WME CEO Ari Emanuel Says He Fired Justin Baldoni Following Blake Lively Lawsuit, Supports Her & Ryan Reynolds

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Hollywood executive Ari Emanuel firmly threw his support behind Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds amid their legal battle with Justin Baldoni.

On Thursday night (February 13), Ari, who is the CEO of the talent agency WME, spoke about the situation during a taping of the Freakonomics Radio Live show.

Describing the A-list couple as “really incredible people,” Ari took credit for firing Justin from the agency following Blake‘s initial complaints of sexual harassment and engaging in a smear campaign against her. Keep reading to find out more… “I’ve known Ryan and Blake for over a decade,” he said, via Deadline. “In Hollywood, they have been incredibly successful.

People work with them, they’ve never had any bad mojo out there or treated people badly. They are charitable – we help them with their foundation – they’ve given tons of money away.” Ari described Blake‘s allegations about her treatment as “a f-cked up, bad situation.” “She felt that she was not being protected,” he said. “She complained and then these people tried to go after her.