Blake Lively inundated with scathing comments on social media amid backlash from Justin Baldoni lawsuit
- Trolls have flooded the Gossip Girl alum's social media with nasty comments
- It comes amid the continued legal battle between her It Ends With Us co-star
- READ MORE: Full list of shocking new claims in Justin Baldoni's $400M lawsuit
Blake Lively has been swamped by trolls on her social media amid her ongoing legal battle with Justin Baldoni, with many telling her to 'wear florals in court.'
In recent developments, the actress, 37, and husband Ryan Reynolds, 48, were sued by Baldoni, 40, and his publicists on January 16, who claim she cooked up a scheme to kill their careers and discredit them by making false accusations of sexual harassment.
Court papers obtained by DailyMail.com accuse Lively and Reynolds of using their combined star power to hijack the domestic abuse movie It Ends With Us, which Baldoni co-starred in and directed.
The new defamation action is the latest broadside in a spiraling legal battle that began just before Christmas when Lively sued the actor, claiming he sexually harassed her and created a toxic work environment on the set of the film.
He has staunchly denied the allegations.
Since Lively's court filing, however, she has been bombarded with hateful messages on her social media.
In particular, she is being mercilessly trolled underneath one Instagram post of her interview with WWD, uploaded on December 12.
Referring to when Lively encouraged cinemagoers to wear florals to watch her domestic abuse film, It Ends With Us, one said: 'Don't forget to wear your florals... in court.'
Blake Lively has been swamped by trolls on her social media amid her ongoing legal battle with Justin Baldoni
Baldoni and his publicists filed a damming $400 million defamation lawsuit against Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds on January 16
'It's not a smear campaign,' another said. 'We genuinely can't stand you.'
A third continued: 'IT ENDS IN COURT! Don't forget to wear your florals.'
'Congratulations on your career ending bump!' wrote a fourth.
A fifth slammed: 'They can NEVER make me like you.'
'I hope the court proceeding is televised,' wrote a sixth. 'I will most definitely be wearing floral underwear!'
A seventh added: 'How's suing Justin gonna fix what you've said in interviews and your personality??? You were rude way before this movie??
'You are not nice at all, such a shame,' said an eighth.
In Baldoni's suit, he claims Lively 'continued to break character' and 'speak as herself rather than as character Lily Bloom during the filming of It Ends With Us, which was extremely confusing for Baldoni' as they filmed a montage scene.
Social media users have been mercilessly trolling Lively on Instagram amid the continued fall out
He alleges she then made a disparaging remark about his nose.
The lawsuit reads: 'Lively apologized for the smell of her spray tan and body makeup. Baldoni responded, "It smells good," and continued acting, slow dancing as he believed his character would with his partner, which requires some amount of physical touching.
'Lively took them out of character again and began to joke about Baldoni's nose, which he laughed off and joked in turn, even as Lively joked that he should get plastic surgery.'
In Lively's December 2024 lawsuit accusing Baldoni of sexual harassment, she claimed of the scene: 'At one point, he leaned forward and slowly dragged his lips from her ear and down her neck as he said, "It smells so good."
'None of this was remotely in character, or based on any dialogue in the script, and nothing needed to be said because, again, there was no sound — Mr. Baldoni was caressing Mr. Lively with his mouth in a way that had nothing to do with their roles. When Ms. Lively later objected to this behavior, Ms. Baldoni's response was, 'I'm not even attracted to you.'
Baldoni's lawsuit also states referring to the December 2024 suit: 'Lively alleges Baldoni inappropriately commented on her physical appearance. It was the other way around.'
'Lively incorrectly alleges that this scene was filmed without sound. Baldoni was wearing a microphone and the entire exchange is captured on camera. Any suggestion that this scene was filmed in any manner other than pure professionalism by Baldoni is unequivocally countered with actual evidence. Her allegation of sexual harassment is a documented and knowingly fabricated lie.
Baldoni and Blake starred opposite each other in the film adaptation of Coleen Hoover's book It Ends With Us
Baldoni's suit claimed Lively hadn't read the book before filming started and she initially pushed back on having to read it at all
'Lively's comment about Baldoni's nose is also captured on camera. Baldoni, rather than write down a list of grievances against Lively, brushed it off and moved on with the scene.
He claims it was Lively who 'engaged in unchoreographed kissing scenes' alleging she repeatedly initiated kisses with him while in character.
The suit states Baldoni 'as a professional actor' is 'accustomed' to variations in scenes without needing 'permission' while in character.
Baldoni's lawsuit further claims Lively's alleged nose job comment comes after he has 'publicly expressed insecurities about and has discussed on an episode of his podcast, 'Man Enough,' exploring the topic of body dysmorphia.'
The hijack allegedly went as far as relegating Baldoni and his family to the basement after arriving on the red carpet for the movie's premiere on August 6, 2024, because 'Lively demanded he not attend'.
The suit said: 'Security personnel, acting as though there was a risk of 'escape,' escorted Baldoni's group to the basement of the building.
'There, they were confined to a makeshift holding area surrounded by concession stand stock, with only foldout tables and chairs arranged in a square.'
In addition to not reading the book before filming started, the lawsuit claims she initially pushed back on having to read it at all.
And despite the novel's dark subject matter, Lively allegedly failed to take it seriously during the promotional campaign - even naming a cocktail after the abusive lead male character.
This, the filing says, is evidence of the 'insensitivity' that sparked an 'organic backlash to the actress last summer.
She also refused to meet with the domestic violence charity Baldoni had paired up with while promoting the film.
Lively's lawyers responded to Baldoni's lawsuit in a statement.
'This is an age-old story: A woman speaks up with concrete evidence of sexual harassment and retaliation and the abuser attempts to turn the tables on the victim,' they told The Hollywood Reporter.
'This is what experts call DARVO. Deny. Attack. Reverse Victim Offender.'
Bryan Freedman, who is representing Baldoni, told DailyMail.com in a statement: 'This lawsuit is a legal action based on an overwhelming amount of untampered evidence detailing Blake Lively and her team's duplicitous attempt to destroy Justin Baldoni, his team and their respective companies by disseminating grossly edited, unsubstantiated, new and doctored information to the media.
'It is clear based on our own all out willingness to provide all complete text messages, emails, video footage and other documentary evidence that was shared between the parties in real time, that this is a battle she will not win and will certainly regret.
'Blake Lively was either severely misled by her team or intentionally and knowingly misrepresented the truth.
'Ms. Lively will never again be allowed to continue to exploit actual victims of real harassment solely for her personal reputation gain at the expense of those without power.
'Let's not forget, Ms. Lively and her team attempted to bulldoze reputations and livelihoods for heinously selfish reasons through their own dangerous manipulation of the media before even taking any actual legal action.
'We know the truth, and now the public does too. Justin and his team have nothing to hide, documents do not lie.'
