Blake Lively- Jason Baldoni and NYT - False Light claims

[Anonymous]

Yeah, it sounds like Jed Wallace is one of the defendant(s) who's going to be added to Lively's lawsuit:

https://deadline.com/2025/02/blake-lively-trial-strategy-justin-baldoni-1236278393/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whoa!

I hate that she's such a grifter with hateful rhetoric, because this was super eloquent and accurate and I don't think any prominent figure on the left has been able to summarize the conflict this way.

Totally agree with Candace Owen’s take. This is about a power couple uniting to push out the “smaller” person.

Molly McPherson (PR guru) has this same take though is less strident in her phrasing.

[Anonymous]

Two questions:

1) If Lively's team never got ahold of Jennifer Abel's text messages, do you think they still would've file a lawsuit against Justin? One focusing on the sexual harassment?

2) If Megan Twohey verified the text messages, but deliberately left out the ones showing the full context, and left a paper trail where she, say, emailed her editor and said: "Yeah, these other texts give more context, but I trust Lively's account, so let's just mirror what she has in her complaint" would that reach the standard of malice?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I honestly think a good deal of the issue here was Blake’s own discomfort with her post partum body, which she projected onto others. She probably should not have agreed to be in a film so close to when she gave birth.

Yes. That’s why she spun out when the photos of her in character got criticized. She looked awful and it got her in her feelings.

All. Of. This. 100%

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whoa!

I hate that she's such a grifter with hateful rhetoric, because this was super eloquent and accurate and I don't think any prominent figure on the left has been able to summarize the conflict this way.

Totally agree with Candace Owen’s take. This is about a power couple uniting to push out the “smaller” person.

Molly McPherson (PR guru) has this same take though is less strident in her phrasing.

I’ve posted her videos before and I agree. I think she very deftly identified Reynolds’s behaviors and made them square with how PR operates.

There are PR angles and prior bad acts informing how Lively and Reynolds are perceived (eg, he forced out a Deadpool director; she lied about who rewrote a scene). There’s a separate conversation I wish we could have about intersectionality and why Lively is viewed with a jaundiced eye in non-white spaces. These are interesting legitimate conversations beyond what’s been pled to date, and which cast significant doubt on the retaliation argument.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whoa!

I hate that she's such a grifter with hateful rhetoric, because this was super eloquent and accurate and I don't think any prominent figure on the left has been able to summarize the conflict this way.

Totally agree with Candace Owen’s take. This is about a power couple uniting to push out the “smaller” person.

Molly McPherson (PR guru) has this same take though is less strident in her phrasing.

I’ve posted her videos before and I agree. I think she very deftly identified Reynolds’s behaviors and made them square with how PR operates.

There are PR angles and prior bad acts informing how Lively and Reynolds are perceived (eg, he forced out a Deadpool director; she lied about who rewrote a scene). There’s a separate conversation I wish we could have about intersectionality and why Lively is viewed with a jaundiced eye in non-white spaces. These are interesting legitimate conversations beyond what’s been pled to date, and which cast significant doubt on the retaliation argument.

+1000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I honestly think a good deal of the issue here was Blake’s own discomfort with her post partum body, which she projected onto others. She probably should not have agreed to be in a film so close to when she gave birth.

Yes. That’s why she spun out when the photos of her in character got criticized. She looked awful and it got her in her feelings.

All. Of. This. 100%

+1
On the first day of the filming (5/15/23), paparazzi took photos of Blake Lively in character, wearing her hand-picked wardrobe. The images got criticized as unflattering. Blake said that the meeting on second day of the filming, 5/16/23 (Heath barging into her makeup trailer while topless per Blake’s complaint) was about Justin's unprofessional behavior. But according to Justin's Timeline the meeting was to discuss necessary wardrobe adjustments and his desire to have more control of wardrobe decisions going forward.

[Anonymous]

I'm rereading Justin's timeline of events and Melissa Nathan is very astute:

"August 14, 2024: Baldoni texts Nathan seeking clarity on what is happening, what the strategy
is, and how the ongoing "feud" can be resolved . Nathan explains that she spoke with Sloane and
asked her for her perspective on a solution. Nathan observes that when Baldoni "is respectful ,
they (Reynold s and Lively) don't like it," and when he plays by "their" rules, they still don't approve."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm rereading Justin's timeline of events and Melissa Nathan is very astute:

"August 14, 2024: Baldoni texts Nathan seeking clarity on what is happening, what the strategy
is, and how the ongoing "feud" can be resolved . Nathan explains that she spoke with Sloane and
asked her for her perspective on a solution. Nathan observes that when Baldoni "is respectful ,
they (Reynold s and Lively) don't like it," and when he plays by "their" rules, they still don't approve."

It is absolutely absurd Ryan was involved in this project, in any way. It’s insane. So incredibly unprofessional of both Blake and Ryan.

[Anonymous]

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds have become box office poison à la Joan Crawford. History continues to repeat itself. They are aging actors, and were fortunate in that they were once young and kind of cute. Now, not so much and still utterly devoid of talent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Two questions:

1) If Lively's team never got ahold of Jennifer Abel's text messages, do you think they still would've file a lawsuit against Justin? One focusing on the sexual harassment?

2) If Megan Twohey verified the text messages, but deliberately left out the ones showing the full context, and left a paper trail where she, say, emailed her editor and said: "Yeah, these other texts give more context, but I trust Lively's account, so let's just mirror what she has in her complaint" would that reach the standard of malice?

The sexual harassment is really tied to her retaliation claim. By that I mean it wouldn't be worth going through this process just for it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, it sounds like Jed Wallace is one of the defendant(s) who's going to be added to Lively's lawsuit:

https://deadline.com/2025/02/blake-lively-trial-strategy-justin-baldoni-1236278393/

Is Stephanie suing him Jed too?

[Anonymous]

It’s not clear that there even will be an amended Lifely complaint. Her attorney only said he was considering it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s not clear that there even will be an amended Lifely complaint. Her attorney only said he was considering it?

Not intended to be a question

[Anonymous]

Ten bucks says when Blake loses bigly and is publicly shamed, her PR machine will report that she has been suffering from PPD and some other ailment. She will go away for treatment and then the couple will hunker down for a few years before trying to relaunch.