Michele Morrone— who stars alongside Blake Lively in the sequel to the hit 2018 crime thriller "A Simple Favor" — said she seemed in “pain” after her experience on the set of "It Ends With Us".
The Italian actor and model, 34, shared a video via his Instagram Stories on Monday, expressing his support for Lively, 37, amid her sexual harassment lawsuit against her "It Ends With Us" director and star Justin Baldoni.
“It’s usually not my thing to make those kinds of videos, but I think it’s time to stand up for a person I really love and this person is Blake Lively,” Morrone said. “I personally met Blake during A Simple Favor 2. We shot this incredible film together and I felt something was wrong, and I felt the pain … We had the opportunity to talk, me and her, [and] Blake was in pain.”
"A Simple Favor 2" was filmed this past spring, while "It Ends With Us" began filming in May 2023 and resumed in January following the SAG-AFTRA strike.
The 365 Days star said he was “really tired” of seeing “cruel and bad comments” about Lively “without knowing the situation.”
He linked to a New York Times article published Saturday, December 21, detailing Lively’s catalog of complaints against Baldoni, 40, on the set of It Ends With Us, which he asked fans to read “to make you understand, before commenting, what happened.”
“Blake, I love you so much. Keep it up and we’re going to see each other very soon. Love you,” the actor concluded.
Lively, 37, filed a complaint against Baldoni with the California Civil Complaints Department on Friday, December 20, accusing Baldoni of sexual harassment on the set of their recent Colleen Hoover adaptation. She also claimed Baldoni was behind a digital smear campaign to tarnish her reputation.
The lawsuit stated that a meeting was held during the film’s production in January to address Lively’s claims against her costar that included, “No more showing nude videos or images of women to Blake, no more mention of Baldoni’s alleged previous ‘pornography addiction,’ no more discussions about sexual conquests in front of Blake and others, no further mentions of cast and crew’s genitalia, no more inquiries about Blake’s weight, and no further mention of Blake’s dead father.”
Baldoni has vehemently denied the allegations against him. In a statement to Us, Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman called Lively’s claims “completely false, outrageous and intentionally salacious,” alleging she filed the lawsuit to “fix her negative reputation” and “rehash a narrative” about the film’s production.
He claimed Lively made “multiple demands and threats,” which included “threatening to not show up to set, threatening to not promote the film, ultimately leading to its demise during release, if her demands were not met.”
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