Ronan Farrow Clears Up That Justin Baldoni-Blake Lively Rumor, Clarifies That He Doesn't Even Work for 'New York Times'

justjared.com:

Ronan Farrow is responding to the Internet rumor that he was involved in helping the New York Times‘ reporting on Blake Lively‘s allegations against Justin Baldoni.

Late last year, the news outlet published a story after Blake filed a legal complaint against her 40-year-old It Ends With Us co-star/director, accusing him sexual harassment and starting a smear campaign. Justin filed a $250 million libel lawsuit against the Times, claiming the paper “‘cherry-picked’ and altered communications stripped of necessary context and deliberately spliced to mislead.” So, how does Ronan factor in?

A rumor emerged and spread on social media that Ronan was involved due to his rumored connection to Taylor Swift, who is friends with Blake. Ronan issued a lengthy statement online. Keep reading to find out more… An Instagram commenter asked why he’d assisted in “taking down” Justin, to which Ronan replied and corrected them: “No—I don’t write for the New York Times, and have nothing to do with their coverage of that case, even informally or behind the scenes.

I write for The New Yorker (a completely different outlet), and if I ever were to look into this, you’d see my work there. There’s a lot of disinformation out there—please always try to think independently and check what you’re hearing online.” He then followed up with a lengthier comment.