WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.480 --> 00:00:06.960 Welcome to Buns and Banter, a podcast buy work Busties 2 00:00:07.240 --> 00:00:11.240 for work Busties. Hey, I'm Lauren and I'm Ali. We're 3 00:00:11.279 --> 00:00:13.240 both morning show hosts for iHeartMedia. 4 00:00:13.560 --> 00:00:16.640 We're both millennials. 5 00:00:16.079 --> 00:00:18.199 And we're both trying to figure out how to build 6 00:00:18.239 --> 00:00:22.879 the lives we dream about, dating, marriage, career, career and 7 00:00:22.960 --> 00:00:23.519 being a mom. 8 00:00:23.679 --> 00:00:25.399 How to get through a week without crying. 9 00:00:25.640 --> 00:00:26.719 Welcome to Buns and Banter. 10 00:00:27.280 --> 00:00:28.160 We're glad you're here. 11 00:00:28.320 --> 00:00:30.399 Okay, first of all. 12 00:00:30.280 --> 00:00:34.479 Wow, how many blonds does it take to put the 13 00:00:34.679 --> 00:00:38.240 water chuck on the water cooler. It's my favorite job though, 14 00:00:38.320 --> 00:00:42.439 of my I mean, we don't really have responsibilities and 15 00:00:42.479 --> 00:00:45.520 duties here, yeah, but it is. It's my favorite thing 16 00:00:45.520 --> 00:00:48.079 to do here is put the water on the thing. Really, 17 00:00:48.079 --> 00:00:50.000 I didn't know you did that at least on our floor, 18 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:51.719 not on this floor, you miss. 19 00:00:52.119 --> 00:00:54.759 We are like, I'm kind of hard breathing because we've 20 00:00:54.759 --> 00:00:57.039 got those I don't know who at Gordon Water. Shout 21 00:00:57.079 --> 00:00:57.759 out to Gordon. 22 00:00:57.560 --> 00:00:59.359 Water, Shout out to Gordon Water. Well, I'm sure is 23 00:00:59.399 --> 00:01:00.439 nothing as high draded. 24 00:01:00.759 --> 00:01:03.039 Not aware that the thingy is kind of broken, So 25 00:01:03.079 --> 00:01:06.000 we just pulled the giant drum of water onto it 26 00:01:06.040 --> 00:01:07.680 to realize that the spagets weren't working, so all of 27 00:01:07.719 --> 00:01:10.120 a sudden, the thing just started spewing out water. And 28 00:01:10.159 --> 00:01:11.879 we don't like to leave a mess because we're kind. 29 00:01:12.920 --> 00:01:13.719 So here we are. 30 00:01:15.439 --> 00:01:17.959 Dirty sink water because that was a hard piece of 31 00:01:17.959 --> 00:01:20.000 water to get that it's not great, which they have 32 00:01:20.120 --> 00:01:22.799 told us repeatedly not to drink because they don't know 33 00:01:22.840 --> 00:01:24.400 what these pipes are made of. And this is an 34 00:01:24.439 --> 00:01:26.840 extremely old building. So we're just we're taking our life 35 00:01:26.879 --> 00:01:27.760 in our hands today. 36 00:01:27.879 --> 00:01:31.680 Goal Wait, theer's crossed. I guess some kind of tapeworm. 37 00:01:31.840 --> 00:01:34.480 I've never met someone who wants to get cholera as 38 00:01:34.560 --> 00:01:34.959 much as you. 39 00:01:36.280 --> 00:01:38.480 It's not colera now, I'm all I'm nervous about the TV. 40 00:01:39.200 --> 00:01:40.959 Make it it's way into Michigan, and I just know 41 00:01:41.040 --> 00:01:44.400 my medical anomaly self. I've already I had whooping cough 42 00:01:44.400 --> 00:01:46.719 in November if y'all missed it, I am an absolute 43 00:01:46.840 --> 00:01:48.879 Laura Ingles Wilder in present day. 44 00:01:48.959 --> 00:01:50.879 Would you like to know a fun fact about TB 45 00:01:51.359 --> 00:01:53.560 tuberculos as I assume we're talking about right. 46 00:01:53.719 --> 00:01:55.040 Please give me the fun fast. 47 00:01:55.239 --> 00:01:59.120 So do you know why Adirondack chairs are called Adirondack 48 00:01:59.200 --> 00:02:04.359 chairs because they would take TB patients to the Adirondack 49 00:02:04.480 --> 00:02:07.599 Mountains when they were sick, and that they would sit 50 00:02:07.719 --> 00:02:11.120 them on those chairs outside in the fresh air to 51 00:02:11.199 --> 00:02:16.800 recuperate and heal. So aday chairs. I know there's a 52 00:02:16.800 --> 00:02:18.599 few pieces of info in there. I miss it so 53 00:02:19.520 --> 00:02:22.840 high level. That's the things you learn on buns and banter. 