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Ryan Reynolds, Justin Baldoni
Tristan Fewings/Getty Images ; Paul Archuleta/FilmMagicMonths before Blake Lively filed against Justin Baldoniher husband Ryan Reynolds allegedly blocked It ends with us director of social media.
Based on text exchanges obtained by Us WeeklyBaldoni, 40, realized in May 2024 that Reynolds, 48, had blocked both him and his production company Wayfarer Studios on Instagram, months after filming on It ends with us had packed.
“We should have a plan for IF she does the same when [the] the movie is coming out,” Baldoni wrote of Lively, 37, in a text exchange with the publicist Jennifer Abelper legal documents. “I just want you guys to have a plan. Plans make me feel more secure.”
As for Lively, her lawsuit alleges that “as early as May 2024, Mr. Baldoni told his team that they needed a plan to come forward with the claims against him in the event they were to be made public.”
Months after a reported rift between It Ends With Us costars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, she sued him for sexual harassment. In the lawsuit, which was filed Friday, Dec. 20, and obtained by Us Weekly after it was reported by TMZ and The New York Times, Lively accused Baldoni of launching a […]
Lively filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Baldoni on Friday, December 20, alleging that her It ends with us the costar’s behavior on set caused the actress “severe emotional distress.”
The lawsuit alleges that during production, a meeting was held in January 2024 to address Lively’s allegations of a “hostile work environment” on set. The meeting was attended by several people who worked on the film, including Baldoni and Reynolds.
According to the lawsuit, Lively’s demands for the meeting included “no more showing nude videos or pictures of women to Blake, no more mention of Baldoni’s alleged past ‘pornography addiction,’ no more discussion of sexual conquests in front of Blake and others, no more mention of the cast and crew’s genitalia , no more inquiries about Blake’s weight and no further mention of Blake’s dead father.”
Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman addressed Lively’s “completely false, outrageous and deliberately outrageous” allegations in a statement Us Weeklyand claimed that Lively had filed the suit to “fix her negative reputation” and “rehash a narrative” regarding the production of the film.
Blake Lively claims that It Ends With Us costar and director Justin Baldoni allegedly conducted a “social manipulation” campaign to damage her reputation. On Saturday, December 21, news broke that Lively, 37, was suing Baldoni, 40, for sexual harassment. According to The New York Times, the lawsuit — which was filed on Friday, December 20 — […]
He further alleged that the actress made “several demands and threats” during filming, including “threatening not to appear on stage, threatening not to promote the film, which ultimately led to its demise during release if her demands were not met fulfilled.”
Us have contacted Lively’s rep for a comment.
In a statement to New York Times in December, Lively said, “I hope my legal action helps pull back the curtain on these sinister retaliatory tactics to harm people who speak out about misconduct and help protect others who may be targeted.” She refused to spread negative information about Baldoni.