The state of affairs between Blake Vigorous and her It Ends with Us co-star and director Justin Baldoni continues to develop within the aftermath of her sexual harassment grievance in opposition to him and Wayfarer Studios. Numerous celebrities together with Gwyneth Paltrow and Vigorous’s Touring Pants sisters have been fast to ship their help after accusations that Baldoni launched a smear marketing campaign in opposition to the actress amidst her response to his allegedly poisonous on-set conduct. The variety of folks in her nook continues to develop as others have spoken out in regards to the brouhaha, together with actresses Kaitlin Olson and Whitney Cummings.
Whitney Cummings has delivered a scathing evaluation of Justin Baldoni, notably how he’s created a model round being a feminist. The standup comic isn’t shopping for it, and in a viral TikTok roast, she says she would not like when males — “particularly symmetrical ones” — battle for ladies’s rights to be able to get laid. She was amused when she found his philanthropic work, saying:
Feminist males at all times have the identical causes: free the nipple and normalize breastfeeding. ‘Girls, I believe your breasts ought to have the ability to be out.’ He’s additionally on the board of one other charity … and his bio says, ‘Changemaker.’ Changemaker? Once you change that V-neck a pair instances? You imply you modify the pomade that you just use? What else have you ever modified? Oh, your spouse’s thoughts on her stance on polyamory?
Justin Baldoni was, actually, set to obtain the Voices Of Solidarity Award, which is given to males who present “braveness and compassion” in the reason for advocating for ladies, however that has since been rescinded. Whitney Cummings continued to go off with a number of brutal assumptions in regards to the actor, saying:
Why do I really feel wish to girls he’s, like, ‘It must be her-story, it shouldn’t be historical past, that’s his story, it must be her-story,’ however when guys are round he’s like, ‘Yeah that’s dumb.’ Justin Baldoni is completely the man who’s like, ‘You look a lot prettier with out make-up. Until you’re starring within the film that I’m directing, wherein case it’s worthwhile to put on caulk, grout, shellac, be in make-up for 2 and a half hours. Justin Baldoni is the type of man who’s like, ‘I’m gonna go to the SlutWalk to advocate for these sluts which are being shamed, and if I see one slut that’s being shamed, I’ll invite her to my home that may be a protected area for her to be a slut.’
That’s not even the place she stopped, both.
Others selected to indicate their help in different methods. Kaitlin Olson, whose husband Rob McElhenney owns the Wrexham soccer membership with Blake Vigorous’s husband Ryan Reynolds, took to her Instagram Tales (by way of Individuals) to share her opinion of the Gossip Lady alum, writing:
Blake Vigorous is a form, beautiful, sincere and beneficiant particular person (and an unimaginable mother.) FYI.
The Excessive Potential star has stated she and Blake Vigorous have solely met a few instances resulting from their spouses’ enterprise dealings, however one particular person very within the know has additionally defended Vigorous by talking out in opposition to Justin Baldoni. Bart Johnson, who’s married to the A Easy Favor actress’ sister Robyn Vigorous, didn’t maintain again in his evaluation of the Jane the Virgin actor, writing on X (Twitter):
He’s a fraud. He places on the ‘costume’ of a hero, man bun and all. Used all the stylish catchphrases & buzz phrases for his podcasts. None of it’s real. It’s all theater. And everybody fell for it. For years. Rewatch his movies with a extra essential eye and watch him praise and reward himself with fake humility and self deprecation. What a efficiency.
As for what’s subsequent for Blake Vigorous’s lawsuit, it feels like this isn’t one thing that’s going to be resolved anytime quickly, nevertheless it’s clear that she’s obtained loads of help within the leisure enterprise, whatever the alleged efforts to “astroturf” the actress by ruining her fame.
Within the meantime, the book-to-movie adaptation It Ends with Us is now obtainable to stream with a Netflix subscription whereas we wait to see how these sexual harassment accusations play out.