It Ends With Us author Colleen Hoover wanted nothing to do with the bitter feud between Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively! Newly released texts are revealing her actual take on all this drama!
According to court documents obtained by Us Weekly on Thursday, Wayfarer Studios filed a declaration with multiple exhibits, including messages exchanged between the filmmaker and the novelist in August 2024. You may recall that fans began to notice the drama with Justin, Blake, and the rest of the cast when the IEWU premiered that month, and chaos ensued from there! Non-stop reports dropped about who was to blame for the beef, and the intense backlash against the Gossip Girl alum started online as her rude moments resurfaced. It was a mess, and it only worsened after Blake sued Justin for sexual harassment in December 2024. Colleen, unfortunately, got stuck in the middle of it all.
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During the start of the nasty war, new texts revealed that Colleen did not want to pick a side but felt “forced” to do so. Per the documents, Justin copied and pasted a message sent to him by the Verity author to share with his PR team in August 2024. The text read:
“It just feels like I’m on an island here. I know things took an awful turn, and I felt forced to choose when I did not want to, but the back and forth articles from both camps are just so upsetting and ridiculous.”
And in her eyes, all this just made everyone look so “immature” now. Damn. Colleen wrote:
“It’s making everyone working on this movie look immature. Everyone is out there trying to save themselves, and now this has turned into a huge mess. I know you guys think I’ve made decisions for certain reasons but I have felt the rift from long before I ever was in contact with Blake.”
Her own issues with Justin seemingly stem from the script. In the message, Colleen pointed out that she was not allowed to read it until she “was sat with readers.” However, according to the writer, the Jane The Virgin alum falsely suggested in interviews that she was part of the entire process:
“But then all the interviews made it seem like you included me in the script from the beginning. I have been disappointed personally by your actions many times.”
Colleen concluded the message saying:
“I appreciate that you haven’t directly said anything negative. That’s how it should be. But you are grown men with a platform. You know how to use it to protect your image. Please don’t continue to use it to harm me or mine. That’s all I’m asking.”
Yeesh…
The court docs also included a text Justin sent to Colleen apologizing that she was “hurting,” adding:
“We do not control the headlines. I just want you to know that I have deeply cared about you for the past five years and that hasn’t changed.”
As you know, although Colleen did not want to pick a side, she inevitably did. For a bit anyway. She was quick to support Blake following the sexual harassment and smear campaign allegations against Justin in December. However, she then stopped talking about the dispute — and later wiped almost all traces of the pair from her Instagram. It appears she listened to her gut and distanced herself from the drama as much as possible, especially as it started to take a toll on her…
The most curious thing about all this is… She mentions talking to Blake in the texts. But she thinks everyone looks immature and definitely doesn’t sound like she’s Team Blake. Had the star not said anything about the alleged sexual harassment yet? Hmm.
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