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'A Simple Favor' director Paul Feig is speaking out in support of Blake Lively, along with her 'Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants' cast mates. This news come after Lively filed a lengthy complaint against her 'It Ends With Us' co-star and director Justin Baldoni for sexual harassment and an alleged coordinated effort to destroy her reputation.

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00:00A Simple Favor director Paul Feig is speaking out in support of Blake Lively,

00:04along with her sisterhood of the Traveling Pants castmates.

00:08This news comes after Lively filed a lengthy complaint against her It Ends With Us co-star

00:13and director Justin Baldoni for sexual harassment and an alleged coordinated effort to destroy her

00:18reputation. Feig, who directed the actress in 2018's A Simple Favor and its upcoming sequel,

00:24wrote on X,

00:30She truly did not deserve any of this smear campaign against her.

00:36I think it's awful she was put through this.

00:38Feig joins Lively's sisterhood of the Traveling Pants castmates,

00:42America Ferreira, Amber Tamblyn, and Alexis Bledel, in publicly showing support for the actress.

00:47They wrote in a joint statement, in part,

00:49As Blake's friends and sisters for over 20 years,

00:51we stand with her in solidarity as she fights back against the reported campaign

00:56waged to destroy her reputation.

00:57Throughout the filming of It Ends With Us,

01:00we saw her summon the courage to ask for a safe workplace for herself and colleagues on set,

01:04and we are appalled to read the evidence of a premeditated and vindictive effort that ensued to discredit her voice.

01:10According to Lively's complaint, an all-hands-on-deck meeting was held during filming to address her claims of a hostile work environment.

01:16During that meeting, Lively reportedly demanded that Baldoni stop the following alleged actions,

01:21showing nude videos or images of women to the actress,

01:24mentioning his alleged previous pornography addiction,

01:27discussing his sexual experiences in front of Lively and others,

01:31mentioning the cast and crew's genitalia,

01:33and asking about Lively's weight.

01:35Lively additionally claimed that Baldoni and company allegedly engaged in a social manipulation campaign to destroy her reputation.

01:42The filing includes 22 pages of text from Baldoni's publicist Melissa Nathan,

01:46who heads her own crisis PR firm,

01:48about how he, quote,

01:49wants to feel like Ms. Lively can be buried,

01:52to which Nathan replied,

01:53we can't write, we will destroy her.

01:55Brian Friedman, the attorney for Baldoni,

01:57Wayfarer Studios,

01:58and all its representatives,

01:59released a statement slamming Lively's claims.

02:02For much more on this story and all the latest updates,

02:04go to THR.com.

02:06This is The Hollywood Reporter News.

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