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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just wait for a classic Tswift pap walk with Blake and the entire narrative will shift. [/quote]

I don't know if this will happen, but I do wonder about all the people who are simply quiet now who are or were BL friends or supporters -- TS, Jenny Slate, Brendan Sklenar, Isabela Ferrera, Liz Plank, people at Sony, etc.

As someone upthread said, all of these people have lawyers who are surely telling them to be quiet right now. There is nothing to gain for them to make public declarations of support, for either side.

But many of these people will be fact witnesses. I think many watchers assume their silence means they've turned on Blake. And some of them may have! But in reality they HAVE to be silent now.

I am curious what happens when these folks are deposed or testify or issue affidavits, if they back Blake's story. This is what I think would amount to a "smoking gun" that sways public opinion. Like if other cast members come out and back Blake's story, say they witnessed or experienced unacceptable behavior on set, that Blake's actions with the 17 point list were necessary for creating a better environment post hiatus, and that their choice to refuse to promote the film with Baldoni was not forced on them by Blake but their own choice based on their own experiences with him.

What if Sony people, including Alex Saks, come out and say Blake and others were reaching out to them from early on reporting problems, that Sony kept pushing it back to Wayfarer as the producing studio, but that Wayfarer kept saying it was handled and it wasn't?

What happens if Liz Plank, who worked with Baldoni and Heath for years but is friendly with Lively, testifies in support of Lively's narrative?

I'm not saying this will all happen -- it's also possible all these people have abandoned Blake and she's out on her own. But people are assuming everyone's silence means a lack of support, when the silence is likely legally enforced. The truth is we don't know.[/quote]

Of course the cast who might be deposed is staying quiet. But the rest of Hollywood does not need to stay quiet and Taylor can absolutely support her friend and still be deposed or give up documents. There is absolutely no reason at some point in the past few months since this has dropped that she couldn’t have been seen with Blake said I support my friend. And there is absolutely no reason she had to kick Blake while she was down in the statement she did put out. She directly contradicted her and she didn’t have to reveal that she couldn’t be bothered to see the movie until weeks after. (I doubt she even has ever seen the movie, she probably just didn’t want to piss off the fans since she had the licensed the song.)

Same with Gigi her, her other supposed bestie. Same with the sisterhood of the traveling pants who have not said a thing since Justin’s side of the story dropped, and if Hollywood was supporting her, she’d have projects lined up. She was going to direct and produce, and no one asking her to do those things.

Frankly, a lot of people you mentioned have lost all credibility. I don’t think anyone is going to believe Liz plank, who made a deal with Ryan to start a production company a month before the lawsuit dropped.

I also frankly think people look really crappy if they all of a sudden in March 2026 had the story to tell about Justin and Jamey and didn’t mention word one to support Blake. I understand that their lawyers have told them not to talk about it, but they could easily be showing her other subtle signs of support and they have chosen not to. Their PR people would not want them totally leaving her out in the cold if they’re going to get up there and say yes it was a terrible set. We all felt sexually harassed. They’re going to look like opportunistic losers if that happens. 
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Taylor is in the same boat as any other potential witness -- if she makes public statements or obvious shows of support, it opens her up to certain questions in a depo that her lawyers no doubt want to shut down.

I do think if the cast and Plank testified against Baldoni, this would be very damning for him. Like if Isabella testified that he pressured her to show her character climaxing on camera as Blake alleges? That would be very damaging. I am sure Freedman would ask about pressure from Blake on cross examination, question her motives, but if she held up and was convincing? That would be big. Same if Slate gives supportive testimony. And Brandon Sklenar was on set a lot in scenes with Blake with Baldoni directing -- how he describes that dynamic could be critical.

The idea that none of this will matter or that none of these people will be believed is crazy. [/quote]

Again, this is nonsense.  They would be horrible witnesses for Blake at trial if they can’t answer the simple question “why did you support Blake’s accusations” in a factual manner.

Planlk won’t be a witness,  she was not on set, and would not have direct knowledge of anything relevant.[/quote]

Blake mentions a text message to a "mutual friend" during the early filming of the movie where she says she was going to invite that friend to set but that things are so awful that she doesn't want to. In this message Blake allegedly references the video Heath tried to show her and some of the other allegations.

Some people have speculated that this message was to Liz Plank. Plank knew BL and RR before Blake's casting in the movie -- she'd met them through charitable work they both did and RR had commented on Plank's book back in 2019 online. There are indications that Plank is the one who suggested Blake for the movie, or even introduced Blake and Wayfarer, because of some comments on Colleen Hoover's announcement of Blake's casting.

Plank also interacted with Heath and Baldoni during the filming, hiatus break, editing, and marketing of the movie. Especially Heath -- Plank and Heath hosted a bunch of episodes of their podcast on their own without Baldoni during that time because Baldoni was working on the movie. But also Baldoni came and did several episodes as well, including one where he appears to reference his experience on the movie and even talks about not behaving well and struggling with being true to his whole "man enough" ethos.

So it's possible that Plank may have not only known about the conflict that was emerging on set, but have discussed it with both parties and gotten both their points of view, or even wound up as a go between at points. A lot of that could be hearsay but some of it might not be. She could wind up being a critical witness.

She just announced a new podcast with Katie Couric's production company, called "Boy Problems" and that sounds like basically what she did on Man Enough but much more from a female perspective.[/quote]

All of that would either be irrelevant or hearsay. [/quote]

All of celebrities that are showing support for him, a traditional tabloid, and more.  I think you only wish Baldoni didn’t have such solid support from so many fans.

I know that you and your mean girl friends want to change the narrative, but it is what it is. Blake is toast—the charred burnt kind. Her own doing.[/quote]

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