The “It Ends With Us” solid is now publicly selecting sides in Blake Vigorous‘s sexual harassment battle with Justin Baldoni, the movie’s director.
Brandon Sklenar, who performs Atlas Corrigan within the movie, inspired followers to dig into the total criticism Blake filed in opposition to Baldoni … telling his Instagram followers, “For the love of god read this.”
He made it clear he is obtained Blake’s again by tagging her within the IG story, and including a crimson coronary heart emoji.
It is unclear if Brandon — who additionally stars within the “Yellowstone” prequel “1923” — was conscious of Blake’s points with Baldoni whereas they have been capturing the movie.
TMZ broke the story … Blake claims, in authorized docs, Baldoni created a hostile work atmosphere on the ‘It Ends’ set … displaying her lurid movies of his spouse, discussing his intercourse life and extra. Her criticism additionally consists of textual content messages between Baldoni’s PR workforce, discussing a smear marketing campaign in opposition to Blake.
Blake believes that marketing campaign to publicly take her down was retaliation for the very fact she known as for an “all-hands” assembly throughout filming to brazenly focus on Baldoni’s alleged habits.
In fact, it is no secret Blake and Justin weren’t getting alongside when the film got here out earlier this 12 months. They by no means posed collectively on the premiere, and didn’t promote the movie collectively.
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On the time, that was largely believed to be primarily based on artistic variations within the path of the movie … one thing Brandon addressed again then, saying, “Vilifying the women who put so much of their heart and soul into making this film because they believe so strongly in its message seems counterproductive and detracts from what this film is about.”
Nonetheless, Blake’s submitting alleges the feud with Justin was rooted in one thing extra sinister than that.
Baldoni’s legal professional Bryan Freedman has mentioned, “It is shameful that Ms. Lively and her representatives would make such serious and categorically false accusations. These claims are completely false, outrageous and intentionally salacious with an intent to publicly hurt and rehash a narrative in the media.”
Along with Brandon’s help, Blake’s gotten backing from a number of different mates and actors, a few of whom weren’t concerned within the movie, like Amber Heard — who has private historical past with Baldoni’s embattled PR workforce — and Michele Morrone, who did costar with Blake in “A Simple Favor 2.”
In a video publish, Michele mentioned, “So it’s often not my factor to make all these movies, however I believe it’s time to face up for an individual I actually love, and this individual is Blake Vigorous.”
Similar to Brandon, Michele urged followers to learn the total criticism in opposition to Baldoni.