Blake Lively is coming under fire for being a “bully” on set… way back in the Gossip Girl days!
As Perezcious readers know, the actress has been embroiled in a legal dispute with her It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni over allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation. And now he’s sued her back, claiming she was using her Hollywood weight to steal his movie — and is making up the harassment stuff to get people back on her side. See, since even before December’s lawsuit filings, Blake has been dragged for resurfaced interviews and past behavior, leading the public to side with Baldoni! And this latest claim from a co-worker ain’t gonna help her case!
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On Monday, a member of the Gossip Girl crew called out the A-lister for being a total “mean girl” from “high school”!
Speaking to DailyMail.com, a 38-year-old man called Ewood explained he worked briefly as a volunteer runner when The CW traveled to Paris to film a few episodes in 2010 for Season 4. It was his first time on a set at age 23, and “it was a dream.” But the dream quickly turned into a nightmare… at least when he had to interact with Blake! He dished:
“Unfortunately, my experience with Blake was not good. She came across as a bully.”
Oof!
He didn’t realize he was working on the hit teen drama until he arrived on set and saw “loads of fans outside as most of the shooting was at specific tourist spots in Paris.” His job involved a lot of tasks, including delivering water to Blake and co-star Leighton Meester‘s trailers. He shared:
“I was working across the various white trailers, providing water, moving equipment around and things like that, which is when I first saw Leighton Meester.”
She made him feel super welcomed, he recalled:
“She was the first person I saw and I said hi to her, to which she replied and that was it. Then I saw Blake and I said hi to her as well. She didn’t respond or give any acknowledgement, it was as if I did not exist.”
Jeez!
After getting the “silent treatment,” he spent the next few workdays worried he had done something wrong — like maybe he was not supposed to speak to the show’s star! He reflected:
“I was never told not to speak to actors. But I don’t even think I was having a conversation with her. I was just saying hi, trying to be nice. And the way Leighton was acting was so nice to everyone, even the fans around and other people from the crew. She was so lovely to be around but Blake was just a nightmare. I witnessed the way she was talking to other people on set, crew, other actors and it just wasn’t a good vibe.”
Things got worse as Blake supposedly grew “difficult” to work with as she acted “disrespectfully” towards him, such as by “making jokes and making fun” of him in a “really passive aggressive way.” Making fun of a young staffer? WTF?
The difference was totally different when dealing with Adam Brody‘s future wife, Ewood noted:
“Whenever I had to go near Leighton’s trailer it was really easy. There was no animosity or anything. But when I had to go close to Blake’s it was very difficult.”
The A Simple Favor star was reportedly really standoffish to fans, too, Ewood added:
“When fans wanted to take pictures with them, Leighton was always available, but Blake didn’t have the time.”
And it doesn’t sound like any crew member was safe from Blake’s temper:
“With the crew it was more the way she was speaking to them like she was a toddler. If she was not having what she wanted she would start making a scene. Just being disrespectful and rude.”
When filming concluded, Leighton asked the runner what he planned to do next, and he told her he wanted to be a singer. She said she thought that was “great” and wished him good luck. He didn’t chat with Blake at the end of filming. The worker pointed out:
“What is funny [is] that on the show her character was never really portrayed as a mean person — that was Leighton’s character. In real life Leighton was amazing and still is, but Blake was the mean one in real life.”
By the way, it was rumored that Leighton and Blake didn’t get along on set because they were so different — so it’s not surprising to hear they treated people wildly differently! Blake has also been called out by several other former colleagues, so this seems to be her reputation — no matter how much her agent wants to deny it! Addressing this, the assistant producer explained why he’s now speaking on this, sharing:
“I am not trying to bash Blake Lively, I am just talking about my experience and the fact I saw her acting like a bully. This has nothing to do with Justin Baldoni, this happened in 2010. Way before Justin Baldoni.”
He added:
“There is a reason why so many people coming from different places all over the world still have the same experience of her — what does that say? All of us have had the same kind of experiences with her.”
It is a LOT of varied former co-workers. If this is a smear campaign, it’s a thorough one!
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