Justin Baldoni on It Ends With Us, Intimacy Coordinators and Blake Lively | Cosmopolitan UK

[@Toe926]

this needs more views. He’s the only one bringing the right light to this movie

[@nutinliket2498]

This did not age well lol

[@audreylynn2128]

Why is he the only one shedding light on what this movie is actually about instead of just romanticizing it all???

[@lana4442]

Because everyone else is too “Hollywood”… egotistical if you will. Justin is still very much a grounded and normal person not having as much influence from Hollywood and fame.

[@Oceangrace90]

I honest to god believe justin isn't that morally sound. In comparision to the hollycouple, sure ,but my Unpopular opinion is why was this man going around for 2 yrs trying to make a movie out of a book that glamorizes ab*se!?! Evn with so many women raising alarm about the books impact on impressionable mind ever since. It seems he is now trying to do damage control ,but lucky for him blake and ryan are making it easy for him. The book is the issue in the first place, and it was his idea.

[@lana4442]

@@Oceangrace90 he’s passionate about toxic masculinity and helping men heal their traumas etc…? Not weird at all, it’s something he truly wants to help fix about the world and it makes perfect sense that he wanted to take on this project.

[@Leslie27275]

We ALL know what this Best Selling Book is About

[@nikitapandey2549]

@@Leslie27275not “ALL”

[@boogerlui]

Justice for Justin!! Blake is being a high school mean girl by icing him out of his own movie press tour

[@lindamay7850]

And no one in the cast ever mentions him in their interviews.

[@rosanneperkins9516]

@@lindamay7850that confuses me. His production company brought it to Sony. He is the director. He seems to bringing to important parts of the film to light. No one else does

[@EhVehLin]

Mhmm just like her bestie Taylor Swift

[@Oceangrace90]

I honest to god believe justin isn't that morally sound. In comparision to the hollycouple, sure ,but my Unpopular opinion is why was this man going around for 2 yrs trying to make a movie out of a book that glamorizes ab*se!?! Evn with so many women raising alarm about the books impact on impressionable mind ever since. It seems he is now trying to do damage control ,but lucky for him blake and ryan are making it easy for him.

[@Model_Roe]

Bruh I stand by Justin idc what anybody says I hope we see more of him he seems like a really sweet guy and he is very handsome

[@sxt4447]

The fact that he’s humbling himself enough to say he, as a man, needed to make sure he stepped to the side and allowed women to come in and guide the intimate scenes in an appropriate way speaks VOLUMES

[@evap.5121]

He needs to play Jesus in a movie. He has a lot of kindness in his eyes and looks how I think he's supposed to look

[@Inkaa1tarot]

@@evap.5121I literally said this when i was watching one of his interviews yesterday! I hope this happens. 🤞🏽

[@bydivadream]

Still feel this way?

[@raissacastillo4468]

@@sxt4447 and you believe what he is saying makes you gullible. He sexually harassed his own employee. Showing pornography to an employee is sexual harassment

[@caribgirl726]

Lol… y’all fell for it. I guess he really is a good actor. He was ‘acting’ in every interview knowing what could possibly come out.

[@ashleyelliott6875]

It’s a huge strength for him to step aside and let females take over in some of the steps during the making of this movie. It’s a strength to understand that a woman’s perspective can be necessary to make a better movie. We need to applaud that. 👏🏼

[@88feji]

He talks nothing but nice things about BL even though she staged a coup to grapple his pet project from him ... I don't understand such generosity, but I have the utmost respect for someone who stays so much calm, restrain and grace under such attacks ....

[@nattitv45]

The way he always wants authenticity and realness in his films and being super intentional about it!! ❤

[@ave-7902]

Now that's professionalism and passion in what you do. I want to see more of Justin Baldoni's work.

[@gabbyjohn737]

Amen!!!

[@aleksandraw5034]

thank you for inviting Justin to do this interview

[@Divinerebel33]

The good hearted always win in the end and Justin is a man of integrity. If you listen to him speak, you can piece it all together. He has said nothing but kind things about everyone. The rest just shunned him out and act like he does not exist. I only heard of this book, this movie, because of him. I admire AND respect him. I am not throwing cancel culture at Blake, but I feel like she owes some sort of statement to redeem Justin. He has WAY more following than she ever expected and she didn’t realize his fans were just as deep as him. We shared his vision. I loved her in age of Adeline. Her interviews were even different then. I’m not sure what happened here but I have hope it’s repairable.

