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This past summer, the It Ends With Us<\/em> cast and crew were embroiled in a feud, according to multiple reports. It all started when TikTok users noticed that film star Blake Lively<\/strong> <\/a>and her co-star and director, Justin Baldoni<\/strong>, didn\u2019t pose for pictures together at the August 6, 2024, New York City premiere. Rumors surfaced claiming that the cast distanced themselves from Justin, and fuel was added to the fire when Justin hired a crisis PR manager<\/a>. Now, Blake has filed a lawsuit against Justin for alleged sexual harassment on the set of their movie.<\/p>\n Hollywood Life<\/strong> is breaking down the timeline between the drama and the legal battle between Blake and Justin, below.<\/p>\n On August 14, 2024, TMZ<\/em><\/a> reported that there was discomfort between Blake and Justin while filming a kissing scene. Insiders told the outlet that the A Simple Favor<\/em> actress felt that the director \u201clingered\u201d too long while kissing her on camera.<\/p>\n Sources also told the outlet that Blake felt \u201cfat-shamed\u201d by Justin while working on a scene in which his character, Ryle, lifts her character, Lilly, into the air. Justin reportedly has a history of back issues, and after he allegedly asked an on-set trainer how much Blake weighed, she felt that he was fat-shaming her, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n Page Six<\/em> <\/a>reported that an eyewitness recalled \u201ctension\u201d visible in Blake on the set of It Ends With Us<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u201cThe tension was so obvious,\u201d the source told the outlet. \u201cOnce [Blake] was done with the scene, she was really impatient, said, \u2018Am I done? Can I go?\u2019 and as soon as they said, \u2018Yes,\u2019 there was like a Blake-size hole in the wall [sic]. She was so outta there.\u201d<\/p>\n Fans were asking whether or not Blake and Justin would work on the sequel, It Starts With Us.<\/em> However, a source told Variety<\/em><\/a> on August 27, 2024, that there is \u201cno world where these two will work together again.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThis is uncharted territory, and nobody has any idea of what a sequel could look like,\u201d the insider added.<\/p>\n According to The Hollywood Reporter<\/em><\/a>, the filmmakers\u2019 working relationship was impacted during post-production. The publication reported that two different cuts of the film were created, causing an alleged divide in creative differences.<\/p>\n As internet sleuths have noticed, Blake and It Ends With Us<\/em> book author Colleen Hoover<\/strong> do not follow Justin on Instagram even though he follows them. And the social media activity isn\u2019t the only area where the cast\u2019s relationship allegedly went downhill.<\/p>\n PEOPLE<\/em><\/a> reported on August 13, 2024, that the rumored tension with Justin involves the \u201cprincipal cast\u201d and Colleen.<\/p>\n \u201cAll is not what it seems,\u201d an insider from the set told the publication. \u201cThere is much more to this story. The principal cast and Elisabeth McGowan Colleen Hoover will have nothing to do with him.\u201d<\/p>\n On December 21, 2024, TMZ<\/em><\/a> reported that Blake filed a lawsuit against Justin for alleged sexual harassment. The lawsuit stated that an all-hands-on-deck meeting was held on the set of It Ends With Us<\/em> to address the alleged toxic work environment. According to the outlet, the meeting addressed the following demands: no more showing nude videos or images of other women to Blake; no more comments about Justin\u2019s alleged previous \u201cpornography addiction; no further conversations about sexual experiences in front of Blake and other people; no more mentions of cast and crew\u2019s genitalia; and no more inquiries about Blake\u2019s weight.<\/p>\n Another demand that was mentioned was \u201cno more adding of sex scenes, oral sex or on-camera climaxing by BL outside the scope of the script BL approved when signing onto the project,\u201d per TMZ<\/em>.<\/p>\n TMZ<\/em> further reported that It Ends With Us<\/em> flopped at the box office because Blake and Justin disagreed on how to market the film. According to the outlet, Blake allegedly wanted the her character\u2019s resilience to be the focus, while Justin allegedly wanted to make the focus more serious because the movie addresses domestic violence.<\/p>\n In response to her lawsuit, Justin\u2019s attorney, Bryan Freedman, released a statement to The Hollywood Reporter<\/em><\/a>, calling Blake\u2019s lawsuit \u201cshameful\u201d that she and her representatives \u201cwould make such serious and categorically false accusations against Mr. Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios and its representatives, as yet another desperate attempt to \u2018fix\u2019 her negative reputation which was garnered from her own remarks and actions during the campaign for the film; interviews and press activities that were observed publicly, in real time and unedited, which allowed for the internet to generate their own views and opinions.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\t<\/div>\nRumors of Tension Circulate<\/h2>\n
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How Did Blake Lively & Justin Baldoni\u2019s Feud Escalate?<\/h2>\n
Blake Lively Sues Justin Baldoni<\/h2>\n