Blake Vigorous’s “It Ends With Us” costar Brandon Sklenar has spoken out about allegations Vigorous leveled towards Justin Baldoni in a brand new lawsuit.
Baldoni, 40, who directed and starred within the movie adaptation of the bestselling Colleen Hoover novel alongside Vigorous and Sklenar, was accused by the actress of sexual harassment and orchestrating “a coordinated effort” to destroy her status following the film’s launch.
Sklenar, 34, broke his silence on the controversy and voiced his help for Vigorous, 37, in an Instagram story he shared on Monday, posting a hyperlink to a New York Instances article which has the whole authorized submitting Vigorous submitted.
“For the love of god read this,” wrote the actor, who performed Vigorous’s childhood sweetheart Atlas Corrigan in “It Ends With Us.”
Sklenar additionally tagged Vigorous’s Instagram account and added a coronary heart emoji subsequent to her deal with.
The “1923” star joined one other distinguished determine within the “It Ends With Us” firmament who has publicly supported Vigorous.
Hoover, 45, who along with having penned the supply materials was an government producer on the film, backed the actress in an Instagram story on Saturday.
“You have been nothing but honest, kind, supportive and patient since the day we met,” she captioned a photograph of her hugging the star.
“Thank you for being exactly the human that you are. Never change. Never wilt.”
Different A-listers have rushed to Vigorous’s facet, together with Gwyneth Paltrow, her “A Simple Favor” director Paul Feig and her costars from “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants,” Amber Tamblyn, America Ferrera and Alexis Bledel.
Centered on home abuse, “It Ends With Us” was a shock field workplace hit this previous summer season, raking in over $350,000 globally so far.
Many have speculated that the movie’s success was spurred at the very least partially resulting from what was then only a rumored feud between Vigorous and Baldoni, because the pair refused to look collectively whereas selling the film.
Vigorous was even labeled by some as a “mean girl” after a journalist’s previous interview with the star gained traction on social media.
In response to Vigorous’s lawsuit, Baldoni employed PR disaster supervisor Melissa Nathan — who labored with Johnny Depp throughout his defamation trial towards his ex-wife Amber Heard — to assist him “destroy” Vigorous’s status.
The mother of 4 included copies of textual content messages that she alleges show Baldoni, Nathan and others created a “retaliatory social manipulation campaign” towards her after she spoke up about Baldoni’s on-set conduct in the course of the manufacturing of “It Ends With Us,” which she considered as inappropriate.
Baldoni has denied all of the accusations made towards him within the go well with.
“It is shameful that Ms. Lively and her representatives would make such serious and categorically false accusations against Mr. Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios and its representatives, as yet another desperate attempt to ‘fix’ her negative reputation which was garnered from her own remarks and actions during the campaign for the film; interviews and press activities that were observed publicly, in real time and unedited, which allowed for the internet to generate their own views and opinions,” Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, beforehand advised The Put up.
“These claims are completely false, outrageous and intentionally salacious with an intent to publicly hurt and rehash a narrative in the media,” Freedman added.
