
Blake Lively is expressed against recent coverage for The Hollywood Reporter In the midst of her current legal battle with her It ends with us Costar and director Justin Baldoni.
“The Hollywood Reporter should be ashamed of itself,” said a spokesman for the actress US Weekly In a shared press release on Saturday, February 22.
“The framing of this image is scandalously insulting because it plays in each sexist trope on women who dare to file a workplace complaint, transforming them into an attacker and suggesting that they deserve the reprisals that arise,” continued the press release . “In addition, the story is extremely offensive because it seems incredibly to explain documented examples of sexual harassment and reprisals by calling them” cultural misunderstandings “.” »»
THE Most recent number of publication Included the now controversial coverage, representative Lively, 37, Sling Shot in a mobile phone in Baldoni, 41 It ends with us From which their film in 2024 was adapted. Baldoni also seems to hold a sling.

The cover is intended to represent the biblical history of David and Goliath, in which a young boy surmounts all the chances with just a simple sling and a rock to defeat a giant.
In the background, the husband of Lively, Ryan Reynoldsis represented as his dead Pool The character “nicepool”, which would be a representation of Baldoni intended to make fun of the director. Baldoni lawyer, Bryan Fredmanis also represented in the blanket, standing behind Baldoni and opposite Reynolds nicepool with his hands on his hips.
Like Lively, many online readers have challenged the representation by the publication of the highly publicized legal battle of the Costares.
“The audacity to transform this case into a joke is damn alarm. I stand with Blake Lively because I think it … I don’t care if people say that they are not a perfect victim or anything bullshit – it really doesn’t matter. wrote a person via X. “Predators should be punished”.
“Incredibly inappropriate,” posted another. “You have a responsibility as a publication, but many times, yours has trivialized harassment and sexual assault, among other horrible things.”
Lively named Baldoni, 41 It ends with us. She changed her complaint earlier this month, also detailing “the emotional impact” of legal benefits.
“The emotional impact on Ms. Lively was extreme, not only affect it, but also her family, including her husband and her four children,” obtained legal documents We read. “There are days when she had trouble getting out of bed, and she often chooses not to venture outside in public.”
“Our customers have been transparent in the provision of receipts, real -time documents and video showing a story completely different from what has been manipulated and was picked up of cherries,” said Baldoni lawyer Freedman in a press release We Wednesday, February 19. “Our customers have taken this question and these questions very seriously despite the jokes made publicly by the applicant and her husband.”
The press release continued: “Its disappointing modified complaint is filled with hearsay without foundation of anonymous people who are clearly no longer ready to manifest themselves or publicly support its claims. Since the documents do not lie and people do it, the future deposits of those who initially supported the false allegations of Ms. Lively and those who witness her own behavior will be enlightened. What is really uncomfortable here is the lack of real evidence of Ms. Lively. »»
Baldoni denied Lively’s allegations, taking a defamation action of $ 400 million in January Gossip Girl The alum was “determined to make Baldoni the real villain of its history” to hide its “deaf” promotion of the film. Loved to denying the accusations.
The pair should start the trial on March 9, 2026.