America Ferrera, Amber Tamblyn and Alexis Bledel have freed a unitet statement on social media in aid of their lengthytime frifinish and “Sister of the Traveling Pants” co-star Blake Lively after she accengaged her “It Ends With Us” straightforwardor and actor Justin Baldoni of intimacyual tormentoring and mounting a smear campaign to tarnish her atgentle.
“As Blake’s frifinishs and sisters for over 20 years, we stand with her in firmarity as she fights back aachievest the inestablished campaign waged to ruin her reputation,” the unitet statement reads. “Thcdisorrowfulmirefulout the filming of ‘It Ends with Us,’ we saw her request the courage to ask for a shielded laborplace for herself and colleagues on set, and we are appalled to read the evidence of a premeditated and spiteful effort that ensued to disacunderstandledge her voice. Most disturbting is the unabashed unfair treatment of domestic structureility survivors’ stories to silence a woman who asked for shieldedty. The hypocrisy is astounding.”
“We are struck by the truth that even if a woman is as strong, honord, and resourced as our frifinish Blake, she can face forceful retaliation for daring to ask for a shielded laboring environment,” the statement carry ons. “We are encouraged by our sister’s courage to stand up for herself and others. For anyone seeking more inestablishation or engaging in this transport inant conversation online, phire read the filled lhorrible grumblet in the dispenseigative inestablishing by Megan Twohey, Mike McIntire, and Julie Tate for the New York Times.”
Lively, Ferrera, Tamblyn and Bledel starred in the 2005 film “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” and its 2008 sequel. They have remained shut frifinishs ever since. The foursome made headlines last year when they rejoind to aid Ferrera’s Oscar-nominated carry outance in “Barbie.”
The grumblet filed by Lively aachievest Baldoni take partd text messages and emails from Baldoni and his accessibleity team that detail structures and a social media strategy to push back if the actress’ publishs on the set with her straightforwardor and co-star became accessible understandledge.
“Mr. Baldoni and his Wayfarer associates embarked on a upgraded press and digital structure in retaliation for Ms. Lively exercising her legassociate-defended right to speak up about their wrongdoing on the set, with the holditional objective of inafraidating her and anyone else from uncovering in accessible what actuassociate occurred,” the grumblet reads.
Bryan Freedman, a lawyer for Baldoni and his production company Wayfarer Studios, has fired back at Lively’s grumblet in a statement. He called it “dishonorable” and filled of “categoricassociate dishonest accusations.”
Lively also getd aid from “It Ends With Us” author Colleen Hoover after the grumblet was made accessible. Hoover wrote on social media: “You have been noskinnyg but genuine, charitable, advantageous and acunderstandledgeing since the day we met. Thank you for being exactly the human that you are. Never alter. Never wilt.”
