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It ends with us Sony Pictures and SAG-AFTRA issued a statement of support Blake Lively amid her accusations accusing the costar and the director Justin Baldoni sexual harassment and organizing a smear campaign against her.
“We have previously expressed our support for Blake in relation to her work on and for the film. We fully and firmly reiterate that support today,” said a Sony spokesperson Variety on Monday, December 23, statement. “Furthermore, we strongly condemn any attacks on her reputation. No such attacks have a place in our business or civil society.”
Hours earlier, the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists also spoke out against the “surprising and disturbing allegations” in a statement to Periodand noted that they “applaud” Lively’s “courage to speak openly about the issues of retaliation and harassment and to request that she have an intimacy coordinator for all scenes with nudity or sexual content.”
“This is an important step to help ensure a safe setting,” a guild spokesman said Monday. “Employees have every right to raise concerns or make complaints. Retaliation for reporting misconduct or misconduct is illegal and wrong. We all have the right to be treated with dignity and respect at work and to work in an environment free of harassment, discrimination and retaliation.”
Live, 37, filed a complaint against Baldoni, 40, on Friday, December 20, alleging that he created a “hostile work environment” at It ends with us set and caused Gossip Girl “severe emotional distress” alum. Additionally, the lawsuit alleged that Baldoni and his team launched a campaign of “social manipulation” against Lively to damage her reputation.
Documents obtained My Weekly after he first reported it TMZ and The New York Timesstated that a meeting was held in January during the film’s production to address Lively’s claims against her co-star, which included “no more showing of nude videos or pictures of women to Blake, no mention of Baldoni’s alleged prior”.addiction to pornography“No more discussions of sexual conquests in front of Blake and others, no more mentions of cast and crew’s genitalia, no more questions about Blake’s weight, and no more mention of Blake’s dead father.”
Baldoni, for his part, vehemently denies the allegations against him. In the statement to OurBaldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman called Lively’s claims “absolutely false, outrageous and intentionally lewd”, claiming she filed the lawsuit to “correct her negative reputation” and “correct the story” about the film’s production. He claimed that Lively made “many demands and threats” that included “threatening not to show up on set, threatening not to promote the film, which ultimately led to its demise during the release if her demands were not met.”
As for Lively’s accusations of a smear campaign — which included text messages from Baldoni and his team — Freedman said Our The Group PR agency hired by Baldoni, which is one of several firms named in the lawsuit, “acted like any other crisis management firm when hired by a client facing threats from two extremely powerful people with unlimited resources.”
Freedman also claimed that the lyrics were taken out of context. “The standard TAG PR planning script proved unnecessary as the audience found Lively’s own events, interviews and marketing during the promotional tour distasteful and organically reacted to what the media themselves picked up,” he continued. “It’s ironic, isn’t it New York Timesthrough their efforts to “uncover” insidious PR effortsplayed right into the hands of Lively’s dubious PR tactics by publishing leaked personal text exchanges that lack critical context — the same tactics she accuses the firm of implementing.”
Sony and SAG-AFTRA are the latest to come out in support of Lively. It ends with us author Colleen Hoover took to social media on Saturday, December 21, praising Lively for being nothing but “honest, kind, supportive and patient since day one.”
Live and Baldoni’s star Brandon Glazier also came to A simple kindness star defense, sharing NOW story about the allegations via his Instagram Story on Monday. “For the love of god read this,” he wrote, linking to the article, tagging Lively and adding a red heart emoji.
Baldoni meanwhile, was released by his agency WME, which also represents Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds. His host of the “Man Enough” podcast, Liz Plankalso announced her departure Monday, along with the women’s nonprofit Vital Voices, which rescinded its Voices of Solidarity Award, which Baldoni received just last week.
