It Ends With Us Cast Breaks Silence on the Blake Lively–Justin Baldoni Lawsuit

Well, this escalated fast. It Ends With Us was already rolling out under a cloud, and then Blake Lively dropped a lawsuit on director/co-star Justin Baldoni that turned the whole thing into a full-on Hollywood mess. Now the cast is either taking sides, staying quiet, or trying very hard to be anywhere else.

Quick refresher: what kicked this off

Lively filed her suit in December 2024, accusing Baldoni of sexual harassment, running a smear campaign against her, and creating what she calls a hostile work environment during production. She also says the situation caused her emotional distress and that Baldoni's team worked to damage her public image.

Baldoni's attorney, Bryan Freedman, answered immediately and did not mince words, calling the accusations "completely false" and "intentionally salacious," and claiming Lively was trying to "fix her negative reputation." So, yeah, we are not in subtle territory.

Where the cast landed

• Brandon Sklenar: from loud support to neutral ground
  When the allegations first hit the press, Sklenar clearly sided with Lively. He reshared a New York Times piece on her claims with the all-caps energy of a fire alarm:

  "For the Love of God Read This"

  He tagged Lively and threw in a red heart. Before any legal filings, back in August 2024, he also hopped on Instagram to praise Colleen Hoover and the women in the cast, basically saying they poured themselves into the movie because they believe in what it’s saying. Lively, for her part, was publicly hyping him too — she even pitched him to James Gunn for Batman, posting:

  "James Gunn knows how to give the people what they need. And this, they need."

  Cut to now: multiple suits later, Sklenar is in Switzerland and sounding decidedly Switzerland. When asked if he was Team Blake or Team Justin, he replied he was simply:

  "Team It Ends With Us."

  That is a dramatic tonal pivot from the earlier 'read this!' stance. Friendships in this town age like milk sometimes.
• Jenny Slate: firmly in Blake’s corner
  Slate, who plays Ryle’s sister in the film, didn’t duck or hedge. In a statement to Today, she backed Lively with zero hesitation:

  "As Blake Lively's castmate and friend, I voice my support as she takes action against those reported to have planned and carried out an attack on her reputation. Blake is a leader, loyal friend and a trusted source of emotional support for me and so many who know and love her. What has been revealed about the attack on Blake is terribly dark, disturbing, and wholly threatening. I commend my friend, I admire her bravery, and I stand by her side."

  No tap-dancing around Baldoni there. Slate planted the flag.
• Isabela Ferrer: dragged into the legal crossfire
  For Ferrer, who plays Young Lily, this should have been a big break. Instead, both Lively and Baldoni subpoenaed her. Then her lawyer accused Baldoni of "harassing" her through the legal process and trying to use financial pressure to shape how she responded to Lively’s subpoena. She reportedly just wanted out of the mess, but the paperwork kept coming. She hasn’t publicly taken a side, and frankly, given the behind-the-scenes tug-of-war, you can see why.
• Hasan Minhaj: bewildered and staying out of it
  Minhaj plays Marshall, Jenny Slate’s onscreen husband. Online sleuths were already reading tea leaves — especially after Baldoni skipped group shots with the cast at the New York premiere — but Minhaj says he was unaware anything was off. In Esquire, he put it this way:

  "I can't speak to other people's experience, but everybody was very professional and cool to me. It was lovely and everybody was lovely, and it is just as disillusioning for me, because I'm like, 'What happened? Wait, what's going on?'"

  He also gushed about Slate, calling her "the best" and "a modern Lucille Ball," and said watching her work was "really dope." Classic Hasan: sincere, impressed, and not interested in catching stray bullets.

The bigger picture

This whole saga now has shifting alliances, public statements, subpoenas, and some very behind-the-scenes details most productions pray never see daylight. Lively and Baldoni are still locked in, and the cast — whether loudly supportive, newly neutral, or actively avoiding the blast zone — is inevitably part of the story.

The movie part, because yes, it still exists

It Ends With Us is based on Colleen Hoover’s bestseller, directed by Justin Baldoni and starring Blake Lively, Baldoni, Jenny Slate, Hasan Minhaj, Brandon Sklenar, and Isabela Ferrer. It currently sits at a 6.3 on IMDb and 54% on Rotten Tomatoes. If you want to see what all the noise is orbiting, it’s streaming on Netflix in the U.S. right now.

So, where do you land on all this? Team statements, team silence, or team please-make-it-stop? Sound off in the comments.