Blake Lively- Jason Baldoni and NYT - False Light claims

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These are actors not cpas, good lord

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know why the dead father stuff keeps popping up, that is the most obviously not actionable allegation she has

It's weird and inappropriate.

But “spicy and playfully bold, never with teeth”, “ballbuster” and “I have dragons” are completely normal?!

Justin could’ve just as easily filed a complaint against Blake but didn’t. The fact that she filed a complaint is not proof of harassment b/c the harassment was not pervasive. The complaint itself just puts her concerns in writing should they recur (which they didn’t). Putting the complaints in writing was her right but was itself an escalation. Most people would just let the person know they didn’t like something and would only submit a written complaint if it recurred. It’s called giving people the benefit of the doubt, like Justin did with Blake’s countless inappropriate remarks.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know why the dead father stuff keeps popping up, that is the most obviously not actionable allegation she has

It's weird and inappropriate.

But “spicy and playfully bold, never with teeth”, “ballbuster” and “I have dragons” are completely normal?!

Justin could’ve just as easily filed a complaint against Blake but didn’t. The fact that she filed a complaint is not proof of harassment b/c the harassment was not pervasive. The complaint itself just puts her concerns in writing should they recur (which they didn’t). Putting the complaints in writing was her right but was itself an escalation. Most people would just let the person know they didn’t like something and would only submit a written complaint if it recurred. It’s called giving people the benefit of the doubt, like Justin did with Blake’s countless inappropriate remarks.

Yes, those things are all also weird and inappropriate. But also not "actionable." Which is why I don't object when people "still bring them up" -- it's weird, obnoxious behavior and illustrates how Lively and Reynolds were complicit in things going south.

But so was Baldoni and Wayfarer.

Barring further info, my conclusion upon reading both complaints is that both parties behaved poorly, the entire production was unprofessional, and the efforts to take each other down subsequently were out line. I think the correct resolution to this is for everyone involved to admit they made mistakes, blame it on perhaps a mismatch of personalities, it being everyone's first post-pandemic production, the stress/disruption of the strikes, etc. Say sorry and move on.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know why the dead father stuff keeps popping up, that is the most obviously not actionable allegation she has

It's weird and inappropriate.

But “spicy and playfully bold, never with teeth”, “ballbuster” and “I have dragons” are completely normal?!

Justin could’ve just as easily filed a complaint against Blake but didn’t. The fact that she filed a complaint is not proof of harassment b/c the harassment was not pervasive. The complaint itself just puts her concerns in writing should they recur (which they didn’t). Putting the complaints in writing was her right but was itself an escalation. Most people would just let the person know they didn’t like something and would only submit a written complaint if it recurred. It’s called giving people the benefit of the doubt, like Justin did with Blake’s countless inappropriate remarks.

Yes, those things are all also weird and inappropriate. But also not "actionable." Which is why I don't object when people "still bring them up" -- it's weird, obnoxious behavior and illustrates how Lively and Reynolds were complicit in things going south.

But so was Baldoni and Wayfarer.

Barring further info, my conclusion upon reading both complaints is that both parties behaved poorly, the entire production was unprofessional, and the efforts to take each other down subsequently were out line. I think the correct resolution to this is for everyone involved to admit they made mistakes, blame it on perhaps a mismatch of personalities, it being everyone's first post-pandemic production, the stress/disruption of the strikes, etc. Say sorry and move on.

I’d agree with you except he’s faced significant financial losses. He owns the rights to a sequel he probably can’t make at this point, was dropped from wme and seems to be blacklisted in Hollywood while Blake and Ryan are chilling at SNL and taking pics with Bob Iger.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't like Blake Lively but watching people ride this hard for some guy named Justin Baldoni who seems incredibly fake and annoying is wild.

I'm Team No One but I get why people on both sides feel as they do (I just think there's not enough evidence to take a side). But it's weird to me that people are defending Baldoni like he's Princess Diana. Who even is he? I checked out his website and tried to listen to his podcast and he's just... awful. Like I said, I also don't like Lively and I think the jury's out on which one is telling the truth, but I don't get why so many people are ride or die for this guy. He's incredibly grating.

