Why is Blake Lively so overrated?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Oof. They all just need to back away and settle this. Quietly.

Can it be done quietly at this point? But agree, I’ve only read first third and I think Blake is cooked. Justin should get a big pay out

On another note, I feel really badly for both him and No More. What a wasted opportunity this movie turned out to be.

Nope! Not with this much evidence already out. Both sides will want to push through to at least the pre trial stuff to get all of their evidence out. If Blake settled quietly then people will assume she lied. I am sure Justin has similar thought

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Anonymous wrote:Meh. Why would she lie? This seems like the typical victim bashing. And given Baldoni’s history, I can believe what she says. And she has the texts to show retaliatory intent.

Clearly you didn’t read his complaint, filed earlier today. She’s no victim.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oof. They all just need to back away and settle this. Quietly.

Can it be done quietly at this point? But agree, I’ve only read first third and I think Blake is cooked. Justin should get a big pay out

On another note, I feel really badly for both him and No More. What a wasted opportunity this movie turned out to be.

Nope! Not with this much evidence already out. Both sides will want to push through to at least the pre trial stuff to get all of their evidence out. If Blake settled quietly then people will assume she lied. I am sure Justin has similar thought

Given that he has either recorded evidence and/or notes on his side, I’m not sure about that. There are at least half a dozen people who could testify she wasn’t nude from the waist down in the birthing scene alone as she implied (I knew when she referred to “general practice” with simulated nudity rather than what she actually wore or didn’t wear, something was off)

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Lol "they laughed deliriously during late-night writing sessions."

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Only on page 6 but I called this out here pages ago. She refused to read the book!

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I clearly need to get a life but I have read both their previous complaints and this one. If this one is true just in terms of the video taped evidence he says he has, it’s crazy what BL was able to do to him. His career is over no matter what, basically. And she maliciously misrepresented many, many things. Just the fact that she had a pregnant suit and real
Underwear during the birthing scene is bonkers compared to her description. And how she described the actor involved.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oof. They all just need to back away and settle this. Quietly.

Can it be done quietly at this point? But agree, I’ve only read first third and I think Blake is cooked. Justin should get a big pay out

On another note, I feel really badly for both him and No More. What a wasted opportunity this movie turned out to be.

Nope! Not with this much evidence already out. Both sides will want to push through to at least the pre trial stuff to get all of their evidence out. If Blake settled quietly then people will assume she lied. I am sure Justin has similar thought

Given that he has either recorded evidence and/or notes on his side, I’m not sure about that. There are at least half a dozen people who could testify she wasn’t nude from the waist down in the birthing scene alone as she implied (I knew when she referred to “general practice” with simulated nudity rather than what she actually wore or didn’t wear, something was off)

Which is exactly why she's not going to settle until she gets all her evidence out. They can't quietly settle and hope it all passes by. It won't because she lied. Maybe things would've been differently if some of the exhibits were sealed but they aren't.

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At this point I truly don't know what to think. His complaint makes hers sound like a complete fabrication. How is that possible? She had to know that eventually this would be litigated, whether in court or the press. She can't really have lied about *everything* right?

He definitely paints her as an absolute conniving nightmare. And certainly she's done things, even publicly, that make me think it's possible she is. I am not a big Lively fan at all but I will admit I was fairly persuaded by her complaint, especially the stuff about him pressuring her to do nude and intimate scenes that weren't scripted, and what was portrayed as toxic behavior towards her off screen, commenting on her body and bringing up sex and porn all the time. But his complaint provides pretty extensive explanations and contextualizations of like each and every incident in a way that makes it hard to believe she simply had a different experience. It makes it look like she lied.

So I straight up don't know what to think. Right no my mind is saying his complaint is more accurate but that could also be recency bias. I don't know! The whole thing is an insane cluster. I'm glad I don't work in this industry. Yuck.

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Anonymous wrote:At this point I truly don't know what to think. His complaint makes hers sound like a complete fabrication. How is that possible? She had to know that eventually this would be litigated, whether in court or the press. She can't really have lied about *everything* right?

