Justin Baldoni never wanted to “hurt” Blake Lively.
The actor, through his attorney Brian Friedman, has vehemently denied allegations that he ran a campaign against former co-star Blake Lively. It ends with us..
But during an appearance Today’s show On Friday, Friedman denied the claims, categorically saying, “Not one hundred percent.”
She explained that Baldoni, 40, bore no ill will toward Lively, 37, adding, “Justin Baldoni said from the get-go, ‘I don’t want anything negative to do with her. I don’t want to hurt her.’ Wanted.
Despite the denial, Friedman confirmed that Baldoni “absolutely” plans to fight Lively in her lawsuit.
He also revealed plans to release all text exchanges between the former co-stars to claim the full context is missing from the allegations.
Friedman addressed the text messages that were shared. The New York Times in Lively’s lawsuit, saying they were “presented without context.”
“I’m willing to take every single text message out there, put it out there, put it on a website for the world to see, let them see the truth and tell me the truth for myself,” he said, emphasizing transparency. ready to determine.”
Last month, Lively filed a lawsuit accusing Baldoni of body-shaming, attempting to include more explicit scenes in the film, showing inappropriate photos and videos of her, continuing to kiss her, and continuing to kiss the character during filming. broke, and what he described as “social”. Manipulation” campaign to damage his reputation.
When asked about the allegations of inappropriate behavior on the set. It ends with us.Friedman acknowledged that harassment can occur in professional settings but questioned whether this behavior amounted to sexual harassment.
“I think there’s always going to be some behavior that can make people uncomfortable, and I don’t think anybody’s intent is to do that,” he said. “The question, really, in this case does it rise to the level of sexual harassment?”