Colleen Hoover Supports Blake Lively Amid Justin Baldoni Lawsuit: “Never Wilt”

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Colleen Hoover is standing with Blake Lively after the actress filed a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit against Justin Baldoni.

The It Ends With Us author showed her support for Lively, who starred in the Baldoni-directed adaptation of her 2016 novel, with some kind words on her Instagram Story following Lively’s legal complaint filed Friday with the California Civil Rights Department. “You have been nothing but honest, kind, supportive and patient since the day we met,” she wrote, tagging Lively and linking to coverage of the lawsuit. “Thank you for being exactly the human that you are.

Never change. Never wilt.” Lively previously denounced her director and co-star, as well as his production company Wayfarer Studios and others on the domestic violence film for sexually harassing her and subsequently enacting “a coordinated effort to destroy her reputation.” “I hope that my legal action helps pull back the curtain on these sinister retaliatory tactics to harm people who speak up about misconduct and helps protect others who may be targeted,” Lively said in a statement provided to Deadline.

Baldoni, who has since been dropped by WME, called the allegations “completely false, outrageous and intentionally salacious with an intent to publicly hurt and rehash a narrative in the media,” through his lawyer Bryan Freedman.