‘It Ends With Us’ Author Asks Blake Lively To ‘Never Wilt’ In IG Post

Blake Lively received support from “It Ends with Us” author Colleen Hoover following her sexual harassment lawsuit against the film’s director, Justin Baldoni.

Lively filed a lawsuit against Baldoni on Friday, accusing him of engaging in sexual misconduct on the set of the film. However, her lawyer responded by calling Lively’s allegations “false.”

Baldoni has since suffered a setback when the talent agency that represented him dropped him, while a resurfaced interview from 2021 saw him admit to having an “unhealthy” relationship with porn.

After news of Lively’s legal complaint against Baldoni made headlines, Hoover took to his Instagram Stories to support the actress. On Saturday, the author posted a photo of her and Lively kissing at a screening of “It Ends With Us.”

In the post’s caption, Hoover wrote, “@blakelively you have been nothing but honest, kind, supportive and patient since the day we met.”

Hoover concluded: “Thank you for being exactly the human that you are. Never change. Never fade.” She also added a link to The New York Times article on the trial.

In her lawsuit, the 37-year-old actress claimed that Baldoni engaged in sexual misconduct on the film set. So a meeting was called to address his concerns, and Baldoni and his production company agreed to several of his requests.

Some of Lively’s demands included: “No more nude videos or images of women to Blake, no more mention of Baldoni’s alleged prior pornography addiction, and no more discussion of sexual conquests in front of Blake and others. “

Lively also claimed that Baldoni and his team waged a smear campaign against her shortly after the meeting. She cited private emails and text messages between him and his crisis PR representatives as proof of her claims.

The mother of four expressed hope that her legal action would “help bring back the curtain on these sinister retaliatory tactics aimed at harming people who speak out about misconduct and protecting others who may be targeted.”

Baldoni’s attorney, Bryan Freedman, was quick to respond to Lively’s lawsuit. He did so via a statement to The New York Times.

Freedman said: “It is shameful that Ms. Lively and her representatives would make such serious and categorically false accusations against Mr. Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios and his representatives. »

Baldoni’s lawyer also said Lively’s allegations against his client in her lawsuit were “yet another desperate attempt to ‘fix’ her negative reputation.”

Freedman described Lively’s claims as “completely false, outrageous and intentionally salacious, intended to cause public harm and rehash a narrative in the media.”

Shortly after news of Lively’s lawsuit made headlines, he suffered a major blow after WME, the talent agency that represented him, dropped him. WME, which also represents Lively, did not disclose further details about their actions.

Meanwhile, Baldoni discussed his past porn addiction in a resurfaced interview from July 2021. The director was a guest on an episode of “A life of greatness” podcast and opened up about her previous “unhealthy” relationship with pornography.

During the interview, Baldoni confessed that he turned to pornography as a “refuge” when he felt alone, abandoned or hurt, adding that it served as a source of a “dopamine rush.”

He revealed by Page six“I’ve trained my brain to deal with the pain caused by the dopamine dose. … But that doesn’t mean I’m not using something in an unhealthy way.”

Baldoni also shared, “And I found myself, over the course of my life, going back to looking at images and videos of naked women when I necessarily felt bad about myself. And I knew that was a problem for me when I do it tell me I don’t want to do that.

Rumors of an issue between Baldoni and Lively began making the rounds on Aug. 6, after the two failed to pose for photos together at the world premiere of “It Ends with Us” in New York.

Baldoni didn’t pose for photos with any of the film’s cast, although Lively did have several photos with her costars. It was also observed that Lively did not follow Baldoni on Instagram. Fans also noticed that Baldoni did interviews alone for the film while the other cast members did interviews together.

Despite these and other observations, neither Baldoni nor Lively have spoken directly about their supposed feud, although they have discussed their experiences while making the film.