What do you think of Blake Lively?

I have no opinion on her but Baldoni seems like a piece of total scum.

Discovery will be interesting.

I think lines were crossed on both sides. One of BL text messages talks about ball busting but not with teeth! This could be seen as sexual harassment too. JB’s reply to this message was more professional.

Once we have all the facts and the depositions, paper trails and all the evidence this is when the full picture will be more accessible.

And I don't think she will come out of this well.

So I am guessing that you have not read the actual court filings where Justin's lawyer systematically dismantles her claims and allegations? He has actual evidence to prove that many of her assertions did not happen. He recorded everything (Jersey is a one party consent state in terms of recording). The scene where she makes specific allegations as regards his supposed sexual conduct did not occur in the way she claimed because the raw footage shows otherwise.

BL is a total liar and anyone who looks at the evidence can see this for themselves. The nonsense spilled here is shocking. Johnny Depp won his defamation case in court - Amber Heard was recorded on tape saying she did start a physical fight, he was a baby for not being able to take her punches, it is quite clear she was the abusive one.

And Justin Baldini has a ton of evidence supporting his side. But oh yes - lets just blame the male because they 'need to be told'. Ridiculous. Why does she not want to be deposed by his lawyer? Oh yes because her lies will unravel. If you are telling the truth you have nothing to hide.

She is one of the rare celebs with natural looking lip filler.

I don’t know her, so can’t comment on that.

I think sadly her career is over now either way.

I don't really know who she (?) is. Sounds like a bloke's name.

I read the timeline and also came out with a negative impression of Blake Lively.

She forced her way into taking over the movie. She was a lead actress, not a producer. She insisted on a substantial level of control to the point where the studio themselves were emailing JB concerned about the level of infuence she was having. As a result of her interference, she ended up with a producer credit. The emails have confirmed all of this.

She admitted to stealing the edit and showcasing it publicly without approval to get test audiences to prefer her version. This is something she's admitted on film - not within the legal filings.

She also admitted on the red carpet that RR rewrote certain scenes without the studio knowing. The legal filings showed the studio shat themselves at that point because they needed certain authoritisation for that. This also needs to be pointed out that these "rewrites" were taking place during the SAG-AFTRA strike (of which RR and BL are members) - so she pretty much outed them both as scabs.

There is also significant heresay going on.

Allegedly she wanted JB to sell her the rights to the sequel but apparantly he refused. There was a rumour (unsubstantiated) that Colleen Hoover had a morality clause in the contract for the rights to option her books - therefore, there's a theory that BL orchestrated this whole movement so that JB was falling foul of that morality clause, hence Colleen Hoover could regain the rights to the sequal and give them to BL. I have absolutely no idea if this is true or not.

I also have no idea about the sexual harrassment relevations so I won't comment on those. But I do genuinely think she's shown herself and her husband to be difficult to work with, and I think that she's sabotaged her own career

she's incredibly cringe but that's Hollywood for you.

I agree.

I can't think of anything I may have seen her in apart from amazing dresses at the Met Gala so I've never really had an opinion on her.

When the complaints about sexual harassment were made I just assumed it was more of the same old creepy man in the entertainment industry shit that far too many women have to deal with.

But then I read the receipts and timeline, I've tried to fact check to the best of my ability and I think she's a bully. It's looking more like her actions were calculated to replicate what RR did with the Deadpool franchise which would have been very profitable for her in the longer term. I hope JB wins his case against her and the NYT.

I believe her.

I don’t have an opinion on any of their personalities but what I don’t understand is why we’re discussing whether Lively was bitchy towards interviewers when we should be talking about women facing sexual harassment in the workplace.

People say ‘it’s not a smear campaign if she said and did the things she did’ - maybe not, but it is a VERY good distraction campaign to avoid taking about Baldoni and friends’ behaviour in the workplace. That is the main bit we should be thinking about here - the level of sexual harassment that occurred and how we protect women within this industry.

I will be team Lively if there was ANY sexual harassment, regardless of whether she got married at a plantation or doesn’t dress well outside of the Met Gala.

What's that got to do with this post?

Succinct.

I'd add that it doesn't matter what she's like. I believe JB behaved unprofessionally and men who do this need to be told.

This. I watched the film, only thing I’ve watched with her in, I couldn’t give two hoots about her or Justin and what their beef is with each other. But.. I really liked, and am jealous of her hair.

She consistently slays at the Met Gala.

Outside of that she has borderline terrible dress sense.

She's an average actress.

That's pretty much what I think of her.

I have my own opinion of her as does everyone else on this thread, you are not disputing theirs?
It’s ok for me to think she isn’t funny and doesn’t come across well

Having read the transcript of the off-scene conversations on set, as well as the part where she had to outright refuse the addition of any more additional nude/sex scenes outside of the agreed script, I think it sounds like she was trying to politely decline JB's stupid, unprofessional behaviour. Then it sounds like she got a bit fed up.

I think she's coming across as a woman trying to get on with her job.

I don't know her so couldn't say. It think she presents herself very well and with grace, however, she is an actress so we don't know if that is the real her.
What I have seen is how easily people are swayed by the media. Videos are being posted, starting off with a caption about how rude she is. If you watch the video she isn't actually rude and no one accused her of being rude prior to the smear campaign. Those videos were around before then and she was viewed as a glamourous feminist with a good sense of humour. Yet, many people comment on the videos agreeing that she is rude. Their whole perception of the video is based upon someone else telling them how to perceive it.

lolling at people thinking they know slebs beyond their crafted personas. This could be a straight up story out of gossip girl with poor sincere serena maligned and misunderstood by the gossips once again!

I think she tried to have a mans career destroyed and has had her arse handed to her.

I don't particularly like or dislike her if I'm honest.

I've never warmed to her. But I've never actually seen her in anything. So I'm just going by gossip, celeb news etc.

This whole saga is quite fascinating though. At first I was horrified on her behalf when it first emerged, the things she had to 'ban him' from doing. Like who would think you'd need to have that in writing? He must be a jerk and an abuser?!
But what strikes me is the fact that her and her husband and their celeb pals have so much more clout and power in the dynamic of the making of that film. Like Baldoni was a complete unknown. He really needed her on side and it's apparent that he tried to adhere to her whims and allow her to co-direct the movie almost.

I'm not saying she didn't find him creepy and he did no wrong on set. But the fact is someone of her stature could have walked away. She's not the average young actress desperate for work, needing to please a big shot director. The balance of power was clearly in her favour.

Either way this whole situation will either make or break her career, and his. (Not that anyone knew who he was before this occurred)

I don't think I've ever actually seen anything with her in it so I'm surprised she's so famous. The media seems to be on a witch hunt for her at the moment, I don't see what she has to gain about lying in these claims against Baldoni. I don't see why she'd put herself and her family through it.

She's stunning, seems funny, is married to Ryan Reynolds, and some creepy little faux-feminist man tried to 'take her down' because she rejected his advances. My kids love Gossip Girl. That's it really.