The VERY candid interview cast in a new light by Blake’s lawsuit: Justin Baldoni waxed lyrical about how women are judged by society in It Ends With Us plug – before being accused of ‘smear campaign’ against Lively [Video]

08:56 EST 23 Dec 2024, updated 09:42 EST 23 Dec 2024

Justin Baldoni revealed he wanted to ‘gaslight’ his audience in an interview about the blockbuster at the centre of Blake Lively’s sexual harassment lawsuit against him, It Ends With Us. 

In an episode of How to Fail with Elizabeth Day, which was released on December 4, Baldoni, who directed and starred as a domestic abuser in the Colleen Hoover adaptation, also waxed lyrical about how he didn’t want his film to lead to women being judged – as Lively now accuses him of orchestrating a ‘smear campaign’ against her around the time the movie was released.

‘We have enough women judging women, we have enough men judging women,’ the actor, 40, said during the interview with the award-winning podcaster.

It Ends With Us tells the story of Lily Bloom, played by Blake Lively, and confronting the trauma of domestic abuse inflicted by her husband, Ryle Kincaid, played by Baldoni. 

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