Do you have a son? A brother? A husband? A father? Any male friends or relatives? Well, unfortunately they could falsely be accused of SH/A. No matter if the victim is ‘grating’ or annoying, Justin is innocent. Blake is the bad guy here.

I have all of the above and none of them behave the way Baldoni does. He has a lot of boundary crossing behavior IMO. I don't know if he SHed anyone, but I don't have men in my life who behave as he does, and if I did, I would talk to them about how their behavior can come across to other people, especially women. Especially if it was my son. Some of the things Baldoni admits to doing, I'd be concerned if my son was doing, especially in the workplace.

Is your son an actor or director?

My son is too young to have a profession, but it's not relevant. I've worked in creative fields, including as a performer. This attitude of "oh it's ok -- it's a different kind of workplace" is dumb. Just because you're on a movie set doesn't mean it's okay to behave this way. In fact, I think it might make it even more important that you act professionally.

You can never go wrong by respecting boundaries and being self-controlled. No matter where you work or who you work with.

Please point out where he has admitted to behavior that you consider unprofessional. Not alllegations in her complaint, but something from his.

He admits to having his producer partner show her a video of the producer's wife giving birth the day after they filmed the birth scene. That's tone deaf and unprofessional.

He admits to repeatedly promising his production partners he would say no to her requests for oversight/control, while repeatedly telling her yes to these same requests even when she says she doesn't want to step on toes and is asking explicitly for permission. He repeatedly plays both sides, complaining about Lively to his partners while being solicitous and enabling with Lively in his communications to her. They both violated professional boundaries in their communications. It was very unprofessional on both sides.

He doesn't address the allegation of telling her that he'd been speaking with her dead father. He doesn't admit to this but the fact that it's missing from his complaint altogether is concerning. That's unprofessional.

He admits to hiring a friend to play the doctor who hung out between Lively's legs in the birth scene. Even if this actor was a qualified actor, hiring a friend for that specific job, and highlighting that he's a friend in introducing him to Lively, is unprofessional.

There are others but these are the ones that jump out at me right now. It did not seem like a very professional set.

What about Lively's sister playing a role in the film? I noticed you didn't address that.

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Anonymous wrote:My understanding is that for something to sexual harassment, it must be “objectively” severe and pervasive. What PP describes is subjective. She explains how Lively was likely feeling extra sensitive due to her postpartum condition—which to me is confirming that this is not objective harassment.

The standard is actually what the average person would find "reasonable" -- it's a specific standard of objectivity.

In any case, the examples I gave were specifically not of sexual harassment but to say that this is a weird, unprofessional way to behave and the toxic culture that evolved on that film set is at least party Baldoni's fault for engaging in a lot of weird and unprofessional behaviors.

I have no idea why that's controversial.

I don't think it's controversial but your condescending tone is starting to get on my nerves. It's giving Blake Lively.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't like Blake Lively but watching people ride this hard for some guy named Justin Baldoni who seems incredibly fake and annoying is wild.

I'm Team No One but I get why people on both sides feel as they do (I just think there's not enough evidence to take a side). But it's weird to me that people are defending Baldoni like he's Princess Diana. Who even is he? I checked out his website and tried to listen to his podcast and he's just... awful. Like I said, I also don't like Lively and I think the jury's out on which one is telling the truth, but I don't get why so many people are ride or die for this guy. He's incredibly grating.

Do you have a son? A brother? A husband? A father? Any male friends or relatives? Well, unfortunately they could falsely be accused of SH/A. No matter if the victim is ‘grating’ or annoying, Justin is innocent. Blake is the bad guy here.

I have all of the above and none of them behave the way Baldoni does. He has a lot of boundary crossing behavior IMO. I don't know if he SHed anyone, but I don't have men in my life who behave as he does, and if I did, I would talk to them about how their behavior can come across to other people, especially women. Especially if it was my son. Some of the things Baldoni admits to doing, I'd be concerned if my son was doing, especially in the workplace.

Is your son an actor or director?

My son is too young to have a profession, but it's not relevant. I've worked in creative fields, including as a performer. This attitude of "oh it's ok -- it's a different kind of workplace" is dumb. Just because you're on a movie set doesn't mean it's okay to behave this way. In fact, I think it might make it even more important that you act professionally.

