Blake Lively's Simple service 2 com. costar Michelle Morrone She said she appeared to be in “pain” after her experience on set And it ends with us.
The Italian actor and model, 34, shared a video clip on his personal account Instagram stories on Monday, December 23, expressing his support for Lively, 37, in her midst Sexual harassment lawsuit Against it And it ends with us Director and star Justin Baldoni.
“It's not my habit to make these kind of videos, but I think it's time to stand up for someone I really love, and that person is Blake Lively,” Morrone said.
the 365 days “I personally met Blake during that,” the star continued Simple service 2. We made this amazing movie together and I felt like something was wrong, and I felt pain… We had a chance to talk, me and her, (and) Blake was in pain. (Simple service 2 It was filmed last spring, per Delivery timewhile IIt doesn't end with us Filming began in May 2023 and resumed in January after the SAG-AFTRA strike.)
Morrone said he was “really tired” of seeing “cruel, nasty comments” about Lively “without knowing the situation.” A. has linked New York Times An article published on Saturday, December 21 details Lively's Catalog of complaints against Baldoni40 years old, on the set And it ends with usWhich he asked fans to read “to make you understand what happened before commenting.”
“Blake, I love you so much. Keep it up and we will see each other very soon. I love you,” the actor concluded.
lively, 37, I filed a complaint Baldoni filed before the California Department of Civilian Complaints on Friday, December 20, accusing Baldoni of sexual harassment during the filming of his latest film. Colleen Hoover Adaptation. She also claimed that Baldoni was behind a digital smear campaign to discredit her.
The lawsuit he obtained Us Weekly After it was first reported by TMZ and New York Timesreported that a meeting was held during the film's production in January to address Lively's allegations against her co-star which included, “No more showing Blake nude videos or photos of women, no more references to Baldoni's 'past addiction to pornography,' no more discussions.” About the sexual conquests of Blake and others, the genitals of the cast and crew are not mentioned, there are no more inquiries about Blake's weight, and no more is mentioned about Blake's deceased father.
Baldoni strongly denied the accusations against him. In a statement to weBaldoni's lawyer Brian Friedman She called Lively's claims “completely false, outrageous, and intentionally indecent,” claiming that she filed the lawsuit to “repair her negative reputation” and “reframe the narrative” around the film's production. He claimed that Lively made “multiple demands and threats”, which included “threatening not to show up for filming, and threatening not to promote the film, ultimately leading to its demise during release, if her demands were not met.”
Lively reprises her role as… Simple service 2a sequel to her 2018 crime thriller Anna Kendrickwhich is scheduled to be released next year.
On Sunday, December 22, the film director, Paul Feig, He also expressed his support For vitality.
“I've now made two films with Blake and all I can say is that she is one of the most professional, creative, collaborative, talented and kind people I have ever worked with,” Feig shared via X.
“She really doesn't deserve any of this smear campaign against her,” Vig added. I think it's terrible that she went through this.
Lively has it too He received support from Hooverauthor of the novel It ends with Us depends on and Sony picturesThe studio that released the film.