Justin Baldoni claims Blake Lively sent him to basement at It Ends With Us premiere
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Justin Baldoni has claimed that Blake Lively’s team ‘sent him to the basement’ during a premiere of It Ends With Us because he ‘wasn’t allowed to be seen.’. The film, based on the Colleen Hoover book of the same name, was released in August- 2024 and saw Lively, 37, face intense criticism after claims the two leading stars were embroiled in a bitter feud.
Lively then sued her co-star and director Baldoni for ‘repeated sexual harassment and other disturbing behaviour’ and in response, it has been reported Baldoni plans to countersue Lively after she submitted the 80-page lawsuit. Adding a new layer to this story, Bryan Freedman appeared on an episode of the podcast The Megyn Kelly Show, in which he claimed Baldoni had been told to hide in a basement during a premiere.
Freedman, a former Fox News host, then played an alleged voice message Baldoni sent to his team. In the message, Baldoni could be head claiming that he was sent to the basement during the New York premiere of It Ends With Us at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on August 6, 2024.
‘Think about this, on what could have been one of the most beautiful nights of my life career-wise, I literally was sent to the basement with all my friends and family for over an hour because I wasn’t allowed to be seen, she didn’t want me anywhere near her or the rest of the cast,’ Baldoni alleged.
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