Amber Heard speaks out about Blake Lively’s Justin Baldoni claims as celebs pick sides in viral feud

Amber Heard speaks out about Blake Lively's Justin Baldoni claims as celebs pick sides in viral feud

As a lifestyle expert with extensive experience navigating the tumultuous world of Hollywood, I must say the situation between Amber Heard and Blake Lively, along with their co-star Justin Baldoni, is nothing short of a soap opera. The allegations and counter-allegations, the high-profile lawyers, and the public airing of dirty laundry are all too familiar to those who have walked the red carpet.

Amber Heard has publicly addressed the accusations made by Blake Lively that her co-star Justin Baldoni orchestrated a defamatory campaign against her. She claims to have personally witnessed this alleged incident.

38-year-old Heard found herself in a similar situation to the one portrayed in “It Ends With Us” after it was revealed that Baldoni, 40, had employed the same crisis management team as his ex-husband Johnny Depp did during their defamation trial. In simpler terms, both Heard and Baldoni used the same team of experts to handle the crises in their personal lives.

37-year-old Lively has lodged a lawsuit against Baldoni due to accusations of inappropriate sexual behavior, creating an unpleasant workplace atmosphere, and attempting to damage her professional standing.

According to the documents, Baldoni kept on board high-profile public relations manager Melissa Nathan, who additionally handled Johnny Depp’s case during his defamation trial that ended with a jury ruling in his favor and awarding him $15 million as they determined Heard had slandered him.

In a well-known court case, she faced a countersuit and received a $2 million compensation award, as her contentious relationship with Depp, aged 61, was extensively scrutinized in the public eye.

In my expertise, social media can certainly feel like the swift dissemination of misinformation, echoing the old adage “Falsehood spreads faster than truth.” I recently shared this insight with NBC News.

Amber Heard speaks out about Blake Lively's Justin Baldoni claims as celebs pick sides in viral feud

 ‘I saw this firsthand and up close. It’s as horrifying as it is destructive.’

Johnny Depp filed a lawsuit against Amber Heard, claiming that she had invented domestic abuse allegations to boost her career, following her publication of an op-ed in The Washington Post where she detailed her accusations.

Lively presented her former co-star and director with a legal  documents over the weekend.

The submissions include numerous exchanges between Nathan and Jennifer Abel, who serves as Baldoni’s publicist, that seem to revolve around devising methods to elevate their client’s reputation, all while enjoying the negative attention that Lively was receiving at the time.

In addition, there were pieces criticizing Lively for appearing insensitive towards the film’s topics of domestic abuse, as she neglected to address this sensitive matter in multiple interviews about the movie.

The actress is said to aim for marketing the movie as a more heartwarming and motivational story, in contrast to Baldoni who believes that domestic abuse should take center stage during the film’s promotion period.

During that period, previously recorded interviews with Lively started becoming more noticeable again, leading many to label her as brusque and a “bully” due to her seemingly offhand responses to inquiries.

During this group, there was an uncomfortable interaction with journalist Kjersti Flaa where it seemed like a noticeably pregnant Lively felt slighted when Flaa mentioned her growing belly.

Amber Heard speaks out about Blake Lively's Justin Baldoni claims as celebs pick sides in viral feud
Amber Heard speaks out about Blake Lively's Justin Baldoni claims as celebs pick sides in viral feud

During the promotional interviews for Café Society, I couldn’t help but overhear whispers about my beloved Blake Lively being branded as a ‘mean girl.’ A fellow cast member, the radiant Parker Posey, was the one who made these allegations.

In her grievance, Lively alleges that Baldoni created a harmful work atmosphere during the filming of their movie. This allegedly involved the director exhibiting explicit videos and pictures of other females, as well as openly discussing his past reported struggles with pornography addiction.

She asserted that Baldoni asked questions deemed inappropriate regarding her weight, brought up topics about her late father, and made suggestive comments about the cast and team members of a sexual nature.

In the heat of production, I found myself in a challenging scenario that was simply untenable. As a result, my partner and I initiated urgent discussions on set, as documented in the legal proceedings, with the aim of curbing such behavior.

In the filing, it was stated that she additionally asked for no further inclusion of sex scenes, explicit oral scenes, or on-camera climaxes involving Blake Lively, beyond what was approved in her original script while joining the production.

It appears that the studio agreed to the demands, but the movie’s launch was delayed due to their ongoing dispute.

During the promotional interviews for our shared film, Café Society, I overheard whispers about Blake Lively being labeled as a “mean girl.” As her ardent fan, this news struck a chord within me.

Baldoni asserts that Lively filed the lawsuit primarily as a means to restore her reputation, given the unfavorable publicity she encountered following the movie’s premiere.

Amber Heard speaks out about Blake Lively's Justin Baldoni claims as celebs pick sides in viral feud
Amber Heard speaks out about Blake Lively's Justin Baldoni claims as celebs pick sides in viral feud

Bryan Freedman, Baldoni’s attorney, labeled the lawsuit as “unfounded, excessively scandalous, and deliberately intended to cause public harm.

He maintained that Lively was making efforts to improve her tarnished image, following whispers about her supposed demanding demeanor on set.

According to Freedman, this involved making promises not to attend filming locations and refusing to publicize the movie, which eventually contributed to its poor performance when it was released.

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2024-12-23 17:18

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