Blake Lively has made a serious allegation against Justin Baldoni, claiming that he once stated he had the ability to communicate with deceased individuals and even went as far as to declare that he had conversations with her deceased father. This accusation has been revealed in a lawsuit that Lively has filed against Baldoni.
Lively has taken legal action against Baldoni due to certain claims regarding his conduct while working together on the movie It Ends With Us. In the film, Baldoni not only directed Lively but also played a role opposite her.
Following the release of the movie, there were reports of tension between the two main actors. Lively, who is 37 years old, seems to have shed some light on this tension through the lawsuit she has brought against Baldoni.
She accused Baldoni of making sexual comments about the cast and crew, showing her explicit videos and images of women and discussing his previous alleged porn addiction.
Baldoni, 40, has hit back, insisting Lively only filed suit to try to repair her reputation in the wake of negative press she received following the film’s release.
Along with her claims of sexual harassment, Lively’s complaint accuses Baldoni of ‘other behaviors that were shocking and emotional distressing’ – such as making the ‘violative’ claim that he communicated with her ‘recently deceased’ father Ernie.
DailyMail.com has contacted Lively and Baldoni’s representatives for comment.
Blake Lively has accused Justin Baldoni of claiming he ‘could speak to the dead’ and telling her he had talked to her late father, in her bombshell lawsuit against him
Lively is pictured in 2005 with her father Ernie Lively, an actor and acting coach who died of cardiac complications in June 2021 at the age of 74
‘For example, he claimed he could speak to the dead, and on several occasions told her that he had spoken to her dead father,’ Lively’s lawsuit claimed, according to a copy of the 1full complaint obtained by the New York Times.
‘It was off putting and violative for Ms. Baldoni [sic] to claim a personal relationship with her recently deceased father.’
Ernie Lively, an actor and acting coach, died of cardiac complications aged 74 in June 2021, less than two years before principal photography began on It Ends With Us.
Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman has branded Lively’s new legal action ‘false, outrageous and intentionally salacious with an intent to publicly hurt’.
He insisted Lively is attempting to ‘fix her negative reputation’ after rumors emerged of diva-like behavior during filming.
This included ‘threatening to not show up to set [and] threatening to not promote the film, ultimately leading to its demise during release,’ according to Freedman.
Meanwhile, Lively has accused Baldoni of fostering a toxic workplace environment, which allegedly became so tense that she demanded crisis talks attended by her husband Ryan Reynolds among other people, TMZ reported.
The lawsuit states that Baldoni made inappropriate inquiries about Lively’s weight, comments about her dead father and sexual remarks about the cast and crew which she insisted must come to an end.
Baldoni is being sued by Lively over allegations about his behavior on the set of their movie It Ends With Us
Lively also requested: ‘No more adding of sex scenes, oral sex or on-camera climaxing by BL [Blake Lively] outside the scope of the script BL approved when signing onto the project’, per the filings.
The demands were allegedly accepted by the studio, but the movie’s release was still hampered by a dispute between its stars about how it should be marketed, according to the lawsuit.
Eagle-eyed fans soon spotted the frosty relationship between Baldoni and Lively on the red carpet and reports began to emerge about the rift.
Lively claims that Baldoni’s team then engaged in a ‘social manipulation’ campaign to tarnish her reputation.
The lawsuit includes text messages from the director’s publicist to the studio which allegedly said Baldoni ‘wants to feel like [Lively] can be buried’, and ‘we can’t write we will destroy her’.
It Ends With Us became one of the most talked about movies of the year following its release in August, but for all the wrong reasons.
But he claims that Lively has only filed the lawsuit to patch up her reputation which took a hit amid a wave of negative press following the movie’s release
Lively accused her director of fostering a toxic workplace and engaging in sexually inappropriate behavior
Justin Baldoni with his wife Emily at the It Ends With Us New York premiere. Fans became suspicious of a feud after the cast did not post with Baldoni at photo opportunities
Insiders revealed the concerning truth about the on-set tensions, telling DailyMail.com that Blake and Justin clashed over his ‘dismissive’ attitude to her ‘input’ while they were filming scenes that involved abuse.
The insider claimed that Justin focused only on ‘what he believed was the abusive male viewpoint’ and had a very ‘chauvinistic’ approach to the topic.
But as rumors of the feud persisted, social media reaction began to turn against Blake, who has been criticized for her responses in interviews promoting the movie.
She was blasted as ‘tone deaf’ and ‘shallow’ after she hosted an interview with her It Ends With Us costars and failed to discuss the serious message behind the movie.
A difference in opinion on how the movie should be marketed only contributed to the problems between its leads, with Lively favoring an upbeat approach while Baldoni was reportedly more concerned with communicating the film’s themes of domestic violence.
Also around the time of the movie’s press run, some of Lively’s old interviews resurfaced which garnered backlash for her ‘rude’ demeanor towards interviewers.
Among them was an awkward encounter with Kjersti Flaa during which a visibly pregnant Lively appeared to take offense at Flaa referencing her baby bump.
Another saw Lively accused of ‘mean girl’ behavior during an interview with Café Society costar Parker Posey during promotion for the movie.
