‘It Ends With Us’ author Colleen Hoover deletes all Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni photos as legal battle heats up

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her account last month.But Hoover’s profile no longer features any pictures of the film adaptation’s stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, who are currently suing each other.Hoover also deleted any traces of last year’s “It Ends With Us” promotional tour that used to be on her account.Hoover fled Instagram in January after the start of Lively and Baldoni’s hostile legal battle.

The actors played the lead roles in the adaptation of Hoover’s 2016 best-selling novel. In December, Lively, 37, sued Baldoni, 41, for alleged sexual harassment and allegedly orchestrating a retaliatory public smear campaign against her.In turn, Baldoni countersued Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, alleging defamation, extortion and more.

Both stars have denied the other’s claims through their respective lawyers.When Lively made her initial accusations against Baldoni in a legal complaint filed on Dec.

20, Hoover supported the actress with a message on her Instagram Stories.“@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.