He definitely paints her as an absolute conniving nightmare. And certainly she's done things, even publicly, that make me think it's possible she is. I am not a big Lively fan at all but I will admit I was fairly persuaded by her complaint, especially the stuff about him pressuring her to do nude and intimate scenes that weren't scripted, and what was portrayed as toxic behavior towards her off screen, commenting on her body and bringing up sex and porn all the time. But his complaint provides pretty extensive explanations and contextualizations of like each and every incident in a way that makes it hard to believe she simply had a different experience. It makes it look like she lied.

So I straight up don't know what to think. Right no my mind is saying his complaint is more accurate but that could also be recency bias. I don't know! The whole thing is an insane cluster. I'm glad I don't work in this industry. Yuck.

Clients sometimes lie to lawyers or have very self-serving distorted view points that the lawyer only sees later on. That’s why the tactic of filing the complaint first before any private negotiation was pretty bold. Also it’s possible that some of the allegations are colorable but the rest are not. Still doesn’t make her look great.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oof. They all just need to back away and settle this. Quietly.

Can it be done quietly at this point? But agree, I’ve only read first third and I think Blake is cooked. Justin should get a big pay out

On another note, I feel really badly for both him and No More. What a wasted opportunity this movie turned out to be.

Nope! Not with this much evidence already out. Both sides will want to push through to at least the pre trial stuff to get all of their evidence out. If Blake settled quietly then people will assume she lied. I am sure Justin has similar thought

Given that he has either recorded evidence and/or notes on his side, I’m not sure about that. There are at least half a dozen people who could testify she wasn’t nude from the waist down in the birthing scene alone as she implied (I knew when she referred to “general practice” with simulated nudity rather than what she actually wore or didn’t wear, something was off)

Which is exactly why she's not going to settle until she gets all her evidence out. They can't quietly settle and hope it all passes by. It won't because she lied. Maybe things would've been differently if some of the exhibits were sealed but they aren't.

I wonder if at any point the public will see raw footage from the set that just shows some of these disputed incidents. Probably not, but I'd LOVE to see the raw footage of the scene where they are dancing, for instance, because the different accounts are insanely far apart in terms of what happened. In Lively's version, Baldoni was being disgusting and inappropriate and flirting with her in a really gross way while she remained professional. In his version, Lively was being unbelievably difficult, refusing to take any direction (from the director) and making it impossible to film the scene as written. If we could just see it, we'd know who was lying. Because one of them is.

I will say based on level of detail, Baldoni's account seems more likely to be accurate. Because his account describes far more about what was going on, conversations with producers on set, explains how the scene was shot, and includes quotes from BOTH Baldoni and Lively in terms of what was said. Whereas Lively's version is more general and just references a few things that Baldoni did or said but doesn't really say what Lively was doing. It is just implied that she was behaving professionally while he crossed lines but provides no further detail.

[Anonymous]

I’m team Justin and hope he wins this! Blake and Ryan seem seriously evil to me, sorry.

Justin Baldoni sues Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds for $400M in extortion lawsuit

https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2025/01/16/justin-baldoni-lawsuit-blake-lively-ryan-reynolds/77745963007/

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Oh and I the conflicting accounts of the birth scene are crazy. I absolutely thought, based on Lively's complaint, that she was basically naked in that scene and was asking for a cover up and being ignored. When Baldoni's complaint describes what she was wearing (black briefs, a pregnancy suit, and a gown) it's so different.

Also having seen that scene, her version sounds more accurate but now I assume there was some CGI editing done to make her look more naked? So confusing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oof. They all just need to back away and settle this. Quietly.

Can it be done quietly at this point? But agree, I’ve only read first third and I think Blake is cooked. Justin should get a big pay out

On another note, I feel really badly for both him and No More. What a wasted opportunity this movie turned out to be.

Nope! Not with this much evidence already out. Both sides will want to push through to at least the pre trial stuff to get all of their evidence out. If Blake settled quietly then people will assume she lied. I am sure Justin has similar thought

Given that he has either recorded evidence and/or notes on his side, I’m not sure about that. There are at least half a dozen people who could testify she wasn’t nude from the waist down in the birthing scene alone as she implied (I knew when she referred to “general practice” with simulated nudity rather than what she actually wore or didn’t wear, something was off)

Which is exactly why she's not going to settle until she gets all her evidence out. They can't quietly settle and hope it all passes by. It won't because she lied. Maybe things would've been differently if some of the exhibits were sealed but they aren't.