[@EclecticBlues]

He comes over as very modest and genuine, unlike some others associated with the movie.

[@msreal5270]

Starting to think he himself decided to not market with the rest of the cast, he’s too eloquent lol he’d make them look bad😭✋🏾

[@Model_Roe]

lol he makes the rest of them look like a bunch of ditzy bimbos I agree he is the only one who sounds like he really gets it and did not make it a vanity project about himself

[@Nklloa]

I was thinking the same thing !!!!!! 😅😅😅

[@red_ashcroft]

This aged badly...

[@RyanLopez-dp7vs]

It was a great movie!! Justin is GORGEOUS looking forward on seeing him on more movies to come!! Justin did an amazing job at bringing awareness to domestic violence abuse. It's a very real and important issue !! Not a romantic movie but real life drama!!

[@mrsmagoo5710]

Many victims of abuse were offended by the hospital scene where Lilly is saying she wants a divorce while her abusive and controlling husband is holding the baby. The romanticized scene is perceived as dangerously unrealistic. I'd be interested in knowing if there can be happier endings if the work is put in to change.

[@angelisa368]

He seems like such a gem of a guy! So down to earth and sincere. Love him❤

[@nekusakura6748]

His wife is a Lucky woman.

[@StardustAnnE]

Thank you for bringing him and not the rest of the cast that are behaving like some mean girls. He's the one who bought the rights of the book and the only one who tried to represent it as it was a DV movie. But now we know what Blake and Ryan did and how are trying to sink Justin's career because of their power in Hollywood and because they just wanted to cash in with this movie and ofc Put Blake on the spotlight again but guess what? She still Can't Act. And now she's behaving like a meanie and even Insert her Brand in the promotion!! 🥴🥴🥴

[@Leslie27275]

Boloney

[@StardustAnnE]

@@Leslie27275 whatever Blake

[@Dan-u1o]

The rest of the cast are acting like high school mean girls ( and guys )...and clearly the unknown actors are siding with the more famous actor and her husband making a joke out of everything.

[@Model_Roe]

definitely agree except the Reynolds are Hollywood royalty not to mention billionaires from what I heard Colleen was on board with Justin in the beginning and even asked him to be in the movie when he did not want to then all of a sudden when Blake got involved everything went left super messed up because Justin seems like a really nice guy

[@thee792]

Protect this man at all costs

[@leditee]

This man gave Blake too much credit and her head got bigger. 😂

[@Gobble_de_Goop]

Blake lied - there were TWO intimacy coordinators. Blake claimed there were none in her complaint. What a clown she and her hubby are. 😂😂😂

[@mariamaturino3450]

Love the interview!

[@michelleglowala2360]

Diva Blake is trying to ruin this man's career

[@mrsmagoo5710]

I think JB and the Reynolds Family were not a perfect match.

[@xara6945]

No you are wrong...Blake is Ryle. Not lily

[@mfc3553]

Kinda sad he's always alone promoting what the movie is actually about,but maybe that's for the better in his case,no one can misconstrue his intentions.

[@Model_Roe]

He's such a cutie I love him

[@michaela1541]

He's the hottest

[@pinagrrrr2280]

Justin ❤ Discovery of the year ❤ I am afraid Reynolds/Lively hate him and will pushed him out of every oportunity he might would have

[@nutellasammich9964]

Throughout all this and everything I’ve seen , I personally feel like this is a situation where Blake; (who is obviously more famous compared to Jason) felt like she had more experience in film and maybe felt like she could take control and direct some things , and when Jason, someone who is not as popular as Blake, would try to direct (as the director and man who purchased the rights to the book should🙄) , she maybe thought she could talk over him or take control.. seems like an abuse of power difference and popularity.. Then, all the other crowd following crew and author, just sided with her because of her status Jason is handling all this with so much class. And the way he talks positive about Blake despite whatever is going on and also shedding light to DV issues - is enough evidence to show, who the real problem was. A director who keeps it professional. You can just tell this man is a MAN. Blake just seems like an immature bully.