You can never go wrong by respecting boundaries and being self-controlled. No matter where you work or who you work with.

Blake’s behavior during filming was subpar. Why the different standards for men and women? Men must behave impeccably but women can do whatever they want? breastfeed in front of everyone, send texts with sexual undertones, etc.? And then after doing this claim SH? No, no way, nope.

I do hold her responsible for her behavior. She's being absolutely destroyed in the press for her behavior. If there's a double standard here, it's not to her benefit.

Some people seem to think that just because Lively did dumb stuff, that means Baldoni should not be held responsible for any of his bad behavior. I disagree. He did a lot of dumb stuff related to this production and he should take responsibility for it. He's not an innocent child, as a PP keeps wanting to insinuate. He's a 40-something adult man with a successful career and who was put in charge of a 25 million movie -- a big deal. Lively was difficult and controlling, I agree. But that doesn't absolve Baldoni of his poor behavior.

Thus I don't get people who act like he's some poor victim. He contributed to this bad dynamic and created an unprofessional culture on set. That's on him. He wasn't some innocent bystander. He participated.

He didn’t engage in any bad behavior.

You keep going off in these tiresome essays, grasping for vines. You have nothing.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't like Blake Lively but watching people ride this hard for some guy named Justin Baldoni who seems incredibly fake and annoying is wild.

I'm Team No One but I get why people on both sides feel as they do (I just think there's not enough evidence to take a side). But it's weird to me that people are defending Baldoni like he's Princess Diana. Who even is he? I checked out his website and tried to listen to his podcast and he's just... awful. Like I said, I also don't like Lively and I think the jury's out on which one is telling the truth, but I don't get why so many people are ride or die for this guy. He's incredibly grating.

Do you have a son? A brother? A husband? A father? Any male friends or relatives? Well, unfortunately they could falsely be accused of SH/A. No matter if the victim is ‘grating’ or annoying, Justin is innocent. Blake is the bad guy here.

I have all of the above and none of them behave the way Baldoni does. He has a lot of boundary crossing behavior IMO. I don't know if he SHed anyone, but I don't have men in my life who behave as he does, and if I did, I would talk to them about how their behavior can come across to other people, especially women. Especially if it was my son. Some of the things Baldoni admits to doing, I'd be concerned if my son was doing, especially in the workplace.

Is your son an actor or director?

My son is too young to have a profession, but it's not relevant. I've worked in creative fields, including as a performer. This attitude of "oh it's ok -- it's a different kind of workplace" is dumb. Just because you're on a movie set doesn't mean it's okay to behave this way. In fact, I think it might make it even more important that you act professionally.

You can never go wrong by respecting boundaries and being self-controlled. No matter where you work or who you work with.

Blake’s behavior during filming was subpar. Why the different standards for men and women? Men must behave impeccably but women can do whatever they want? breastfeed in front of everyone, send texts with sexual undertones, etc.? And then after doing this claim SH? No, no way, nope.

I do hold her responsible for her behavior. She's being absolutely destroyed in the press for her behavior. If there's a double standard here, it's not to her benefit.

Some people seem to think that just because Lively did dumb stuff, that means Baldoni should not be held responsible for any of his bad behavior. I disagree. He did a lot of dumb stuff related to this production and he should take responsibility for it. He's not an innocent child, as a PP keeps wanting to insinuate. He's a 40-something adult man with a successful career and who was put in charge of a 25 million movie -- a big deal. Lively was difficult and controlling, I agree. But that doesn't absolve Baldoni of his poor behavior.

Thus I don't get people who act like he's some poor victim. He contributed to this bad dynamic and created an unprofessional culture on set. That's on him. He wasn't some innocent bystander. He participated.

I mean, his behavior all seems totally normal in the stressful setting of having a key player act out. It must have been extremely hard to toe the line of keeping her happy and keeping her in her lane. he’s not the first or last manager who will have difficulty with this kind of thing. The thing is, with people like BL, it is extremely hard for the non-personality disordered to figure out how to deal with them. You start out trying to apologize, then trying to defend yourself, then walk on eggshells, then trying to draw boundaries.

