· a comprehensive breakdown of everything that has happened between blake lively and justin baldoni in the it ends with us legal saga. · what’s happening onscreen has become secondary to the conversation about differences between blake lively and justin baldoni , her co-star and director. The film , based on the 2016 novel of the same name by the american author colleen hoover, was directed by. Here’s everything we know about the “it ends with us” lawsuits. · but despite its financial success, everything wasnt running so smoothly behind the scenes. The production of the 2024 american film it ends with us, starring american actors blake lively and justin baldoni , has been the subject of controversy due to highly publicized disputes and litigation between lively and baldoni about an alleged hostile work environment and smear campaign. Rumours of a feud between baldoni and lively began swirling before the film was even released. · justin baldoni ’s new website features more alleged texts with blake lively and ryan reynolds. · tensions mainly lie between the film ’s costars — lively , who portrays main character lily bloom, and baldoni , who also stars as ryle, the abusive husband of lily, in addition to directing the. · the release of the highly anticipated movie adaption of colleen hoover’s book “it ends with us” was dominated by rumors of a feud between its main stars, blake lively and justin baldoni.