’s It Ends With Us wardrobe made headlines when the first photos of her character, Lily Bloom, surfaced online in 2023. More than one year later, the actress’ outfits from the film are raising eyebrows once again — this time in the context of Lively’s sexual harassment lawsuit against .
Lively, 37, made a barrage of accusations against her It Ends With Us costar (and the film’s director) Baldoni, 40, in court documents filed on Friday, December 20. The docs, which have been viewed by Us Weekly, detail alleged moments between Lively and Baldoni on the film’s set. According to the complaint, Baldoni “made the rest of the cast and crew wait for hours” while he allegedly broke down in tears over the public’s reactions to Lively’s costumes.
Baldoni’s apparent breakdown took place in Lively’s dressing room. The suit claimed that he was upset over “social media commenters” posting that Lively “looked old and unattractive” after seeing photos from their first It Ends With Us filming day.
The lawsuit states that Lively “tried to reassure [Baldoni] that she should look authentic in the scenes depicted in the photos, which were just after her character had been abused by her fictional husband.” (Lively plays Lily in the movie, while Baldoni took on the role of her abusive husband, Ryle.)
“His lengthy outburst caused a delay in shooting, forcing an emotional scene to be shot haphazardly,” the suit claimed.
Lively allegedly told Baldoni that looking “hot” was not the goal of the scene. The lawsuit claimed that Baldoni “appeared focused on [Lively’s] sexual appeal above all else.” This was detailed at length throughout the rest of the court documents as well. Elsewhere in the complaint, Baldoni allegedly called Lively “sexy” and “hot” while she was wearing a onesie, which was “pre-approved wardrobe” for the scene.
Baldoni has denied the “outrageous” claims made in the lawsuit through his lawyer, Bryan Freedman. In a statement to Us, Freedman referred to Lively’s accusations as “completely false, outrageous and intentionally salacious” before claiming that she filed the suit to “fix her negative reputation” and “rehash a narrative” about what went down on the film’s set.
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When the first photos of Lively on the It Ends With Us set surfaced online in May 2023, fans of ’s book of the same name did have comments about the character’s outfits. Similar to what was stated in the suit, one social media user claimed the actress looked “frumpy” while another wondered “why” Lily wasn’t dressed more fashionably.
Lively did not speak publicly about the backlash at the time. Hoover, 45, did make it known that she was unbothered by the negative comments, explaining that it showed that people “cared” about the project.
“I don’t remember describing outfits at all. I don’t care what they have on,” the author told in a June 2023 interview. “In my head, it’s about the conversation they’re having and the story. It’s the same way in the movie. You’ve seen a couple of outfits that are completely out of context. I’m not worried about it.”