It’s an impossible situation to be in. You will always lose with people like Blake. The key is to recognize them before it gets this far and cut all ties, stay the hell away from toxic people like this. It’s very challenging.

I agree with everything you’ve written.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know why the dead father stuff keeps popping up, that is the most obviously not actionable allegation she has

It's weird and inappropriate.

But “spicy and playfully bold, never with teeth”, “ballbuster” and “I have dragons” are completely normal?!

Justin could’ve just as easily filed a complaint against Blake but didn’t. The fact that she filed a complaint is not proof of harassment b/c the harassment was not pervasive. The complaint itself just puts her concerns in writing should they recur (which they didn’t). Putting the complaints in writing was her right but was itself an escalation. Most people would just let the person know they didn’t like something and would only submit a written complaint if it recurred. It’s called giving people the benefit of the doubt, like Justin did with Blake’s countless inappropriate remarks.

Yes, those things are all also weird and inappropriate. But also not "actionable." Which is why I don't object when people "still bring them up" -- it's weird, obnoxious behavior and illustrates how Lively and Reynolds were complicit in things going south.

But so was Baldoni and Wayfarer.

Barring further info, my conclusion upon reading both complaints is that both parties behaved poorly, the entire production was unprofessional, and the efforts to take each other down subsequently were out line. I think the correct resolution to this is for everyone involved to admit they made mistakes, blame it on perhaps a mismatch of personalities, it being everyone's first post-pandemic production, the stress/disruption of the strikes, etc. Say sorry and move on.

I’d agree with you except he’s faced significant financial losses. He owns the rights to a sequel he probably can’t make at this point, was dropped from wme and seems to be blacklisted in Hollywood while Blake and Ryan are chilling at SNL and taking pics with Bob Iger.

He “faced losses” because she FAKED UP A
ME TOO STORY AND WENT TO THE NEW YORK TIMES.

We still giving this “both sides” sht an audience? Because that idiot troll lives here and is responsible for the thread page length to an unhealthy degree?

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know why the dead father stuff keeps popping up, that is the most obviously not actionable allegation she has

It's weird and inappropriate.

People are allowed to be weird and inappropriate. Blake was subjectively weird and inappropriate as well.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't like Blake Lively but watching people ride this hard for some guy named Justin Baldoni who seems incredibly fake and annoying is wild.

I'm Team No One but I get why people on both sides feel as they do (I just think there's not enough evidence to take a side). But it's weird to me that people are defending Baldoni like he's Princess Diana. Who even is he? I checked out his website and tried to listen to his podcast and he's just... awful. Like I said, I also don't like Lively and I think the jury's out on which one is telling the truth, but I don't get why so many people are ride or die for this guy. He's incredibly grating.

Do you have a son? A brother? A husband? A father? Any male friends or relatives? Well, unfortunately they could falsely be accused of SH/A. No matter if the victim is ‘grating’ or annoying, Justin is innocent. Blake is the bad guy here.

I have all of the above and none of them behave the way Baldoni does. He has a lot of boundary crossing behavior IMO. I don't know if he SHed anyone, but I don't have men in my life who behave as he does, and if I did, I would talk to them about how their behavior can come across to other people, especially women. Especially if it was my son. Some of the things Baldoni admits to doing, I'd be concerned if my son was doing, especially in the workplace.

Is your son an actor or director?

My son is too young to have a profession, but it's not relevant. I've worked in creative fields, including as a performer. This attitude of "oh it's ok -- it's a different kind of workplace" is dumb. Just because you're on a movie set doesn't mean it's okay to behave this way. In fact, I think it might make it even more important that you act professionally.

You can never go wrong by respecting boundaries and being self-controlled. No matter where you work or who you work with.

Please point out where he has admitted to behavior that you consider unprofessional. Not alllegations in her complaint, but something from his.

He admits to having his producer partner show her a video of the producer's wife giving birth the day after they filmed the birth scene. That's tone deaf and unprofessional.

He admits to repeatedly promising his production partners he would say no to her requests for oversight/control, while repeatedly telling her yes to these same requests even when she says she doesn't want to step on toes and is asking explicitly for permission. He repeatedly plays both sides, complaining about Lively to his partners while being solicitous and enabling with Lively in his communications to her. They both violated professional boundaries in their communications. It was very unprofessional on both sides.

