The first thing I said to my mother-in-law as we arrived at her home for Christmas—after “hi” and “how are you”—was this: “Oh my god, did you hear what Justin Baldoni tried to do to Blake Lively?!”
This was December 22, less than a day after The New York Times published its detailed and damning indictment of Baldoni, a B-list actor who directed and co-starred with Lively in the summer blockbuster It Ends with Us. The film’s release coincided with a soup of tabloid-stirred rumors that Lively was a nightmare to work with. But the NYT revealed that, according to a complaint filed by Lively, Baldoni had sexually harassed her on set and then organized a “smear campaign” against her to prevent any accusations from coming to light.
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