The drama between the cast of “It Ends With Us” keeps getting worse, with reports of trouble between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. Although neither has publicly addressed the purportedly on-set problems since the August 6 New York premiere. insiders have stoked the rumors. A Daily Mail.com source claims that Blake’s “effortlessly rude” actions offended some on set, while Baldoni was accused of advancing a “performative feminist” agenda.
The insider said that although Lively wasn’t overtly hostile, her strong views produced a tense environment. “Everyone was a little afraid of Blake,” they stated, noting that the matter was more about her severe attitude than about open conflict.
After a writer’s strike, tensions were raised even further as the crew returned to work and many struggled financially. Though well-meaning, Blake Lively’s choice to bring her kids to the shoot for a charitable endeavor was apparently perceived as “tone-deaf” by the crew handling their own personal struggles.
Amid the chaos of the movie, Blake Lively came under fire for pushing her brands-including her haircare line-which some saw as a calculated action timed with the release of the movie. Baldoni was said to be overburdened and incapable of exerting project management authority in the meantime. The insider angrily attacked both stars as “privileged” without self-awareness, charging them of “cosplaying” the experience of abuse for the movie.
Lively drew criticism for separating herself from the domestic violence elements of the film, while Baldoni was accused of fat-shaming Lively-though sources later defended him, pointing up issues with his back health during a stunt.