Is Blake Lively’s shocking new sexual harassment lawsuit against her former co-star sweet vengeance, or a calculated PR move? And does everyone owe Blake an apology?
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00:00Is Blake Lively's shocking new sexual harassment lawsuit against her former co-star Sweet Vengeance
00:05or a calculated PR move? And does everyone owe Blake an apology?
00:08Earlier this year, actress Blake Lively suffered a major scandal while promoting her film
00:13It Ends With Us. And it wasn't just her tone-deaf attitude toward the film's sobering plot about
00:17domestic violence. She also publicly clashed with her co-star and the film's director,
00:22Justin Baldoni. The backlash against Blake spread quickly as Baldoni positioned himself
00:26as an innocent no-name actor who was pitted against Lively's massive ego,
00:30causing on-set quarrels and forcing Baldoni to be ostracized by the rest of the cast.
00:35Now, Blake is firing back with a lawsuit filled with allegations of her own,
00:39accusing Baldoni of sexual harassment and for leading a smear campaign against her
00:43in hopes it would ruin her reputation. Blake's lawsuit calls out Justin Baldoni's alleged
00:48scheme of astroturfing, a term that describes high-level deception that PR pros use to
00:53manipulate the public's opinion of famous celebrities. Lively calls out her co-star
00:57for hiring a crisis PR team to help him spin a story that portrayed himself as a victim of
01:02Lively's diva behavior. This Blake Lively situation has made me terrified of how easy
01:08it is to be manipulated, one person commented on X after the details of the suit emerged.
01:12It's crazy how we can be manipulated so easily like you don't know what to believe anymore,
01:16another stated. Blake's lawsuit makes some wild claims about Baldoni's behavior.
01:21She alleges that Baldoni's team planted negative stories about her in the press,
01:25that he engaged in predatory sexual behavior toward herself and other members of the cast
01:30and crew, and even plotted to use Blake's friendship with superstar Taylor Swift against
01:34her. As for Justin Baldoni, he's denying it all. His attorney stated,
01:38These claims are completely false, outrageous, and intentionally salacious,
01:42with an intent to publicly hurt and rehash a narrative in the media.
01:45But even so, sources say Baldoni has been dropped by his talent agency,
01:49amid the ongoing feud with his former co-star. So who's to blame? Time will determine how long
01:54this he-said-she-said battle will take and what will be revealed. One thing is certain,
01:58there's two sides to every story, especially when the story makes headlines.