I wonder if at any point the public will see raw footage from the set that just shows some of these disputed incidents. Probably not, but I'd LOVE to see the raw footage of the scene where they are dancing, for instance, because the different accounts are insanely far apart in terms of what happened. In Lively's version, Baldoni was being disgusting and inappropriate and flirting with her in a really gross way while she remained professional. In his version, Lively was being unbelievably difficult, refusing to take any direction (from the director) and making it impossible to film the scene as written. If we could just see it, we'd know who was lying. Because one of them is.

I will say based on level of detail, Baldoni's account seems more likely to be accurate. Because his account describes far more about what was going on, conversations with producers on set, explains how the scene was shot, and includes quotes from BOTH Baldoni and Lively in terms of what was said. Whereas Lively's version is more general and just references a few things that Baldoni did or said but doesn't really say what Lively was doing. It is just implied that she was behaving professionally while he crossed lines but provides no further detail.

Unless I am misremembering, he says their mikes caught everything that happened during filming that scene.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oof. They all just need to back away and settle this. Quietly.

Can it be done quietly at this point? But agree, I’ve only read first third and I think Blake is cooked. Justin should get a big pay out

On another note, I feel really badly for both him and No More. What a wasted opportunity this movie turned out to be.

Nope! Not with this much evidence already out. Both sides will want to push through to at least the pre trial stuff to get all of their evidence out. If Blake settled quietly then people will assume she lied. I am sure Justin has similar thought

Given that he has either recorded evidence and/or notes on his side, I’m not sure about that. There are at least half a dozen people who could testify she wasn’t nude from the waist down in the birthing scene alone as she implied (I knew when she referred to “general practice” with simulated nudity rather than what she actually wore or didn’t wear, something was off)

Which is exactly why she's not going to settle until she gets all her evidence out. They can't quietly settle and hope it all passes by. It won't because she lied. Maybe things would've been differently if some of the exhibits were sealed but they aren't.

I wonder if at any point the public will see raw footage from the set that just shows some of these disputed incidents. Probably not, but I'd LOVE to see the raw footage of the scene where they are dancing, for instance, because the different accounts are insanely far apart in terms of what happened. In Lively's version, Baldoni was being disgusting and inappropriate and flirting with her in a really gross way while she remained professional. In his version, Lively was being unbelievably difficult, refusing to take any direction (from the director) and making it impossible to film the scene as written. If we could just see it, we'd know who was lying. Because one of them is.

I will say based on level of detail, Baldoni's account seems more likely to be accurate. Because his account describes far more about what was going on, conversations with producers on set, explains how the scene was shot, and includes quotes from BOTH Baldoni and Lively in terms of what was said. Whereas Lively's version is more general and just references a few things that Baldoni did or said but doesn't really say what Lively was doing. It is just implied that she was behaving professionally while he crossed lines but provides no further detail.

Unless I am misremembering, he says their mikes caught everything that happened during filming that scene.

PP here and yes, he says the whole thing is recorded including audio and many of the conversations they had before and after takes. That's why it would be nice to see it -- their accounts are so different.

But if the footage shows one of them is flat out lying, we probably never will -- they'll fight it too hard because it would look too bad. Maybe it will leak though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh and I the conflicting accounts of the birth scene are crazy. I absolutely thought, based on Lively's complaint, that she was basically naked in that scene and was asking for a cover up and being ignored. When Baldoni's complaint describes what she was wearing (black briefs, a pregnancy suit, and a gown) it's so different.

Also having seen that scene, her version sounds more accurate but now I assume there was some CGI editing done to make her look more naked? So confusing.

Perhaps the pregnancy suit covers up the black briefs. She never actually alleges what she was wearing during the birthing scene just drops a footnote about what is “usual practice” so I don’t think she technically lied, the complaint was written in a way to allow to encourage the reader to make an incorrect assumption, which many on this thread did.