It has ended with them. “Blake Lively got absolutely no money in shocking Justin Baldoni lawsuit settlement,” read a Page Six headline 5 May, although you only had to read to the first sentence to learn that Baldoni also got nothing. Lively descended on this year’s Met Gala, which was held 4 May, in an archival 2006 Versace dress, dragging a 13ft-train and acting as if nothing had ever happened. Showbiz reporters are breathing a sigh of relief. The case lasted nearly two years, cost each millions of dollars, and eventually became too difficult to follow unless you were glued to social media.
The discord began when the two worked together on It Ends With Us, the blockbuster 2024 adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s TikTok-famous romance-cum-abuse novel. Lively both coproduced the film and starred as a florist inexplicably named Lily Bloom. The actor-director-producer-podcaster Baldoni helmed the production and starred as Lily Bloom’s abusive boyfriend, Ryle Kincaid. At the end of 2024, Lively sued Baldoni for sexual harassment, alleging a hostile work environment during production. She accused him (as well as his production company Wayfarer Studios and others behind the film) of subjecting her to details of his sex life, adding extra sex scenes that were reportedly not in the script, and employing a crisis management firm that had “embarked on a sophisticated press and digital plan” against her.
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