Justin Baldoni reportedly ‘cried’ over Blake Lively’s appearance at the start of production on It Ends With Us, the actress alleged in her sexual harassment claim against the film’s director and co-star.
In articles obtained by The New York TimesLively, 37, accused the former Jane The Virgin star, 40, of entering her trailer while she was naked and letting her ‘friends’ watch her filmed sex scenes, along with other activities, creating an ‘environment’. ‘hostile work’.
Lively, who is married to actor Ryan Reynolds, had given birth to her fourth child a few months before filming began in May 2023, and alleged that Baldoni treated her like a “sex object” while he was overly concerned about her weight.
‘On the second day of filming, for example, Mr. Baldoni made the rest of the cast and crew wait for hours while he cried in Ms. Lively’s dressing room, claiming that social media commentators were saying that Ms. Lively looked old and unattractive. in paparazzi photographs from the set,” the document alleges.
Lively claimed that she tried to assure the director “that she should look authentic in the scenes depicted in the photos, which were right after her character was abused by her fictional husband, rather than ‘sexy’.”
The protagonist claimed that Baldoni continually focused on her physical appearance and “routinely degraded” her by finding “secondary ways to criticize her body and weight.”
Blake Lively’s director and co-star Justin Baldoni reportedly ‘cried’ over her appearance at the start of production on It Ends With Us, the actress alleged in her sexual harassment complaint against the film’s director and co-star; Both are photographed in August in New York.
The filing alleges that Baldoni secretly communicated with Lively’s fitness trainer, suggesting that he wanted her to “lose weight in two weeks” and claiming that he was worried about having to pick her up for an upcoming scene, even though such a scene was not scheduled. in the script.
Lively claimed that when she had strep throat, he offered to connect her with “an expert he had on retainers to help her with probiotics and fight the disease” as a gift.
However, when she was filling out the privacy forms, Lively discovered that the “expert” was a “weight loss specialist.”
In another incident, Lively, who was breastfeeding her son at the time, wore a low-cut dress to make breastfeeding easier.
She claimed that the director “commented on how much he liked her outfit” and then asked her to take off her coat in front of “the crew and several background actors in a packed bar.”
Lively claimed that Baldoni asked her to take off her coat because he wanted to “see her ‘jumpsuit’ under the coat because it had a zipper pulled down to reveal her lace bra.”
She added that he allegedly told her, “I think you look sexy,” which Lively said made her feel “eyed and exposed.”
Another woman who had witnessed the incident allegedly comforted Lively and shared her own experiences when the director made sexual comments about her.
Lively’s lawsuit claims the director “cried” over her appearance after set photos were released, claiming Blakely didn’t look “attractive.” The actress said she should look “authentic” in the snaps, as her character “had been abused by her fictional husband.”
Lively gave birth months before production began in May 2023 and claimed that Baldoni “routinely demeaned” her by finding “underhanded ways to criticize her body and weight,” including contacting her personal trainer without her permission (in the photo of London in August).
The actress said she wasn’t the only target of Baldoni’s inappropriate comments, and several women on set had complained about his behavior (pictured in Beverly Hills on Dec. 4).
Lively claimed that when she developed strep throat, Baldoni offered to connect her with “an expert he had on retainers to help her with probiotics to combat the disease” as a gift. However, he allegedly learned that the “expert” was a “weight loss specialist”; frame from It All Ends with Us
Lively said she and her young son were exposed and contracted Covid after an outbreak on set. She claimed that Baldoni and his Wayfarer Studios producing partner, Jamey Heath, purposely didn’t tell her about the outbreak (pictured in New York City in October).
Baldoni was accused of making another woman on set feel uncomfortable by telling her that the leather pants she was wearing looked “sexy.”
The lawsuit claimed that Baldoni refused to apologize when the woman responded and instead responded, “I can say that because my wife is here today.”
When another actress filed a complaint early in production about Baldoni’s comments about her, he acknowledged her concerns in writing and stated that he would “accommodate accordingly,” the suit alleges.
Lively said that on June 8, 2023, the same actress told her that ‘outside I actually can’t talk to Justin at all.’
The lawsuit claimed that Baldoni became suspicious of the two women’s friendship and thought they might be “plotting against him.”
In addition to being subjected to unwanted comments about her body, Lively said she and her young son were exposed to and contracted Covid-19 after an outbreak on set.
He claimed that Baldoni and his Wayfarer Studios producing partner, Jamey Heath, did not follow Covid protocols when there was an outbreak on set, and alleged that they deliberately did not inform him about it.
Lively said another producer told her the production company did not have insurance coverage for Covid-19 outbreaks.
Baldoni and his team have denied the allegations.