[@gabbyjohn737]

I agree!

[@wilfreddale764]

Like if you think Blake can’t act

[@ml_betrue2792]

Honestly, the birth scene did look pretty real bc the baby was so young!!

[@nk3582]

I bet he regrets casting Blake

[@adrienneclarke3953]

Hopefully, he earnt enough from this film that any sort of Hollywood ban won't impact him too much.

[@nk3582]

@adrienneclarke3953 omg. Yes I'm not sure my comment aged well.

[@armandoucles5346]

Shout out to Justin Baldoni!!! Awesome guy, respectful and full of class.

[@rosieroro714]

God, hiring Blake must be the biggest regret of his life…hang in there Justin.

[@retrogal1520]

Justice for Justin

[@Cheezpopcorn]

Sadly, the perceived rich and young power couple doesn't realize that the next power couple is waiting in the wings to take thwir place. No need to be cruel. If I see this movie, it would be to support him ONLY.

[@Model_Roe]

The Reynolds can go kick rocks lol I stand behind Justin and I hope we see more of him he is a cutie

[@lauralarrabee7870]

Never understood why Reynolds is so popular. I don’t get the appeal. I could go to LA or West Hollywood and find them a dime a dozen. For the longest time thought he was Dane Cook. As both men are foul mouthed abrasive and uncharismatic and unattractive. Justin in contrast is gracious, classy and a gentleman.

[@iriskeniafernandez5647]

Blake Must be going through something to be blowing it this bad.

[@sandragirlovan7570]

OK KING

[@aytac007]

i think that the movies where their is friction between the actors makes the movie better, im not sure why this happens, but it alsways seems to. kim basinger and mickey rourke hated each other and they made that iconic movie 9 and half weeks, that is an alltime great movie.

[@a.h.6461]

So Blake says there was no intimacy coordinator until she wanted one.

[@philippemedia6536]

yup very sus

[@suesweeney7536]

He just verified that as it was after strike that meeting happened and intimacy co ordinator started which is what is in her documents

[@devoted2jc]

@@suesweeney7536 nope there was one before and she didn't want to meet them. All in his documents

[@misscomment8025]

Justice for Justin! Blake seems rude arrogant and disrespectful.

[@cynthiawagstaff2185]

he said it…how to get the directors vision to the actors….its what fascinates me about film making!

[@PS-rd3tm]

He is such a great and humble guy, sad he does not get more credits for this film, and he cares about the fact that dv is an important issue in this film unlike Blake who does not want to speak about the dv subject

[@EricaLuke-b7y]

It seems so obvious to agree with Justin? Why do you think the cast is taking Blake’s side?

[@sunnyday_lemonbars]

bc she's the popular girl

[@isla7blue]

Money, influence and contacts for future jobs

[@duchess_megan]

4:13 Aged like milk

[@capybara6810]

He's amazing but got one thing wrong, imo Blake cannot act that well. I also don't simpatize with her, she gives me 'high school mean girl' vibe, if she had much talent I would give her the credit tho.

[@ellebell9139]

I hated how much they kissed the baby in the movie.....i would never let some strangers kiss my newborn, they may have HSV or anything else .... Yuck

[@mittu1814]

the ttheatre is falling and they did stunt....they are both ACTORS. I was in a DV for about 13 yrs, seems off.

[@LXS1303]

What a LIE that there weren't intimacy coordinators. Mr Baldoni seems to be very intelligent and hardworking. May he continue to reap success and not be brought down by the bullies.

[@Leslie27275]

He admits he, The Director, took a step back and let the women DO his job.

[@5hineeisforever]

Yup he admitted he stepped back and let those women (ehem co-star ehem) lead on those intimacy scenes plus still having two intimacy coordinators, yet they tried (but failed) to accuse him of stepping over the line making the "woman" feel uncomfortable, GIVEN that she mainly coordinated it. 👀 See the contrast there?

[@gabbyjohn737]

They should have let him be in control.

[@rahulvig5298]

No wonder Blake Lively gels well with Taylor Swift. 😶..

