Blake Lively Claims Justin Baldoni 'Cried' in Her Dressing Room Over Reports That She 'Looked Old' forIt Ends with UsRole

Mar. 15, 2025

Blake Lively’s complaint againstJustin Baldoniincludes a claim that he “cried in [her] dressing room” over social media commentary that she “looked old” in herIt Ends with Usrole.

Blake Lively in London on Aug. 8, 2024; Justin Baldoni in New York City on Dec. 13, 2023.Jeff Spicer/Getty; Dia Dipasupil/Getty

Jeff Spicer/Getty; Dia Dipasupil/Getty

Lively claims Baldoni “made the rest of the cast and crew wait for hours” on the second day of filming “while he cried in Ms. Lively’s dressing room, claiming social media commentators were saying that Ms. Lively looked old and unattractive based on paparazziphotos from the set.”

“His lengthy outburst caused a delay in shooting, forcing an emotional scene to be shot haphazardly,” the document alleges.

Blake Lively inIt Ends with Us(2024).Nicole Rivelli

Nicole Rivelli

After Lively said they could meet “once she was clothed,” Heath insisted she allow him to enter, and she “reluctantly agreed, but asked that Mr. Heath keep his back turned,” but allegedly noticed minutes later that her “was staring directly at her while she was topless.” (PEOPLE has reached out to Heath for comment.)

Lively’s complaint was filed against Baldoni, Heath, Baldoni’s production company Wayfarer Studios and its co-founder Steve Sarowitz, plus Jed Wallace, Melissa Nathan and Jennifer Abel, each of whom are named in the alleged effort to tarnish Lively’s reputation earlier this year.

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Bryan Freedman, Baldoni’s lawyer, told PEOPLE in a statement on Saturday, Dec. 21, that Lively’s complaint was to “fix her negative reputation.” He added that her allegations are “false, outrageous and intentionally salacious with an intent to publicly hurt.”

Freedman also alleged that Lively caused issues during the filming of the movie, including “threatening to not show up to set, threatening to not promote the film, ultimately leading to its demise during release.”

Baldoni “often” referred to women in the workplace as “sexy,” Lively’s complaint claims. In one alleged incident, the director “pressured” Lively to remove her coat to reveal her onesie — which was partially unzipped to reveal her bra — in a “packed” setting, telling her, “ ‘I think you look sexy’ in a tone that made her feel ogled and exposed.”

This included calling her trainer less than four months after she gave birth toher fourth childbehind her back and implying that he “wanted her to lose weight in two weeks,” the complaint alleges.

Lively’s complaint was filed months afterrumors of behind-the-scenes discordon the set of the adaptation of theColleen Hoover novelbegan.

After filing her complaint, which includes allegations that Baldoni brought on a team prior to the release ofIt Ends With Us to launch a subsequent retaliatory smear campaign against her, Lively issued a statement to theNew York Times, saying, “I hope that my legal action helps pull back the curtain on these sinister retaliatory tactics to harm people who speak up about misconduct and helps protect others who may be targeted.”

source: people.com