It’s not just the It Ends With Us cast siding with Blake Lively! Turns out Justin Baldoni‘s former team members are too!
As you’ll recall, back in late December, Blake started off this whole legal battle against her co-star/director by filing a complaint accusing Justin of sexual harassment and running a smear campaign to “destroy” her reputation to stop her from exposing him. Almost immediately after the bombshell filing made waves, thanks to a report by the New York Times, the Jane the Virgin star was dropped by his talent agency, WME. Never a good thing!
Related: Justin Says ‘Naked’ Video Blake Complained About Wasn’t ‘Porn’
Well, earlier this week, Justin finally started clapping back at Blake’s claims — something he did in a $250 million lawsuit he filed against the NYT for publishing the article with all his leading lady’s nasty allegations. While he used much of the 87-page document to hit back at many of the Gossip Girl star’s claims, he also had a few of his own — including the allegation that Blake had something to do with him getting axed!
Per the legal docs, Justin argued that Blake’s hubby Ryan Reynolds — who he already had a lot of beef with — pressured WME to “drop” him while at the Deadpool & Wolverine premiere in July 2024 (weeks before IEWU came out). Both Blake AND Ryan are represented by WME, so that’s were the conflict of interest comes in. The doc stated:
“Baldoni later received word that, during the premiere of his movie Deadpool & Wolverine, Reynolds approached Baldoni’s agent at William Morris Endeavor and demanded that the agent ‘drop’ Baldoni. The wielding of power and influence became undeniable. Baldoni and Wayfarer grew increasingly fearful of what Lively and Reynolds were capable of, as their actions seemed aimed at destroying Baldoni’s career and personal life.”
Now that they’ve been dragged into this dispute, WME is making it VERY clear where they stand. In a statement to The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday, the agency declared:
“In Baldoni’s filing there is a claim that Reynolds pressured Baldoni’s agent at the Deadpool & Wolverine premiere. This is not true. Baldoni’s former representative was not at the Deadpool & Wolverine premiere nor was there any pressure from Reynolds or Lively at any time to drop Baldoni as a client.”
Hmm…
BTW, the agency chose to drop Justin on December 21, hours after Blake’s filing — not way back in the summer when the Deadpool & Wolverine premiere took place. So, if Ryan did try to pressure anymore, it took an awful long time. But, of course, WME is claiming it didn’t happen at all.
It’s sure inneresting that the only people speaking out on this scandal seem to be siding with Blake… Should Justin be worried about that?? Reactions?! Sound OFF (below), Perezcious readers!
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