He doesn't address the allegation of telling her that he'd been speaking with her dead father. He doesn't admit to this but the fact that it's missing from his complaint altogether is concerning. That's unprofessional.

He admits to hiring a friend to play the doctor who hung out between Lively's legs in the birth scene. Even if this actor was a qualified actor, hiring a friend for that specific job, and highlighting that he's a friend in introducing him to Lively, is unprofessional.

There are others but these are the ones that jump out at me right now. It did not seem like a very professional set.

What about Lively's sister playing a role in the film? I noticed you didn't address that.

. Baldoni’s wife and kids were also in the movie. It wasn’t that he gave his friend a part, it was the choice of parts that upset her. Why not have her sister or someone she is comfortable with be up between her legs given it was just a bit part with no real acting and no lines.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know why the dead father stuff keeps popping up, that is the most obviously not actionable allegation she has

It's weird and inappropriate.

But “spicy and playfully bold, never with teeth”, “ballbuster” and “I have dragons” are completely normal?!

Justin could’ve just as easily filed a complaint against Blake but didn’t. The fact that she filed a complaint is not proof of harassment b/c the harassment was not pervasive. The complaint itself just puts her concerns in writing should they recur (which they didn’t). Putting the complaints in writing was her right but was itself an escalation. Most people would just let the person know they didn’t like something and would only submit a written complaint if it recurred. It’s called giving people the benefit of the doubt, like Justin did with Blake’s countless inappropriate remarks.

Yes, those things are all also weird and inappropriate. But also not "actionable." Which is why I don't object when people "still bring them up" -- it's weird, obnoxious behavior and illustrates how Lively and Reynolds were complicit in things going south.

But so was Baldoni and Wayfarer.

Barring further info, my conclusion upon reading both complaints is that both parties behaved poorly, the entire production was unprofessional, and the efforts to take each other down subsequently were out line. I think the correct resolution to this is for everyone involved to admit they made mistakes, blame it on perhaps a mismatch of personalities, it being everyone's first post-pandemic production, the stress/disruption of the strikes, etc. Say sorry and move on.

I agree with you, but as I’ve said before, you’re not going to get anywhere arguing with these two. They are entrenched and have drunk the JB Kool Aid.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't like Blake Lively but watching people ride this hard for some guy named Justin Baldoni who seems incredibly fake and annoying is wild.

I'm Team No One but I get why people on both sides feel as they do (I just think there's not enough evidence to take a side). But it's weird to me that people are defending Baldoni like he's Princess Diana. Who even is he? I checked out his website and tried to listen to his podcast and he's just... awful. Like I said, I also don't like Lively and I think the jury's out on which one is telling the truth, but I don't get why so many people are ride or die for this guy. He's incredibly grating.

Do you have a son? A brother? A husband? A father? Any male friends or relatives? Well, unfortunately they could falsely be accused of SH/A. No matter if the victim is ‘grating’ or annoying, Justin is innocent. Blake is the bad guy here.

I have all of the above and none of them behave the way Baldoni does. He has a lot of boundary crossing behavior IMO. I don't know if he SHed anyone, but I don't have men in my life who behave as he does, and if I did, I would talk to them about how their behavior can come across to other people, especially women. Especially if it was my son. Some of the things Baldoni admits to doing, I'd be concerned if my son was doing, especially in the workplace.

Is your son an actor or director?

My son is too young to have a profession, but it's not relevant. I've worked in creative fields, including as a performer. This attitude of "oh it's ok -- it's a different kind of workplace" is dumb. Just because you're on a movie set doesn't mean it's okay to behave this way. In fact, I think it might make it even more important that you act professionally.

You can never go wrong by respecting boundaries and being self-controlled. No matter where you work or who you work with.

Please point out where he has admitted to behavior that you consider unprofessional. Not alllegations in her complaint, but something from his.

He admits to having his producer partner show her a video of the producer's wife giving birth the day after they filmed the birth scene. That's tone deaf and unprofessional.

