,\u201d Sklenar replied. \u201cI just want people to remember why we made the movie in the first place and what it stands for, just keeping the focus on that. That movie meant so much to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sklenar\u2019s comments came three days after the legal teams for Lively, 37, and Baldoni, 41, agreed to refuse court mediation<\/a> for their legal dispute, now set for a March 2026 trial.<\/p>\n

Lively is suing Baldoni<\/a> and his production company Wayfarer Studios, alleging sexual harassment and emotional distress in a lawsuit she filed in December 2024. She has accused Baldoni of trying to destroy her reputation and of fostering a \u201chostile work environment\u201d on the set of the film, which he directed.<\/p>\n

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\n Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni in \u2018It Ends With Us.\u2019<\/span> Sony Pictures Releasing \/ courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Baldoni has denied the allegations and is suing Lively<\/a> and her husband, Ryan Reynolds<\/strong>, for defamation. The couple has denied those allegations as well. Baldoni is seeking $400 million in damages for civil extortion, defamation, false light invasion of privacy and additional claims.<\/p>\n

All the while, It Ends With Us<\/em> was a box office success, earning $351 million despite mixed reviews. Sklenar prefers to keep the focus on the movie itself, which follows Lily (Lively) as she navigates a new relationship with abusive neurosurgeon Ryle (Baldoni) and reconnects with her high school boyfriend Atlas (Sklenar).<\/p>\n

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