“It Ends With Us” studio Sony Pictures has released a statement following star Blake Lively’s bombshell allegations accusing director and co-star Justin Baldoni of sexual harassment and launching a smear campaign against her. “We have previously expressed our support for Blake in connection with her work on and for the film. We fully and firmly […]

On Aug. 21, Jonesworks founder Stephanie Jones called publicist Jen Abel into her office. The two women had been in the thick of a grueling crisis PR campaign on behalf of client Justin Baldoni, the It Ends With Us director and the subject of incessant media coverage thanks to a mysterious rift with the films […]

Liz Plank, who co-hosts “The Man Enough” podcast with Justin Baldoni, announced her resignation on Monday after Blake Lively accused Baldoni of sexual harassment and launching a smear campaign against her. “I’m writing to you today to let you know that I have had my representatives inform Wayfarer that I will no longer be co-hosting […]

The fallout from Blake Lively’s bombshell complaint filed Friday against her It Ends With Us director, co-star and fellow producer Justin Baldoni continues. Baldoni has now been stripped of an award by the Vital Voices Global Partnership, a non-profit organization dedicated to nurturing women leaders with vision and ideas. “The Voices of Solidarity Award honors […]

In Blake Livelys bombshell sexual harassment complaint against Justin Baldoni, the fixers are now part of the problem.   On top of the laundry list of accused misconduct on the set of the film It Ends with Us, Livelys surprise weekend filing against her director and costar Baldoni lays bare a show business process thatsmeant […]

As the consequences of Justin Baldoni’s alleged sexual harassment and retaliation against Blake Lively deepen, SAG-AFTRA has now come out condemning the “startling and troubling allegations.” We applaud Blake Livelys courage in speaking out on issues of retaliation and harassment and for her request to have an intimacy coordinator for all scenes with nudity or […]

SAG-AFTRA, the union representing roughly 160,000 actors in Hollywood, is voicing its support of Blake Lively after she filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Justin Baldoni, her co-star and director on “It Ends With Us.” These are startling and troubling allegations. Employees have every right to raise issues of concern or to file complaints. Retaliation […]

Justin Baldoni was honored earlier this month by Vital Voices, a non-profit working with female business leaders, for his “vital role as a male [ally]” to women and using “his platform to inspire meaningful societal change.” The organization rescinded the Voices of Solidarity Award on Monday after Blake Lively filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against […]

Norwegian journalist Kjersti Flaa has denied involvement in a smear campaign that was allegedly orchestrated by “It Ends With Us” director and actor Justin Baldoni against his co-star Blake Lively. Over the summer, Flaa reposted an old interview to her YouTube channel with the title “The Blake Lively interview that made me want to quit […]

"It Ends With Us" set complaints, cast factions, a smear campaign and now a lawsuit here's how it all went down

Amber Heard stepped into the Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni fray on Monday after learning that the crisis control PR firm he had hired was the same one ex-husband Johnny Depp used during their 2022 defamation trial.

Blake Lively has accused director and co-star Justin Baldoni of sexual harassment during the making of "It Ends With Us," and a subsequent effort to publicly smear her reputation.

Amid allegations by Blake Lively of sexual harassment and retaliation by It Ends With Us co-star/director Justin Baldoni and his crisis PR reps, a publicist for the Wayfarer Studios co-founder now says “although we were prepared, we didn’t have to do anything over the top to protect our client.” What the cherry-picked messages don’t include, […]

Lively filed a lawsuit against her co-star in the movie adaptation of bestselling book It Ends With Us