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Metadata which turned out to be wrong and there was no leak of 3 HR complaints! You really shouldn't rely on Tik Tok for accurate information. |
But you are on an anonymous mommy board expecting us to take your opinion seriously? I guess I don’t understand the difference. I don’t have TikTok, but I have been listening to podcasts, and the podcasters read from the lawsuits and then have narrative about it. Many of them also have lawyers on to talk about the legal aspects, one that I listened to had an intimacy coordinator in the industry talk about the standards there which I found interesting. Many of these same people are taking excerpts from these discussions and putting them on TikTok or on Instagram reels. I really don’t see the big deal or why it is insane. The judge is not going to decide the case based on TikTok so I think we are good. |
No one knows. Lively's complaint alleges that Wayfarer didn't have a formal HR department at all, and that when she tried to contact Sonny they said that as the distribution studio, they couldn't accept HR complaints from the set, which belonged to Wayfarer. Other people have mentioned that as members of SAF-AFTRA, Slate and Lively could have registered complaints with their union, which I think is true. And I think that generally when a business (or in this case production) is union-sanctioned, which I would bet this movie was, there needs to be a designated union rep, whether that's someone on the set or just someone at SAG who is the union rep for the production. It would be interesting to know if any complaints were filed with the union and what happened with them. If a complaint was very alarming (i.e. put a worker in physical danger or involved a violent assault), I think SAG would withdraw their union approval of the production and could shut down production. So like imagine a situation where an actor went to SAG and said they were being asked to do stunts without a coordinator or proper safety precautions and that someone had already been hurt or feared they'd be injured or killed. I think SAG would probably get the production shut down in that instance. But the complaints on this production weren't like that -- no one was in danger, most of it was kind of small interpersonal stuff that could have been a misunderstanding or might just have been someone being tone deaf. Certainly the Slate complaint (if it was made to SAG) wouldn't result in dramatic action by the union, maybe just communication between the union and the production and request to address the behavior or for Heath to apologize. The only allegations that I think would have prompted stronger action by the union were the ones associated with the birth scene. SAG would treat a director/producer pressuring an actor to do nudity very seriously, even if ultimately the actor was not fully nude in the scene. SAG has guidelines that are explicitly about nudity in production and insist that actors be given at least 48 hours warning before a proposed nude scene and would view any form of coercion to do onscreen nudity (simulated or actual) as a potential violation of union contracts. This is actually a big deal with the union because there is a long history of coerced nudity on sets. But again, no one knows if any union complaints were filed. But given that Sony claimed they had no supervisory authority over the production, and Wayfarer may not have had a formal HR complaint process, I am wondering if Slate's complaint or any of Lively's were routed through SAG. I'll note that SAG issued a statement in support of Lively when her complaint first came out in December. |
Serious allegations are supposed to be sent to SAG because they are an unbiased third-party and they launch an investigation. That was not done here. |
There is a pic and discussion on Reddit. You can go to the thread of look up the info. JB is like a lot of LA guys that are cool and can fit in with many types of people. |
Sony made it clear they could not take HR complaints as they were not the production company. I am sure there were many complexities with filing an HR complaint with Wayfarer given it was their executive who were the subject of the complaints. The Wayfarer HR director is also from Justin's Ba'hai church. A lot of conflicts of interests and who knows if they would even take a complaint about their founders and CEOs. |
We know their racial backgrounds so please explain how they are POC? Is it Italians or Jews you believe are POC? |
Watch the tik tok video. Thanks. |
If Justin is a POC so is Jenny Slate. |
You have no proof the metadata was wrong. There has yet to be an investigation, hence the reason it's called an "allegation". It will be brought up in court and the NYT will have to prove their defense. We can absolutely rely on TikTok because we have access to critical data and sources connected to the film. Not to mention the behind the scene footage captured by street fans that will inevitably be brought up in court that shows Blake literally directing Baldoni on how to kiss and hold her. That doesn't substantiate someone who was a shrinking violet who couldn't voice her concerns when alleged sexually harassed. |
Where did Sony make this claim? |
We keep saying no one knows, but if such a complaint were made, why would blakes team have not produced it at this point? Don’t you think that would’ve been more of a smoking gun that they would want us to see? Even if an investigation launched, and was inconclusive, the fact that ann investigation was launched would be huge for her case. It’s the same thing with the Astroturfing. Not one shred of evidence of meta data has been shared - their approach to that is simply to share bad comments made on the internet. They literally had a bunch of comment, slamming Blake in her new movie a simple favor coming out from February 2025 as if that were Justin’s fault. But they have no proof that those were generated by astroturfing. There is not one shred of evidence of meta data and there’s been not one mention of hiring an Internet forensics team which would be step one in determining if it were taking place. I’m stunned that her amended complaint did not have any of these details or even a mention that any of this was coming. I’ve had it with “we just don’t knows.” It’s bern 6 months at least that they’ve been building a case. We just don’t know justin Baldoni didn’t brutally murder someone on that set. I’ve not seen any evidence that he hasn’t? I guess we’ll have to wait until the trial. |
| Once you distill Blake and Ryan’s smoke and mirrors, PR, and bluster from their team you realize they have…absolutely nothing. Because this whole thing is fake and they never planned for the victim to actually fight back. Their goose is cooked. I love it. It’s rare that such evil shysters get knocked down a peg. |
Baldoni's family is multi generational American Italians and New York Jews. Jenny actually is 1/4 Cuban! |
According to SAGs website, SAG does not investigate. Actors can have their lawyers lodge an official complaint with SAG. SAG has a team who reviews the complaint to see if it aligns with their policies. SAG then sends the complaint along with the policy on harrassment and discrimination to the production company and it is the responsiblity of the production company to investigate and report back to SAG. |