[@sco1529]

Swifties.pretend they don't dox and bully people.

[@ZimskiForever]

FASCINATING that Justing had paid $175k on a smear campaign against Blake when this interview happened.

[@sco1529]

Mrs Deadpool will be spending millions to trash him, his hiring a PR to just survive was actually smart. I support Justin.

[@Nimbus2000s]

@@sco1529 he hired johnny depp lawyer and a pr team to make a smear campaign to survive what? the sexualassault lawsuit.

[@ZimskiForever]

@@sco1529 Baldoni brought this on all by himself.

[@melissareece8656]

​@@ZimskiForeverbe interesting to see how this all plays out. Its not lookin so good for Blake right now...jus sayin. Either way, shes krytonite now. She'll never work again in anything she doesnt personally bankroll herself

[@LoriCulwell]

Wow. This aged poorly.

[@sco1529]

How? It seems fine to me. He seems to talk about her as a mature adult whereas she couldn't talk about him nicely at all. It's clear she wanted to direct the film and even got her cut of the film made into the movie. I think she insulted him and made everyone chose her over him.

[@LoriCulwell]

@ Have you seen the news? She’s suing him for sexual harassment on the set, and there is a ton of evidence. He engaged in a smear campaign against her to try to cover it up. It’s really bad.

[@sco1529]

@@LoriCulwell You meant to say a ton of allegations, instead of evidence.

[@pinkteddy21]

Wow. This comment aged poorly.

[@LoriCulwell]

@ You are totally right! Now I don’t know what to believe! Who even knows what happened on that set.

[@Oceangrace90]

The book is the problem in the first place, glamorizing unhealthy relationship dynamic. Why did this man have the vision of wanting to see this on the big screen?!!

[@erinlee5936]

That's his advocacy. He's been advocating awareness about DV and how to help those who experienced DV. He is aware that the book is problematic - that's why he wanted to shed light on the issues.

[@kristen7948]

He is renowned for tackling the tough stuff through art. The documentary My Last Days is lifechanging. Clouds is about cancer and Five Feet apart is dying from Cystic Fibrosis.

[@aleksandrac9335]

This!

[@aleksandrac9335]

​@@erinlee5936 so why did he choose the worst book for that?

[@raissacastillo4468]

He is not a nice person. Glad he is now exposed. Sexual harassment, and extortion is part of his personality. No one should ever feel intimidated or harassed at their job especially under contract.

[@isla7blue]

we now know about the misconduct and by agreeing to her requests, he kind of admits to it. But what extortion are you talking about? Because the one trying to get something now ( extortion) is not him

[@isla7blue]

from what has being shared to the public this week, he kind of admits to his misconduct by agreeing to her demands. But what extortion are you talking about? The one who is asking something now ( extortion, right) is not him?

[@sco1529]

It's so funny how the court of public opinion is still against Blake. Prove your allegations. There is hundreds of hours of footage of the project, find me the proof that there was harassment. Her allegations are not being believed by the people. Nice try.

[@raissacastillo4468]

@@isla7blue someone threatens to harm or damage someone's reputation or property unless they pay money or comply with their demands. He’s a extortionist. And you are one trying to damage the reputation of a person that has been a victim of sexual harassment in her job

[@nutinliket2498]

The fact that now we know what REALLY happened and he was simply in a planned campaign to smear Blake makes this all the more CRINGY, just like JENNIFER ABEL describes him in her texts as pompous self centered just bad human being, that wrote " I want to bury her" a woman while professing to give a CRAP about DV

[@sof34]

How was he smearing Blake in this video? He's simply explaining how the intimacy scenes were handled behind the scenes.

[@laurabobo674]

Now we know he's not at all as he seems. He was a menace on this set towards Blake Lively. And when she complained, he began a PR campaign against her that nearly worked in dragging down her career. Thank God she was brave enough to follow a complaint against him to bring his hypocrisy to light. Kudos to her for staying with her role in the face of his abuse, because ironically, she wanted this film about abuse to see the light of day. Bravo Blake Lively.

[@sco1529]

No, now we don't all know. From everything I have seen from all their interviews and behind the scenes footage it's far from crystal clear that he did anything to sexually harass Mrs. Deadpool. I don't believe her allegations.

