Blake Lively Faces Criticism for ‘Shocking’ Behavior Towards Co-Star During Impromptu Scene Following Legal Dispute with Justin Baldoni

Blake Lively has come under fire for what fans describe as “disgusting” behavior while filming “A Simple Favor” in 2018.

The tense scene sees the actress lean in for a kiss with her co-star, Henry Golding, before proceeding to grab his genitals.

Now, amidst her legal drama with her “It Ends With Us” co-star, Justin Baldoni, over claims of sexual harassment, an interview has surfaced with Blake Lively admitting she improvised the groping scene in “A Simple Favor.”

Fans are calling out Lively for her “disgusting” act on the set of “A Simple Favor” in 2018.

On the set of the movie, the “Gossip Girl” star deviated from the script by grabbing actor Henry Golding’s genitals, later revealing that she improvised the scene because she felt like that was what her character would do.

Lively first made the confession while recording a commentary for the film’s Blu-Ray release, and now several media personalities have unearthed the clip amid the actress’s legal battle with Justin Baldoni.

According to the Daily Mail, director Paul Feig can be heard saying, “One of my favorite additions you came up with was you grabbed his nuts, and you really went for it, too.”

Blake then added, “That’s always awkward, when you’re like, ‘Hey nice to meet you! Can I grab your nuts really hard?’ Not because I want to, because I feel like she would.”

Many fans have now taken to social media to react to her acts on the set of the film.

“Somehow Blake supporters think it’s OK cos it was probably agreed beforehand, whereas ‘neck nuzzling’ acting in a scene is not,” a fan wrote, referencing an intimate scene with Baldoni on “It Ends With Us.”

They added, “The ball grabbing was Blake’s idea, it wasn’t in the script + there was no intimacy coordinator on ‘A Simple Favor.’ He also had less power to say no.”

“How does she get the audacity to “improvise” such a scene, yet is mad that Baldoni did the same to her?” another fan wrote.

“OMG, poor Henry looks so uncomfortable. This woman is shameless,” one fan penned, while another added, “Maybe this is why he doesn’t follow BL on Insta, but he does follow Anna Kendrick.”

There have been rumors that Lively and Kendrick’s relationship has soured in the years following the movie but Lively still attempted to suggest all is well between them on Tuesday.

The “Savages” actress shared a gallery of photos from the movie’s promotional tour in Austin and gushed over working with “each of you” in the caption.

She shared pictures of Kendrick and the film’s director, Paul Feig, at Friday’s SXSW Film Festival, but they weren’t in any of the behind-the-scenes snaps.

According to the Daily Mail, Feig has also attempted to shut down the rumors, telling a YouTube star that they were “wrong” when they claimed on X that Lively was “terrified to walk the red carpet” with Kendrick at the film sequel “Another Simple Favor” premiere on Friday.

In an interview with People Magazine, he also brushed off rumors of behind-the-scene tension, sharing that it “was too much fun” making the film.

“I mean, I had such a great experience on the first one. It always kind of stuck with me, like, ‘God, I love working with the two of them,'” he said.

Meanwhile, Lively has been locked in a contentious court battle with her “It Ends With Us” co-star, Justin Baldoni.

She filed a lawsuit $250 million lawsuit against him on the grounds of alleged sexual harassment, but he retorted by filing a $400 million countersuit against her, her husband, Ryan Reynolds, and the publicist, Leslie Sloane, accusing them of shutting him out of his own film and ruining his career.

Lively recently filed for Baldoni’s countersuit to be thrown out of court, tagging the lawsuit as “vengeful and rambling” while claiming that the actor’s motion is a “profound abuse of the legal process that has no place in federal court.”

Her husband, Reynolds, also requested to be dismissed from Baldoni’s suit, claiming the director is only suing him for standing up for his wife, Lively, whom he believes was sexually harassed.

Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, slammed Lively for asking to have their lawsuit tossed, accusing her of being an elitist trying to manipulate the court system.

“Lively’s recent motion to dismiss herself from the self-concocted disaster she initiated is one of the most abhorrent examples of abusing our legal system,” Freedman said in a statement shared with the Daily Mail. “Stringent rules are put into place to protect the innocent and allow individuals to rightfully defend themselves.”

He further noted that “laws are not meant to be twisted and curated by privileged elites to fit their own personal agenda,” vowing to “continue to hold Ms. Lively accountable for her actions of pure malice, which include falsely accusing my clients of harassment and retaliation.”

Freedman added that Lively’s “fantastical claims will be swiftly debunked as discovery moves forward, easily disproved with actual, evidentiary proof.”