‘It Ends With Us’ author Colleen Hoover supports ‘honest’ Blake Lively amid Justin Baldoni lawsuit

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recently sued her co-star Justin Baldoni for sexual harassmentLively, 37, and Baldoni, 40, played the lead stars in the film adaptation of Hoover’s 2016 romance novel.

Baldoni also directed the movie.On Friday, Lively filed a bombshell lawsuit against Baldoni where she accused him of harassing her on the set of the film — as well as ” a coordinated effort to destroy her reputation” following the movie’s release.Hoover backed Lively in the battle with a supportive message on her Instagram Stories on Saturday.“@blakelively, you have been nothing but honest, kind, supportive and patient since the day we met,” Hoover wrote alongside a photo of the pair hugging at a screening of the film. “Thank you for being exactly the human that you are.

Never change. Never wilt,” the author added. Hoover also included a link to a New York Times article about the lawsuit. “It Ends With Us,” a domestic violence drama based on the bestselling book by Hoover, was released in theaters this past summer.At the time, rumors swirled of a feud between Lively and Baldoni, who refused to appear together to promote the flick.Lively also suffered a barrage of bad publicity upon the movie’s release, dubbed a “mean girl” after a journalist’s old interview with the actress went viral on social media.In her lawsuit, Lively alleged that Baldoni’s misconduct on the set of the film was so bad that “an all-hands-on-deck meeting” was held to address his behavior.

As part of the tense sit-down, Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds, who attended the meeting, demanded there would be “no more showing nude videos or images of women to Lively, no more mention of Baldoni’s alleged previous ‘pornography addiction,’ and no more discussions about sexual conquests in.