He admits to repeatedly promising his production partners he would say no to her requests for oversight/control, while repeatedly telling her yes to these same requests even when she says she doesn't want to step on toes and is asking explicitly for permission. He repeatedly plays both sides, complaining about Lively to his partners while being solicitous and enabling with Lively in his communications to her. They both violated professional boundaries in their communications. It was very unprofessional on both sides.

He doesn't address the allegation of telling her that he'd been speaking with her dead father. He doesn't admit to this but the fact that it's missing from his complaint altogether is concerning. That's unprofessional.

He admits to hiring a friend to play the doctor who hung out between Lively's legs in the birth scene. Even if this actor was a qualified actor, hiring a friend for that specific job, and highlighting that he's a friend in introducing him to Lively, is unprofessional.

There are others but these are the ones that jump out at me right now. It did not seem like a very professional set.

What about Lively's sister playing a role in the film? I noticed you didn't address that.

. Baldoni’s wife and kids were also in the movie. It wasn’t that he gave his friend a part, it was the choice of parts that upset her. Why not have her sister or someone she is comfortable with be up between her legs given it was just a bit part with no real acting and no lines.

+1 The whole birthing thing was gross across the board. The woman gave birth four times, don't mansplain the process to her. I had zero desire to rip off my hospital gown either time I gave birth and thought that was very strange when I saw the film.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't like Blake Lively but watching people ride this hard for some guy named Justin Baldoni who seems incredibly fake and annoying is wild.

I'm Team No One but I get why people on both sides feel as they do (I just think there's not enough evidence to take a side). But it's weird to me that people are defending Baldoni like he's Princess Diana. Who even is he? I checked out his website and tried to listen to his podcast and he's just... awful. Like I said, I also don't like Lively and I think the jury's out on which one is telling the truth, but I don't get why so many people are ride or die for this guy. He's incredibly grating.

Do you have a son? A brother? A husband? A father? Any male friends or relatives? Well, unfortunately they could falsely be accused of SH/A. No matter if the victim is ‘grating’ or annoying, Justin is innocent. Blake is the bad guy here.

I have all of the above and none of them behave the way Baldoni does. He has a lot of boundary crossing behavior IMO. I don't know if he SHed anyone, but I don't have men in my life who behave as he does, and if I did, I would talk to them about how their behavior can come across to other people, especially women. Especially if it was my son. Some of the things Baldoni admits to doing, I'd be concerned if my son was doing, especially in the workplace.

Is your son an actor or director?

My son is too young to have a profession, but it's not relevant. I've worked in creative fields, including as a performer. This attitude of "oh it's ok -- it's a different kind of workplace" is dumb. Just because you're on a movie set doesn't mean it's okay to behave this way. In fact, I think it might make it even more important that you act professionally.

You can never go wrong by respecting boundaries and being self-controlled. No matter where you work or who you work with.

Please point out where he has admitted to behavior that you consider unprofessional. Not alllegations in her complaint, but something from his.

He admits to having his producer partner show her a video of the producer's wife giving birth the day after they filmed the birth scene. That's tone deaf and unprofessional.

He admits to repeatedly promising his production partners he would say no to her requests for oversight/control, while repeatedly telling her yes to these same requests even when she says she doesn't want to step on toes and is asking explicitly for permission. He repeatedly plays both sides, complaining about Lively to his partners while being solicitous and enabling with Lively in his communications to her. They both violated professional boundaries in their communications. It was very unprofessional on both sides.

He doesn't address the allegation of telling her that he'd been speaking with her dead father. He doesn't admit to this but the fact that it's missing from his complaint altogether is concerning. That's unprofessional.

He admits to hiring a friend to play the doctor who hung out between Lively's legs in the birth scene. Even if this actor was a qualified actor, hiring a friend for that specific job, and highlighting that he's a friend in introducing him to Lively, is unprofessional.

There are others but these are the ones that jump out at me right now. It did not seem like a very professional set.

It seems like they were unhappy with Blake’s acting job in the birth scene. How better to coach her then show her video of what they wanted?

They already filmed it. It was over. At that point there's no good reason to show her the video except to reopen the argument over whether or not she should have been fully nude in the scene, something they should have decided well in advance of filming the scene, not the day of.

This is exactly what I mean by unprofessional. It's just sloppy and lazy, IMO.

