Blake Lively is defended by director Paul Feig amid allegations of a smear campaign by Justin Baldoni [Video]

15:24 EST 23 Dec 2024, updated 15:29 EST 23 Dec 2024

Blake Lively has received support from a director who praised her work ethic in a social media post following her sexual harassment complaint against Justin Baldoni. 

Lively, 37, has accused It Ends With Us director and star of creating an ‘hostile work environment’ while working on the film and hiring a crisis management team to ‘take down’ the actress afterward. 

Paul Feig, 62, who worked with Lively on the psychological thriller A Simple Favor and the sequel, A Simple Favor 2, took to X/Twitter on Sunday to defend her.

‘I’ve now made two movies with Blake and all I can say is she’s one of the most professional, creative, collaborative, talented and kind people I’ve ever worked with,’ the Directors Guild of America Award winner stated.

‘She truly did not deserve any of this smear campaign against her. I think it’s awful she was put through this.’

Feig …