‘It Ends With Us’ Actor Brandon Sklenar Advocates For People To Read Blake Lively’s Complaint Against Justin Baldoni
deadline.comIt Ends With Us actor Brandon Sklenar called for people to read co-star Blake Lively‘s complaint against filmmaker/star Justin Baldoni amid the continuing fallout that began Friday following the document’s filing, which has additionally embroiled Hollywood’s crisis PR machine regarding allegations of the director’s sexual harassment and a burying smear campaign.
Sklenar, who portrays Lively’s teenage love in the domestic violence-themed romantic drama adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s eponymous novel, posted a screenshot of the complaint and a link to the New York Times site featuring the 80-page document. “FOR THE LOVE OF GOD READ THIS,” the performer wrote on his Instagram Story shared today, tagging Lively along with a red heart emoji.
The Offer actor joins a number of Hollywood figures who have expressed support for Lively over the weekend, including the cast of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (which stars Lively), Gwyneth Paltrow, Paul Feig and Amy Schumer, as well as the film’s distributor Sony itself.
Amber Heard, herself the target of vicious social media discourse in the wake of her defamation case with ex-husband Johnny Depp in 2022 (which also included testimony about his alleged sexual abuse), denounced the purported PR campaign as “horrifying as it is destructive.” A SAG-AFTRA spokesperson also condemned the allegations on behalf of the organization.
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