Costar Says Blake Lively Was in ‘Pain’ After It Ends With Us Drama

Blake Lively‘with A simple kindness 2 costar Michele Morrone she said she appeared to be in “pain” after her experience on set. It ends with us.

The Italian actor and model (34) shared the video through his Instagram stories on Monday, Dec. 23, expressed his support for Lively, 37, among her trial for sexual harassment against her It ends with us director and costar Justin Baldoni.

“Usually it’s not my thing to make these kinds of videos, but I think it’s time to stand up for a person that I really love, and that person is Blake Lively,” Morrone said.

The 365 days star continued: “I met Blake in person during A simple kindness 2. We were making this incredible movie together and I felt something was wrong and I felt pain… We had a chance to talk, me and her, (and) Blake was in pain.” (A simple kindness 2 was filmed this spring, per Periodwhile It Ends with us filming began in May 2023 and resumed in January following the SAG-AFTRA strike.)

Morrone said he’s “really tired” of seeing “cruel and bad comments” about Lively “without knowing the situation.” He connected to a New York Times article published on Saturday, December 21, details Lively’s catalog of complaints against Baldoni40, on the scene It ends with uswhich he asked fans to read “so you understand before you comment on what happened”.

“Blake, I love you so much. Keep going and see you soon. I love you,” the actor concluded.

Live, 37, filed a complaint against Baldoni with the California Department of Civil Complaints on Friday, December 20, accusing Baldoni of sexual harassment at the scene of their recent Colleen Hoover adaptation. She also claimed that Baldoni was behind a digital smear campaign to smear her reputation.

The lawsuit he won My Weekly after it was first reported by 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 nude videos or pictures of women to Blake, no mention of Baldoni’s alleged previous ‘pornography addiction.’ discussion of sexual conquest in front of Blake and others, no more mentions of the cast and crew’s genitalia, no more questions about Blake’s weight, and no more mentions of Blake’s dead father.”

Baldoni strongly denied 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.”

Lively will reprise her role A simple kindness 2the sequel to her successful 2018 crime thriller in which she stars Anna Kendrickwhich is due out next year.

On Sunday, December 22, the director of the film Paul Feig, also expressed his support for Lively.

“I’ve done two movies with Blake now, and all I can say is that she’s one of the most professional, creative, talented and kind people I’ve ever worked with,” Feig said, via X.

Feig added: “She really didn’t deserve any of this smear campaign against her. I think it’s terrible that she went through that.”

He also has Lively received support from Hooverthe author of the novel It ends with a Us is based on, a Sony Picturesthe studio that released the film.