Blake Lively supported by It Ends With Us author after Justin Baldoni ‘texts’ are published
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‘Thank you for being exactly the human that you are’ wrote Colleen Hoover. US actress Blake Lively has been supported by It Ends With Us author Colleen Hoover after accusing Justin Baldoni of sexual harassment in a legal complaint. Hoover’s support for Lively comes after The New York Times published alledged text messages from Baldoni, suggesting that he had orchestrated a smear campaign. Baldoni has since been dropped by his agency, WME.
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The lawsuit states there was a meeting attended by Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds, Baldoni and their lawyers, to address The Age of Adeline star’s complaints from the It Ends With Us set. Lively had a number of requirements in order for her to work on the film, including “no more showing nude videos or images of women to Blake, no more mention of Baldoni’s alleged previous ‘pornography addiction,’ [and] no more discussions about sexual conquests in front of Blake and others.”.
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The lawsuit also specified: “No further mentions of cast and crew’s genitalia, no more inquiries about Blake’s weight, and no further mention of Blake’s dead father.”. In the complaint for damages, which precedes a lawsuit, Baldoni, his publicists and Wayfarer Studios, are listed among the defendants.
It Ends With Us, based on Hoover’s novel of the same name, is about a woman’s pursuit of a loving and healthy relationship, with. Lively plays the lead character Lily Bloom and Baldoni as her love interest Ryle Kincaid. In a post to her Instagram stories, Hoover wrote: “@blakelively you have been nothing but honest, kind, supportive and patient since the day we met.
