Justin Baldoni claims he was ‘aggressively berated’ by Ryan Reynolds for ‘fat-shaming’ Blake Lively
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Baldoni’s claims were included in his lawsuit against ‘The New York Times’ over its reporting of Blake Lively’s sexual harassment allegations against him. Justin Baldoni has accused Ryan Reynolds of “aggressively berating” him over comments he made to Blake Lively on the set of their movie It Ends with Us.
The claim was made in Baldoni’s recent libel lawsuit against The New York Times over its reporting of Lively’s sexual harassment allegations against him. In the suit, seen by The Independent, Baldoni, 40, who directed and starred opposite Lively, 37, in the picture, says that he asked the Gossip Girl star how much she weighed before shooting a scene in which he was supposed to lift her.
The document said that Baldoni, who suffers from back problems, wanted “to ensure he could safely perform the lift without injury.”. However, his comments were allegedly misinterpreted by Reynolds, 48, who “aggressively berated” Baldoni and accused him of “fat-shaming” his wife, during a meeting at the couple’s New York City penthouse.
“The confrontation that followed was so aggressive that Baldoni felt compelled to offer repeated apologies,” the suit read. “Baldoni, in an effort to avoid further confrontation with Lively and Reynolds and rebuild rapport with his co-star, continued to bend to her will.”.
