It Ends With Us: The theory that Blake Lively 'fancies' Justin Baldoni is the most debasing rumour so far
It Ends With Us: The theory that Blake Lively 'fancies' Justin Baldoni is the most debasing rumour so far
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When the It Ends With Us drama between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni first started up this summer, the pendulum immediately swung against Lively. She had gotten too big for her boots. Her promotion of the movie missed the mark. Her press tour outfits were ‘cringe’. Much ado about nothing, really. But it stuck, because she’s a woman, and people love any excuse to hate on a woman.
Then, when Lively filed a legal complaint against her co-star and director Justin Baldoni in December accusing him of sexual misconduct and orchestrating an organised smear campaign against her reputation, a mass outpouring of public guilt swung the pendulum the other way.
“Blake Lively is a stark warning of how easy it is to cast a woman as a villain”. “Justin Baldoni is no male feminist”. “Justin Baldoni and The Men Who Pretend to Care About Us,” read the headlines. Lively was vindicated. Baldoni was the devil. For a bit.
Now, less than a month later, it seems the tables have turned yet again in Baldoni’s favour. The former Jane the Virgin star filed his countersuit against Lively this month, accusing the actress of civil extortion, defamation and invasion of privacy, seeking at least $400 million in damages.
But it’s not legalese that’s winning Baldoni his good PR back, it’s what his legal team is leaking to the public. Last week, Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman shared raw, unedited footage from one of Baldoni and Lively’s romantic scenes on the set of It Ends With Us. In the scene, Baldoni and Lively are dancing as part of a montage sequence. Knowing that additional audio would be added over the scene, the two actors discussed their personal lives and relationships while still acting convincingly romantic.
