Bestselling author Colleen Hoover deactivates Instagram amid tensions between It Ends With Us stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, following a legal dispute over allegations of harassment and defamation.
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00:00Best-selling author Colin Hoover, whose 2016 novel It Ends With Us was adapted into a film
00:07in 2024, has deactivated her Instagram account as tensions rise between the film's lead actors
00:13Blake Lively and Justine Baldoni.
00:15The legal dispute between co-stars has captured significant public attention, leaving fans
00:21wondering about Colin's quiet withdrawal from social media.
00:24Meanwhile, the legal dispute continues to unfold.
00:28The controversy had started in December 2024, when Blake filed a sexual harassment lawsuit
00:34against Justine.
00:36She alleged that the actor, who also directed the film, created a hostile work environment,
00:41altered intimate scenes without her consent, and engaged in retaliatory behavior.
00:46Also, Blake further claimed that Justine launched a smear campaign against her after she raised
00:52concerns.
00:53Two years later, Justine has denied these allegations and countersued, accusing Blake
00:57and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, and their publicist of defamation and extortion.
01:02Initially, author Colin Hoover had expressed her support for Blake through an Instagram
01:07post and wrote,
01:08Blake Lively, who you have nothing but honest, kind, supportive, and patient since the day
01:13we met.
01:14Thank you for being exactly the human that you are.
01:17Never changed, never wilt.
01:19This message came shortly after Blake Lively's lawsuit was filed and a New York Times article
01:24detailed alleged retaliatory tactics in Hollywood.
01:27However, now in the weeks following the exculcating legal battle, fans noticed that Colin Hoover's
01:34Instagram account was no longer active.
01:36While she has not commented on her decision to deactivate the account, the timing has
01:41raised speculation among fans that she is distancing herself from the controversy.