Blake Lively Or Justin Baldoni? Whose Side Is The Internet On?

The It Ends With Us drama continues to take over the internet as everyone now debates who’s telling the truth in their recent lawsuits: Justin Baldoni or Blake Lively.

As Perezcious readers know, the co-stars have been embroiled in a nasty public feud for months! Early on there was a lot of support for the Justin over the summer due to how he focused a lot on raising awareness about domestic violence throughout the press run — unlike Blake, whose fun, floral approach didn’t sit right with a lot of book fans. Not to mention that she faced a ton of backlash online during this time, as her past interviews of her displaying rude and mean girl behavior resurfaced.

However, Blake has since claimed this was all Justin’s master plan! In a shocking legal filing, she claimed her co-star and his producing partner sexually harassed her and other women during filming — and because she spoke up about it, they retaliated against her by launching a smear campaign to make her seem like the bad guy. The end goal? To “destroy” her reputation for good — and it worked for a while! But once she dropped the bombshell complaint along with receipts like texts, we started to see more fans — and celebrities — switch sides and voice their support for Blake!

Related: Ryan Reynolds Was Furious Over Alleged Fat-Shaming — But NEVER Yelled At Justin Baldoni

Could the pendulum swing back to Justin? Because he paints a completely different story of what happened on set! Justin filed a $250 million libel lawsuit against The New York Times, where he poked a lot of holes in her accusations. He even provided his own receipts to back his claims, showing instances where texts were omitted or changed to fit a negative narrative about him! Yikes!

So, with what has come out about the situation so far, we have to wonder: Where do people stand now? From the looks of it, folks have very strong opinions — on both sides. Some are supporting Blake, believing she was wronged here! No matter what alleged proof Justin has pulled out, they aren’t changing their minds on that — believing it’s part of the smear campaign to silence a strong woman! Meanwhile, others fully believe Justin’s evidence and think Blake has been lying all along. Yeesh. Check out what X (Twitter) users have to say below…

Team Justin

“My very controversial hot take. With Justin Baldoni’s counter-lawsuit, it makes me think that the reason why the actors and Colleen Hoover sided with Blake Lively is due to her power with Ryan Reynolds. Either paid off or promised more fame. Justin’s suit has more evidence”

“My thing with Blake Lively vs Justin Baldoni: I guarantee you Blake THOUGHT she was going into awards season the BRAVE, haloed heroine- but- now that the true tea is spilling, everyone sees through that damage control hit job and considers her Amber Heard reloaded. LOL. Chile…”

“Blake Lively’s lawsuit seems nothing now compared to Justin Baldoni’s which provides much more factual evidence. Blake’s feels foggier now that Justin’s lawsuit has come out. Justin’s much clearer and organized. It provides thorough context with evidence….”

“Justin Baldoni whack her again!! Now THATS how you clear a lying ass spoiled brat and her husband”

“just read justin baldoni’s 87 page complaint filed against the new york’s times cause im jobless but all ill say is blake’s legal team will definitely have a hard time fighting this cause damn did justin’s team come with receipts”

“Anyone remember when Blake Lively was getting trashed online for the direction she was taking It Ends with Us in? Glorifying abuse as “romance” and then all of a sudden making allegations against Justin Baldoni. Hmm, seems more like an attempt at salvaging her reputation to me.”

“Yall see the receipts Baldoni brought? Just sayin. There’s more to the story – and Blake Lively would appear to have already lied. Lot of text messages proving so. Not saying which is what .. just saying the case has holes. Lots of them.”

“If after reading ALL the text messages and ALL 87 pages of Justin Baldoni’s complaint, you don’t feel sympathy for him AND what the crew endured thanks to Blake, you just will never get it. All d Blake stans yall should feel hurt that she MANIPULATED & PLAYED yall. I would be”

“After reading the FULL text messages in Justin Baldoni’s lawsuit…. he is owed an apology. And y’all need to hold Blake Lively and the NYT accountable. ”

“So happy for Justin Baldoni that he has a collection of evidence against Blake Lively. From how she treated the ‘It Ends With Us’ film and her lack of sensitivity to the subject matter, and her very obvious mean girl vibes l never believed her.”

Team Blake

“When Blake came with the receipts it was ‘let’s wait and see’ ‘Innocent until proven guilty’ Baldoni shows some texts that don’t prove anything ‘omg I know he was innocent’ ‘she’s a liar’ Practically all these big pop culture content creators falling for it”

“this is proof that you birds will ride for any man solely because they’re men. Mind you, Justin Baldoni has literally NOTHING to offer, and yet y’all are immediately on his side bc you’re naturally inclined to make a woman the villain. Misogyny truly does fry brains”

“Ryan Reynolds: Stop fatshaming my wife who had just given birth 4 months ago. Justin Baldoni: How DARE you tell me to stop fatshaming your wife who had just given birth 4 months ago! Baldoni’s lawyer: Ryan Reynolds viciously attacked Justin ‘poor baby’ Baldoni out of nowhere!”

“This is who Justin Baldoni is… a narcissistic, manipulative person who will go at lengths to crush Blake Lively because she spoke out against his sexual harassment. One text does not make it an open invitation to enter any time she was undressed in her changing room.”

“seeing women pile up to defend a man again just because they think he’s attractive and they dislike the woman who is accusing him is nasty work.”

“It is crazy that it is the first day of 2025 and people are already switching up on Blake Lively……as if his evidence erases all of hers……I hate it here”

“​​Genuinely f**king funny that we know that Justin Baldoni started a smear campaign to discredit Blake Lively  and people unironically believe his side which is literally him alleging that he was the innocent one and she is the evil one. Like that is his plan and they fall for it”

“the fact that people genuinely believe amber heard and/or blake lively would be happy to just risk their livelihoods and spread baseless lies about a partner/colleague hurts my brain to think about “

Phew! A lot of different views here, and we know people will have more hot takes to drop as more comes out during this legal battle. Which side are YOU on right now, Perezcious readers? Sound OFF in the comments below!

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