Blake LivelyHer family has come out in support of her following her recent lawsuit against her "It Ends With Us" co-star and director. Justin Baldoni.
In the lawsuit, Lively claims she was the target of a smear campaign after she accused Baldoni of sexual harassment during the film's production.
Following the news, Blake Lively's son-in-law, Bart Johnsonhe spoke out, criticizing Justin Baldoni and his PR team.
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Blake Lively's son-in-law weighs in on Justin Baldoni's drama
Johnson took to the comments section of an Instagram post about the news from The New York Times to express his true feelings about the situation.
“Her complaints were made during filming. On the record. Long before the public conflict. The cast stopped following him (Baldonia) for a reason," he said. “His PR team was great. Gross and disgusting, but very effective. Read the article, their text message exchange and his PR campaign strategy to bury her any way he can. No one is without (sic) faults. But the public was tricked.”
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He later admitted that "of course mistakes were made" on Lively's part, "Just IMAGINE being a stay-at-home mom of 4, married to the busiest man in Hollywood, and at the same time being the boss of multiple companies while writing, producing, directing non-profit jobs and work 16+ hours a day from home so you can be with your kids."
"Launching 2 new businesses that you've been working on/developing for many years (distributors scheduled the launch, not you, btw) and all while being attacked by a VERY expensive PR campaign for filing a sexual harassment lawsuit for the very movie you have to release and promote with the right tone or you will be cooked!?” he added to his comment.
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Bart Johnson comments on The Resurfaced Interviews
The actor then addressed new interviews in which Blake Lively appeared to respond to interviewees in a dismissive or rude manner.
“But yeah, let's announce from our couch how much we hate her for the mistakes. It makes sense," he said. “I mean, she was rude in these interviews that played magic. I saw that. None of us were ever wrong or evil. Never. We should ignore decades of good for those few bad moments. I'm glad the microscope isn't with me every day of my life.”
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As previously reported The BlastBlake Lively has filed a lawsuit against Justin Baldoni, his production company WayFarer Studios—the producers of "It Ends with Us"—and several other individuals. The lawsuit includes allegations of sexual harassment, negligence, interference with potential economic advantage, intentional infliction of emotional distress and more.
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Blake Lively claims that Justin Baldoni tried to destroy her career
Lively's legal team is also seeking retaliation, claiming that Baldoni and WayFarer Studios "embarked on a sophisticated print and digital plan to retaliate against Ms. Lively for exercising her legally protected right to speak out about their on-set misconduct, with the additional goal of intimidating her and anyone else to publicly reveal what really happened," the filing said.
The lawsuit also reveals a "Scenario Planning Document" allegedly sent by the hired crisis management team to Baldoni, WayFarer Studios CEO Steve Heath and others. The document reportedly outlines three potential strategies Lively's team could pursue and details how Baldoni's team should respond if she goes public with her grievances.
Lively's lawyer claims the document was distributed by Baldoni's crisis PR manager, Melissa Nathan, on August 2, 2024, with the intention of promoting "misleading counternarratives".
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Justin Baldoni admitted to having an "unhealthy" relationship with pornography
In a re-interview, Justin Baldoni has openly admitted that he struggled with an "unhealthy" relationship with pornography - a revelation that has drawn renewed attention in light of Blake Lively's sexual harassment allegations against him.
"I met pornography when I was 10 years old. Long before I could ever, you know, have an erection or even know how I felt about anything,” he revealed in a July 2021 episode of Sara Grynberg's “A Life of Greatness” podcast. "It was, you know, like any boy seeing tits for the first time, it's exciting because our culture has protected them from us because they're sexualized. It's cultural."
"You go to places like Africa and different tribes... and a breast is a breast," he added. "We've sexualized this thing, so of course it becomes fascinating and interesting, and you're like, 'Oh my God, tits.' And then, you know, the hormones start raging.”
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Justin Baldoni claims he turned to pornography to deal with loneliness
He admitted that he would often "seek refuge" in pornography in moments of loneliness, abandonment or emotional pain, describing it as a source of "dopamine rush".
"I've trained my brain to deal with pain with a dopamine hit ... but that doesn't mean I'm not using something in an unhealthy way," he said.
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