[@angelicabarb6974]

Wow, you’re easily brainwashed. You haven’t heard the whole story yet. The truth is somewhere in between.

[@kristina4395]

She lied in her complaint multiple times

[@SkyMist227]

This did not age well

[@pinkteddy21]

This comment did not age well

[@WhitLin31]

This aged poorly

[@annamoreau4068]

Everyone should go watch old interviews with him and his wife. He controls the narrative, he is so manipulative and has ALL the signs of being a narcissist.

[@NewAgeNewLife]

Absolutely, he has narcissistic personality disorder. I feel sorry for his wife, in fact I suspect she might be highly sensitive person and unfortunately such people often fall prey to narcissists…

[@Mclarex]

He invented the humble-brag. “Just because I wrote the book on masculinity, doesn’t mean I’m not a work in progress.” CRINGE

[@shortyp1000]

Sure. Funny how since his lawsuit you haven't come to see how ridiculous you sound.

[@arimax888]

lol no matter how much you want it, that does not PROVE blake was saying the truth!! the irony is that you claim he's manipulative as if blake & ryan isn't!! instead of being humble & apologizing like Anne Hathway she CHOSE to do this to try fix her image. Dude, unless justin has time traveling machine & made blake be a b*tch in her past interviews & work+befriend known sex abusers like Woody allen & Weinstine then I suggest you stop being delusional & do your research!!

[@Denialisadeepriver]

😆 narcissist? Are we talking about RR and how he did that weird uncomfortable “interview” with Atlas? JB is a confident man, and his wife loves that about him. Don’t confuse confidence and narcissism. He doesn’t need to throw himself onto everyone like RR to feel something. Why don’t you speak on how beautiful the love story of RR and BL is.. how he was married to Scarlett Johanson and on a movie set with BL.. magically he got a divorce and instantly they are together … 😂 sound like a couple of stand up people.

[@Oceangrace90]

I honest to god believe justin isn't that morally sound. In comparision to the hollycouple, sure ,but my Unpopular opinion is why was this man going around for 2 yrs trying to make a movie out of a book that glamorizes ab*se!?! Evn with so many women raising alarm about the books impact on impressionable mind ever since. It seems he is now trying to do damage control ,but lucky for him blake and ryan are making it easy for him.

[@Model_Roe]

because his wife was a huge fan of the books dont be dense and go educate yourself

[@Coco-c5s]

Why are you posting this everywhere multiple times??

[@RyanLopez-dp7vs]

He was amazing and he is bringing awareness. Domestic abuse is no joke. Women have died at the hands of their abusers. He is very serious on the subject of domestic violence!!!

[@laurenknicely9832]

I think he's got a podcast called "man enough" where they talk about toxic masculinity and such... It sounds like one of his purposes in life is shedding light on that and trying to steer men in a positive direction. I suppose this story could be part of that - a commentary on how not to be a man

[@mfc3553]

Did you even bother to look up why? No,dismissed.

[@Mclarex]

What made Justin Baldoni think it was appropriate to use a 14 day old baby on his toxic set? The fact that it was screaming its head off is very disturbing.. A true professional, and just a halfway decent person, would NOT have used a real baby. There are endless layers to this man’s toxicity.

[@mrsmagoo5710]

Even younger newborns have been used in productions in the past.

[@kristina4395]

Youre just talking to try to find something negative. Ok Karen.

[@nairobisantiago1870]

You're reaching so hard rn. Its literally actually not disturbing. He is a true professional and you're just being vile and biased.

[@Mclarex]

@@kristina4395 would you let your newborn be used on a set and be happy to see it screaming its head off? It’s “Karen” now to care about the treatment of babies and children in a notoriously toxic industry and environment . Ok then 👍 at least he admitted how nurturing Blake was. Maybe he could learn from her.

[@kristina4395]

​@@Mclarex ok Karen 😂

[@iFreeGuy2099]

Blake just ruined Ryan's possible future projects. Kevin Feige definitely gonna regret after knowing the actual hidden meaning of Deadpool's dialogues. He will hesitate next time accepting any words from Ryan. Deadpool got doomed IRL.