Ryan Reynolds rebukes Justin Baldoni over lawsuit against “Fat-Shaming” Blake

In his lawsuit against New York Times, Justin Baldoni accused Ryan Reynolds To reprimand him for allegedly “fat-shaming” Blake Lively.

Baldoni, 40, Ft The lawsuit is worth $250 million in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday, December 31, weeks after the outlet published an article in which Lively, 37, Baldoni was accused of sexual harassment While working together on the movie And it ends with us. (Alive She officially filed her own lawsuit regarding the allegations on Tuesday.)

In documents provided by Baldoni, the actor referenced an alleged hostile meeting with Lively and Reynolds, 48, at their New York City apartment before filming. Baldoni accused Lively and Reynolds of “inappropriate and insulting berating” and rebuked him for “fat shaming” Lively.

Baldoni said the confrontation was “delivered, perhaps intentionally, while other famous friends were moving in and out of their penthouse apartment.”

The dispute allegedly arose from Baldoni's inquiry about Lively's weight in a scene in the film, where Baldoni's character was supposed to lift Lively into the air. Baldoni asked his coach, whom he met through Lively and Reynolds. The coach then relayed the information to the couple.

According to the lawsuit, the conversation “was motivated by Baldoni's reasonable investigation of important information needed to ensure safety and avoid injury at the scene of the accident.”

Baldoni has “back problems and has multiple bulging discs,” according to the lawsuit, and wanted to make sure he could lift Lively without a problem.

Baldoni's lawsuit alleges that the encounter was “so aggressive” that he felt “compelled to make repeated apologies, even though his question was entirely reasonable and made in good faith.”

After the incident at the apartment, Lively allegedly refused to perform the elevator scene “even though it had already been rehearsed by performing a stunt double.” The lawsuit alleges that Lively threatened to “pull out” of the film entirely unless Baldoni agreed to work “the way she does.”

In response to Baldoni's request, Lively's attorney said: we on Tuesday, December 31, that the lawsuit was based on a “patently false premise.”

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“Nothing in this lawsuit changes anything regarding the allegations made in Ms. Lively’s complaint with the California Department of Civil Rights, nor her federal complaint filed earlier today,” the statement read. “This lawsuit is based on the patently false premise that Ms. Lively’s administrative complaint against Wayfarer and others was a sham based on a choice “not to sue Baldoni, Wayfarer,” and that “litigation was never her ultimate goal.” As the complaint states According to the Federal Reserve, which Ms. Lively filed earlier today, this frame of reference for the Wayfarer lawsuit is incorrect. Although we will not litigate this matter in the press, we encourage people to read Ms. Lively's complaint We look forward to fully addressing all of Wayfarer's claims in court.

In a statement submitted to we Tuesday, New York Times She stood by her reporting on Live accusationsThis was previously denied by Baldoni's lawyer.

“The role of an independent news organization is to follow the facts wherever they lead,” the outlet’s statement said. “Our story was reported accurately and responsibly. It was based on a review of thousands of pages of original documents, including text messages and emails, which we accurately and extensively quote in the article. To date, Wayfarer Studios, Mr. Baldoni, the other subjects of the article, and their representatives have not pointed out a single error.” We've published their full statement in response to the allegations in the article as well.

“We plan to vigorously defend against the lawsuit,” the spokesperson added.