A resurfaced video of Blake Lively shows her claiming to have stolen a rough cut of the It Ends With Us film to screen at Colleen Hoover’s Book Bonanza last year. In footage, taken at the book festival, the actress, 37, teased that she would show an unfinished version of the movie, seemingly without permission from Wayfarer, which was cofounded by Justin Baldoni, or Sony. While speaking to the crowd of more than 2,000 in Grapevine, Texas about the movie, Lively says: 'This is not a bit, it’s literally not done.'.

She continues: 'To be honest, what really happened is we were like, "We’re going to show the movie," and the studio was like, "No, no, you’re going to show 20 minutes." We’re like, "No, we’re going to show the movie," and they’re like, "It’s not done." And I was like, "They don’t f**ing care."'. 'They were like, "If everything’s not perfect and it’s not done and what if we’re going to change things…,"' Lively told the crowd. 'I was like, "These are the people who authored the success of the book." You guys are what matter, you guys seeing the movie is so important to us.'.

Hoover, who write the It Ends With Us book, chimed in to say they would be showing the audience 'an early, early cut.'. A resurfaced video of Blake Lively shows her claiming to have stolen a rough cut of the It Ends With Us film to screen at Colleen Hoover’s Book Bonanza last year; seen in 2024. 'We’re so excited,' the author added. 'You know, bussing 2,000 people to a movie theater sounds like a chaotic nightmare, so I just need you all to be excited and patient. This is a huge honor. We want it to go well.'.

Lively, then, alleged that she 'literally brought the movie on an airplane' via a 'folder and a disc' on a hard drive. The Gossip Girl star went on to start talking about her plans to wear the 'cutest jeans' to the screening. 'Not sponsored, but they’re really, really cute and they’ve got flowers on them and they’re cut out. Colleen saw my jeans and she was inspired ‘cause she loves me and she [also] got these cute flower jeans. I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, we’re going to be jean influencers.

Under the now-viral footage of Lively's speech, uploaded to digital creator Katie Paulson's Instagram over the weekend, social media users were quick to reflect on her remarks, made months before accusing Baldoni of sexual harassment. 'Why isn’t Sony suing her over this?' one asked. Another wrote: 'Seriously, she did what she wanted and did not respect anyone. I would have fired her in a second. Rather shoot the whole movie again without her and let her pay the damage she caused.'.

'Colleen doesn’t look comfortable!!!' a third pointed out. In footage, taken at the book festival, the actress, 37, teased that she would showing an alleged unfinished version of the movie, directed by Justin Baldoni, without permission from Sony and Wayfarer (pictured at Book Bonanza in Grapevine, Texas). While speaking to the crowd of more than 2,000 about the movie, Lively says: 'This is not a bit, it’s literally not done'.

A post shared by Katie Paulson (@withoutacrystalball). A fourth fired: 'Blake lively NEVER rubbed me the right way- always entitled and meandering in interviews!'. 'Who do you think you are? You don’t own the rights, you aren’t the producer, and you aren’t the director. Stop pretending it’s YOUR movie,' another Instagram user asked. It is unknown if Lively ultimately got the greenlight to show the film in advance or she was joking about giving the public an early look, despite being explicitly warned not to.

DailyMail.com has reached out for Lively's rep for comment. In December 2024, Lively filed a lawsuit against Baldoni, in which she alleges he sexually harassed her and fostered a hostile work environment on the set of It Ends With Us. On Saturday, Baldoni launched his own website dedicated to defending himself against Lively's sexual harassment allegations. In an attempt to share his side of the story, the actor, 41, who is seeking to offer transparency to the public amid his legal battle, shared a website containing his amended complaint and a timeline of relevant events related to the case.

The decision to publish the site comes after the star amended his $400 million suit accusing Lively of giving The New York Times advance access to her sexual harassment complaint. Under the now-viral footage of Lively's speech, uploaded to digital creator Katie Paulson's Instagram over the weekend, social media users were quick to reflect on her remarks, made months before accusing Baldoni of sexual harassment; seen in June 2024.

'Why isn’t Sony suing her over this?' one asked. Another wrote: 'Seriously, she did what she wanted and did not respect anyone. I would have fired her in a second. Rather shoot the whole movie again without her and let her pay the damage she caused'. 'Colleen doesn’t look comfortable!!!' a third pointed out. Baldoni referenced Lively's appearance at Book Bonanza in his amended lawsuit. On Page 87, he alleged that she screened her own cut of their film 'at Book Bonanza, Colleen Hoover’s annual convention hosting authors and fans from around the world, an event that Baldoni had long been excited to attend.'.