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Andy Cohen<\/strong><\/a> mentioned Blake Lively<\/strong><\/a> and Justin Baldoni<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s ongoing legal battle while speaking with another star of a Colleen Hoover<\/strong> big-screen adaptation, Regretting You<\/i>\u2019s Allison Williams<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cDid you read Regretting You, <\/i>the book, before you shot the movie?\u201d Cohen, 57, asked Williams, 37, during the Tuesday, October 21, broadcast of his Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen<\/i>. \u201cI\u2019m assuming you did.\u201d<\/p>\n Williams, who plays Morgan Grant in the feature-film adaptation<\/a> of Regretting You, <\/i>revealed that she read Hoover\u2019s 2019 novel \u201ca couple times\u201d before production began. (In Regretting You, <\/i>Morgan and teen daughter Clara grapple with the death of Clara\u2019s father and aunt that led to even more secrets.)<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s intimidating because everyone pictures something very specific when they read it,\u201d Williams said. \u201cAnd you\u2019re like, \u2018We\u2019re going to decide.\u2019 It\u2019s a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n Cohen, meanwhile, quipped back that \u201cno one pictured Justin Baldoni and what\u2019s-her-name when they read that book.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAnyway, love bringing that up!\u201d he added, to which Williams sarcastically agreed. Cohen continued, \u201cI\u2019m sure you do.\u201d<\/p>\n Cohen swiftly turned the reminder of WWHL <\/i>back to Williams\u2019 insight on Regretting You <\/i>and fellow guest Meredith Marks<\/strong>\u2019 hot takes about the latest episode of Bravo\u2019s The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City.<\/i><\/p>\n Regretting You<\/i> is Hoover\u2019s second best-selling novel to be adapted for the big screen<\/a>. The first was 2016\u2019s It Ends With Us, <\/i>in which Baldoni, 41, and Lively, 38, portrayed a couple in an abusive relationship based on the book of the same name. The movie, which was released in August 2024, initially sparked fan backlash that both Ryle (Baldoni) and Lily (Lively) had been aged up to be in their mid-30s instead of being 20-somethings. Baldoni, Lively and Hoover, 45, all defended the onscreen tweak<\/a>, citing that it made sense given Ryle\u2019s career as an accomplished neurosurgeon.<\/p>\n After filming wrapped, Lively named Baldoni \u2014 who also directed It Ends With Us <\/i>\u2014 in a lawsuit, accusing the Jane the Virgin <\/i>alum of sexual harassment, fostering a hostile work environment and attempting to ruin her reputation.<\/p>\n