Justin Baldoni, Blake Lively.
Getty Images(2)Justin Baldoni I talked about the belief that men “want to be better” months ago Blake Lively She accused him of sexual harassment.
while Talk exclusively with Us Weekly In October, Baldoni, 40, said that while men are the “driving force of all crimes,” their behavior is “a cry for help.”
“It's not because men are bad men. I think there's a cry for help. There's a cry for society now. We want to be good men. We want to be better men,” the actor said. we at that time. “What I've learned is that men are great. What I've learned is that every man I meet wants to be a good man and a better man. That men are not scum, and that men shouldn't be called that, but that we as men have to do a better job of supporting other men and creating… Safe spaces for them.
Baldoni made these comments while discussing his podcast “Man enough,” which “explores what it means to be a man today and how strict gender roles have affected all people,” according to the podcast’s website. we That he intentionally “made an effort” not to use the phrase “toxic masculinity” when discussing men on his podcast.
“The reason is because it's one of those phrases that gets politicized, and it loses a group of people. In my experience, the word is not worth it. “If 50% of people don't hear my message because of a phrase, I won't (use it),” he explained.
Lively, 37, filed a lawsuit on Friday, December 20. Baldoni accused of sexual harassment He launched a smear campaign to damage her reputation. In the legal filing, Lively claimed that a meeting was held to address her allegations of a “hostile work environment” on the film’s set. And it ends with usWhich Baldoni directed and starred alongside Lively.
Months after a reported feud between costars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, a lawsuit has been filed against him for sexual harassment. In the lawsuit, which was filed on Friday, December 20, and obtained by Us Weekly after it was reported by TMZ and the New York Times, Lively accuses Baldoni of shooting[…]
Some of Lively's demands for the meeting included “no more nude videos or photos of women being shown of Blake, no more mention of Baldoni's 'past addiction to pornography,' no more discussion of sexual conquests by Blake and others, and no more mention of the genitalia of the cast and crew.” Work, no more inquiries about Blake's weight, and no more mention of Blake's dead father.
Lively also alleged in the lawsuit that Baldoni improvised an unwanted kiss during the film, which hit theaters in August.
“Mr. Baldoni improvised a physical intimate relationship that was not rehearsed, designed, or discussed with Ms. Lively, without the involvement of the intimacy coordinator,” court documents state. “For example, Mr. Baldoni surreptitiously bit and sucked on Ms. Lively’s lower lip while The scene in which he improvised several kisses in each take. Mr. Baldoni insisted on filming the entire scene over and over again, far beyond what was required on a normal set, and without prior notice or approval.
Blake Lively claims It Ends With Us star and director Justin Baldoni launched a “social manipulation” campaign to damage her reputation. News broke on Saturday, December 21, that Lively, 37, has filed a lawsuit against Baldoni, 40, for sexual harassment. According to the New York Times, the lawsuit – which was filed on Friday, December 20 – (…)
The lawsuit also includes text messages and emails that Lively obtained through a subpoena. The text messages allegedly show that Baldoni worked with a crisis public relations team to prevent stories about his behavior and promote negative stories about Lively. In one letter allegedly sent on August 2, a publicist working with Baldoni wrote to a crisis management expert: “He wants to feel like he can be buried.”
Baldoni's lawyer Brian Friedman She called the lawsuit's allegations “completely false, outrageous and intentionally indecent” in a statement shared with weAlleging that Lively filed the lawsuit to “repair her negative reputation” and “reframe the narrative” around the film's production.
Lively, meanwhile, said in a statement to New York Times“I hope my legal action will help draw the curtain on these evil retaliatory tactics to harm people who speak out about misconduct and help protect others who may be targeted.”
