00:00Did Brandon Sklenar wear the same floral pin as his It Ends With Us director and co-star Justin Baldoni on purpose?
00:06He's setting the record straight.
00:09When Sklenar showed up at the 2025 Vanity Fair Oscar party,
00:13internet sleuths noticed he was wearing a pink floral brooch that appeared to match the one
00:17Baldoni sported at the It Ends With Us premiere in New York back in August of last year.
00:22Amid the ongoing legal dispute between Baldoni and actress Blake Lively,
00:26observers speculated about what message Sklenar was trying to send by wearing the accessory.
00:31When the actor was asked if there was any hidden meaning behind the pin at the
00:352025 South by Southwest premiere of his new movie The Drop, he told People magazine this.
00:48He continued,
00:49I woke up in the morning and saw an article and I was like, oh damn. I literally had no idea.
00:54I had an idea I wanted to wear like a floral brooch of some kind and that was the color that I liked the best.
00:59And lo and behold,
01:00someone also wore that prior to me wearing it. The actor spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about Lively and Baldoni's
01:06ongoing legal battle on the red carpet of the Vanity Fair party.
01:09And finally, I know you're very supportive over your female co-stars as well. Blake Lively,
01:13how are you hoping to support her during this time?
01:15I mean, I just, I just,
01:19it's a tough situation and I,
01:22I just hope everyone remembers what the movie's about and why we made it in the first place and
01:28it's about love and it's about
01:32supporting women in general and
01:34helping people through tough times and that movie's helped so many people and I just want people to remember like what it's about and why
01:40we made it and to kind of keep it on that, that kind of like core ethos.
01:44Back in December, Lively claimed that Baldoni and others sexually harassed her on set of the film and then engaged in a smear campaign.
01:52Baldoni responded with a countersuit against Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds, and their publicist, Leslie Sloan,
01:58alleging extortion, defamation, and claims related to breach of contract.
02:02After Lively's sexual harassment claims first emerged,
02:05Sklinar urged his followers to read what she had to say and signaled his support for Lively,
02:10tagging her with a heart emoji. For more on this story, go to THR.com.
02:14This is The Hollywood Reporter News.
02:16This is The Hollywood Reporter News.
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