They go back and refill things all the time. Perhaps no point here when your star won’t even take direction

Whether or not an actor will be nude in a scene is not a question of "taking direction." It's a contract negotiation issue.

I don’t think there was ever any intent for Blake to be nude in this movie. I saw the movie, it was PG-13 mainstream Summer movie.

But if Blake wanted to set clear parameters she needed to do things like turn in her nudity rider which is there to outline what she is comfortable with, and she never returned it, despite them begging for it,and meet with the IC, booth those things she refused to do.

These actions make it seem like she was setting this up all along to take control of the movie. I even feel like some of the sexual innuendo texts she sent were hoping that he would take the bait and return her banter and he never did.

There may have been some cases where he was unprofessional but I’m also truly shocked about how professional he was about some things. He never seemed to lose his temper or lose it when the other editors and producers were complaining and about Blake. He kept to calm and professional. And he never took her bait with the questionable texts and things, and kept it professional.

Even his intimacy coordinator notes seemed professional, and it was smart of him to write everything down so that he could relay the conversation and not make it look like he was making things up on the fly. Again, I just think she was trying to totally set him up.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't like Blake Lively but watching people ride this hard for some guy named Justin Baldoni who seems incredibly fake and annoying is wild.

I'm Team No One but I get why people on both sides feel as they do (I just think there's not enough evidence to take a side). But it's weird to me that people are defending Baldoni like he's Princess Diana. Who even is he? I checked out his website and tried to listen to his podcast and he's just... awful. Like I said, I also don't like Lively and I think the jury's out on which one is telling the truth, but I don't get why so many people are ride or die for this guy. He's incredibly grating.

Do you have a son? A brother? A husband? A father? Any male friends or relatives? Well, unfortunately they could falsely be accused of SH/A. No matter if the victim is ‘grating’ or annoying, Justin is innocent. Blake is the bad guy here.

I have all of the above and none of them behave the way Baldoni does. He has a lot of boundary crossing behavior IMO. I don't know if he SHed anyone, but I don't have men in my life who behave as he does, and if I did, I would talk to them about how their behavior can come across to other people, especially women. Especially if it was my son. Some of the things Baldoni admits to doing, I'd be concerned if my son was doing, especially in the workplace.

Is your son an actor or director?

My son is too young to have a profession, but it's not relevant. I've worked in creative fields, including as a performer. This attitude of "oh it's ok -- it's a different kind of workplace" is dumb. Just because you're on a movie set doesn't mean it's okay to behave this way. In fact, I think it might make it even more important that you act professionally.

You can never go wrong by respecting boundaries and being self-controlled. No matter where you work or who you work with.

Please point out where he has admitted to behavior that you consider unprofessional. Not alllegations in her complaint, but something from his.

He admits to having his producer partner show her a video of the producer's wife giving birth the day after they filmed the birth scene. That's tone deaf and unprofessional.

He admits to repeatedly promising his production partners he would say no to her requests for oversight/control, while repeatedly telling her yes to these same requests even when she says she doesn't want to step on toes and is asking explicitly for permission. He repeatedly plays both sides, complaining about Lively to his partners while being solicitous and enabling with Lively in his communications to her. They both violated professional boundaries in their communications. It was very unprofessional on both sides.

He doesn't address the allegation of telling her that he'd been speaking with her dead father. He doesn't admit to this but the fact that it's missing from his complaint altogether is concerning. That's unprofessional.

He admits to hiring a friend to play the doctor who hung out between Lively's legs in the birth scene. Even if this actor was a qualified actor, hiring a friend for that specific job, and highlighting that he's a friend in introducing him to Lively, is unprofessional.

There are others but these are the ones that jump out at me right now. It did not seem like a very professional set.

What about Lively's sister playing a role in the film? I noticed you didn't address that.

. Baldoni’s wife and kids were also in the movie. It wasn’t that he gave his friend a part, it was the choice of parts that upset her. Why not have her sister or someone she is comfortable with be up between her legs given it was just a bit part with no real acting and no lines.

+1, Lively's sister was not hired to sit in between Baldoni's legs while he wasn't even wearing pants. That's the difference.

Would have been so easy to just hire some pro no one on set knew to make that situation a little more comfortable and it's weird that they didn't.