Blake Lively slams Hollywood Reporter for its ‘sexist’ cover

Blake Full of life shouldn’t be discovering the newest cowl of The Hollywood Reporter amusing following the publication’s story masking her lawsuit in opposition to It Ends With Us co-star and director Justin Baldoni. 

The authorized drama that has unfolded over the movie continues to unfold with new developments, together with Full of life in search of orders of safety after being inundated with “violent messages” in opposition to her and her household, in addition to a brand new submitting the place she alleged Baldoni made different ladies “uncomfortable” on the set.

Now, following Full of life subpoenaing Baldoni’s telephone information as a part of her go well with, the Hollywood Reporter appeared to poke enjoyable on the scenario with its cowl artwork on the story.

The picture, which appeared like a retro film poster sees Full of life making an attempt to fireside a slingshot with a cellular phone at Baldoni from behind–seemingly a reference to her staff’s try and subpoena textual content messages from him.

Now, her staff is talking out and slamming the quilt.

She initially filed a proper grievance in December after months of rumors about friction on the set and reviews torpedoing her promotion of the movie. Her first grievance accused Baldoni of misconduct throughout filming, claiming he would have inappropriate conversations together with her on the set and tried including gratuitous nudity and intercourse scenes to the movie that she had not agreed to.

She additionally stated that after a gathering with HR the place he agreed to cease, Baldoni then employed a disaster PR staff to run a smear marketing campaign in opposition to her.

Baldoni initially filed a $250 million libel lawsuit in opposition to the New York Instances for his or her reporting on the story afterward. Full of life then filed a proper lawsuit claiming alleged sexual harassment, retaliation, breach of contract, infliction of emotional misery, invasion of privateness, and misplaced wages.

Baldoni then filed a second go well with of $400 million in opposition to Full of life and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, alleging extortion and different claims.

In Full of life’s amended grievance, she alleges she wasn’t alone when it got here to “elevating allegations of on-set misconduct.”

Based on her attorneys, Esra Hudson and Mike Gottlieb, the grievance now consists of “important contemporaneous proof that Ms. Full of life was not alone in elevating allegations of on-set misconduct greater than a yr earlier than the movie was edited.”

Not naming any further names the attorneys stated the grievance additionally contained new proof “detailing the threats, harassment, and intimidation of not simply Ms. Full of life, however quite a few harmless bystanders which have adopted defendants’ retaliatory marketing campaign.”

The case is anticipated to go to a civil trial in March 2026.