Blake Lively Loudly Calls Out Singer and It Ends With Us Star Justin Baldoni for Sexual Discomfort
Although it is already one of the most discussed films of the year, Finish with us è now oggetto di a legal cause. The romantic drama, adaptation of Colleen Hoover's Roman of the same name, sees protagonists Blake Lively y Justin Baldoni as Lily and Ryle, a couple who find their budding relationship troubled by the sudden reappearance of her first love and signs of domestic abuse from Ryle that he saw his parents suffer. Always directed by Baldoni, the film was a success at the box office despite the reviews of Finish with us were largely conflicting.
Now, almost two months after the success on two different streaming platforms, the controversy are Finish with us continues: Blake Lively has tried a case against Baldonicome to Report The Hollywood Reporter. The document indicates that the producer/star accuses the regista/star and his production house Wayfarer Studios of sexual harassment and an ostile work environment, which is based on the need for a “union of all staff members” to address his concerns.
Everything that has been informed about Lively's lawsuit against Baldoni
Sources report that these concerns included “I will not show videos of images of naked women of Lively.”, “Don't mention the alleged previous 'pornography addiction' again‘by Baldoni”, “We will no longer discuss sexual experiences in front of Lively and others.”, “Don't mention the cast and group's genitals anymore.”, “Don't give more information about Lively's weight” y “No more sex scenes, oral sex or on-camera climaxes by BL outside the scope of the script approved by BL at the time of signing the project“.
According to what is reported in the lawsuit, Caminante would have “abbreviation and approval“the”rico” by Lively, but Baldoni would have gone against the agreement to keep all press promotion focused on “Lily's strength and stamina.”, concentrating on the drama della storia per “explain why many of the film's cast and crew unfollowed him on social media“. The lawsuit goes on to claim that Baldoni and his team not only used the “sopravvivenza content” of the book on domestic violence to fix his public image, but they also embarked on a campaign of “social manipulation” by “destroy“Lively's.
At the same time, all the notifications of the case and the successive abandonments of Baldoni came from his representation agency, WME, il New York Times published an extensive summary of the reports of insiders familiar with the situation, taken from “thousands of pages of text messages and emails“ which Lively obtained through a subpoena, which was later reviewed by the publication. From the beginning with the great Baldoni and the main producer Jamey Heath would have hired the crisis public relations expert Melissa Nathan at the beginning of August with the intention of “danneggiare the reputation of Signora Lively”, to which she replied “we can bury anyone”.
Wayfarer's lawyer, Bryan Freedman, has successively responded with a dichiarazione to the NOW to counter Lively's claims, saying none of the other parties did anything “proactive or retaliatory”, instead accusing the producer/star of “another scattered attempt to 'fix' the negative reputation“. Freedman's statement goes on to say:
These offers are completely false, forgotten and intentionally salty, with the intention of public advertising and riproporre a narrative in the media. (Ms. Lively spread negative and completely fabricated and false stories in the media (about Mr. Baldoni, which) was another reason Wayfarer Studios decided to hire a crisis professional.”
As part of the lawsuit against Baldoni, Lively released a statement in which she denied that she or anyone on her team”has spread negative information about Mr. Baldoni or Wayfarer“ and expressed the hope that the cause “doesbring the curtain down on these sinister retaliatory tactics“:
I hope my legal action will help bring back the curtain on these sinister retaliation tactics against people who report misconduct and help protect others who may be targeted.”
The report goes on to state that while Lively began to feel comfortable on set following the tense meeting, ja Worked with Sony to create their own cut of Finish with uswhich included the insertion of new editors, a composer and the addition of a Taylor Swift song. There he studied it and Wayfarer decided to create his version of the film and gave him a producer credit.
The entire beginning of the collaboration between Baldoni and his team and the Nathan, quest'ultima avrebbe suggests a series of discussion points by the media. “including that Ms. Lively used an imbalance of power to take creative control of the film“only that the director/star insisted on more, referring to a story in his social circles in which a celebrity accused another of domineering behavior and which generated 19 million views. The team also reportedly spoke to an editor at the daily mail of the possibility of inserting pieces “About how horrible Blake is to work with”.
The report goes on to note the backlash Lively reportedly faced during the promotion of Finish with usbut also observe that it is “It's impossible to know how much negative publicity has been sown” by Baldoni and his team, with the group that instead constantly sent each other mensajes de excitement for the criticisms directed at it. A message from Nathan to Jennifer Abel, another public relations leader, read:
And social media is really growing. In her favor, she must be furious. It's really sad because it shows that there are people who really want to hate women.”
Subsequent message exchanges show that Baldoni saw a series of emotions regarding the reported smear campaignranging from the suggestion of spinning a positive story about Lively and Ryan Reynolds controlling the duo, to the concern that people understand his involvement and the fear that several bots will be used for their objectives. Nathan assured the director/star that no bots were used, as a digital PR team would “too smart to 'use something so obvious'”. Nathan also has credit for the published story daily mail On August 16, titled “Is Blake Lively destined to be CANCELED?”, calling “the best“and asking Abel”That's why you hired me, right?”.
An acquired relationship from now on NOW and Kettle kettle brand marketing consultant appears to confirm that Lively was the subject of “a mirato and multichannel online attack” aimed at damaging his reputation. The data from the report provided by 35% of rice results on Google with the name Lively includes a reference to Baldoni, which according to the company is “highly unusual data the duration of its carrier“and that”suggests that the media environment has been manipulated”.
Banner PHOTO: Blake Lively at the 13th Annual LACMA Art + Film Gala 2024 presented by Gucci. – Photo by imagepressagency via Depositphotos.com
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