54 00:02:23.240 --> 00:02:25.280 Oh shoot, if that's gonna give me a trip to 55 00:02:25.280 --> 00:02:26.520 the mountains where I just have to sit on my 56 00:02:26.520 --> 00:02:29.719 ass and breathe, come on into my lung I don't. 57 00:02:29.840 --> 00:02:31.800 I mean like I don't want the TB, but I'll 58 00:02:31.800 --> 00:02:33.199 take the time away. 59 00:02:33.800 --> 00:02:36.280 Oh my god, I feel I just feel very out 60 00:02:36.280 --> 00:02:39.560 of sorts today. First we had the water situation. Now 61 00:02:39.560 --> 00:02:41.759 we're talking TB, which I just feel like my lungs 62 00:02:42.000 --> 00:02:45.680 love inviting a good illness. And I have to tell 63 00:02:45.680 --> 00:02:47.680 you real quick because I feel like this is a PSA. 64 00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:51.960 If you have bougie appliances. So I have a washer, 65 00:02:52.039 --> 00:02:53.520 and this is so new to me because I've never 66 00:02:53.560 --> 00:02:56.199 had nice new things like that. H So we have 67 00:02:56.199 --> 00:02:58.919 a new washer and dryer. Maybe yours does this if 68 00:02:58.960 --> 00:03:02.319 you like it with a really big load, right, I'm 69 00:03:02.360 --> 00:03:05.840 trying to get all my clothes done. That's right. Take 70 00:03:05.879 --> 00:03:09.680 the innuendo as you will. So I've got a big 71 00:03:09.719 --> 00:03:13.120 load in there. And apparently as one does as one does, 72 00:03:13.599 --> 00:03:15.879 I do not separate colors that do not do anything 73 00:03:15.960 --> 00:03:19.360 adult like that. I'm a glorified child throwing clothes in there. 74 00:03:19.960 --> 00:03:22.080 So I was so responsible. I'm like, I'm going to 75 00:03:22.120 --> 00:03:24.039 do this tonight. That way i have everything ready for 76 00:03:24.039 --> 00:03:25.840 work tomorrow, and I can put things in the dryer 77 00:03:25.879 --> 00:03:27.919 and have warm pants for work, which is my favorite. 78 00:03:28.000 --> 00:03:34.280 Ooh yeah. Sometime overnight the AI washer decided it was 79 00:03:34.479 --> 00:03:37.400 not it was off balance, so it shuts the cycle 80 00:03:37.479 --> 00:03:40.159 down and then it's like, hey, and Lizia. So this 81 00:03:40.240 --> 00:03:42.919 morning I went to get nice warm pants or put 82 00:03:42.960 --> 00:03:45.360 them in the dryer, and it was like, oh, hello, 83 00:03:46.080 --> 00:03:50.080 could you just open the lid and redistribute the clothes 84 00:03:50.120 --> 00:03:51.840 and the washing cycle will continue. 85 00:03:52.840 --> 00:03:55.479 We put a man on the moon and our washing 86 00:03:55.560 --> 00:04:00.240 machine the moon can't figure out how to recalibrate and reorganize. 87 00:04:00.960 --> 00:04:03.479 And I'm going on vacation, so I wanted everything clean. 88 00:04:03.599 --> 00:04:07.319 So it was everything I own. So today I'm wearing 89 00:04:07.400 --> 00:04:11.639 leggings from college. I found a treetops shirt that says, 90 00:04:11.759 --> 00:04:16.120 keep Calman, head up north and I put on a scarf. 91 00:04:16.279 --> 00:04:18.600 I think this belonged to an old roommate of mine 92 00:04:18.600 --> 00:04:20.120 to try and pull the look together. 93 00:04:20.279 --> 00:04:22.519 You look amazing, So I'm just feeling very off. 94 00:04:22.560 --> 00:04:25.000 If you're watching YouTube right now, I promise that I 95 00:04:25.120 --> 00:04:27.480 probably would wear something like this, but this is really 96 00:04:27.480 --> 00:04:30.439 low key for me. This was this was AI's fault. 97 00:04:30.480 --> 00:04:31.560 That's what I'm blaming it on. 98 00:04:31.639 --> 00:04:32.439 You look cute today. 99 00:04:33.519 --> 00:04:35.720 I feel these like I don't know where I got these, 100 00:04:35.759 --> 00:04:37.720 but they go all the way up to like my boobs. 101 00:04:37.800 --> 00:04:40.519 That's my favorite kinds. Oh, that's my favorite kind. 102 00:04:40.680 --> 00:04:42.079 No that high? 103 00:04:42.319 --> 00:04:42.680 Yeah? 104 00:04:43.480 --> 00:04:47.240 Oh god, I feel like I should have like an 105 00:04:47.279 --> 00:04:49.879 afghan across my lap and be sitting on the davenport 106 00:04:49.920 --> 00:04:52.839 because I'm one hundred and five years old. They're like 107 00:04:52.879 --> 00:04:55.279 old man pants. I'm just having I'm having a time today. 108 00:04:55.360 --> 00:04:57.519 This is I'm excited we were able to pod because 109 00:04:57.519 --> 00:05:01.199 otherwise it's just going nowhere. 110 00:05:02.199 --> 00:05:06.480 But you're at it for some vacae, some warmer temperatures. Yes, 111 00:05:06.839 --> 00:05:09.279 so you know what, you don't even have to worry 112 00:05:09.319 --> 00:05:13.040 about leggings or long sleeves or vests or scarfs where 113 00:05:13.040 --> 00:05:13.480 you're going. 114 00:05:13.680 --> 00:05:16.120 That's true. Good for you, Thank you so much. That 115 00:05:16.240 --> 00:05:20.199 was absolutely planned. But I'm excited what we're gonna do 116 00:05:20.319 --> 00:05:22.759 today because this was all your idea and I think 117 00:05:22.800 --> 00:05:23.839 it was a really good one. 118 00:05:23.920 --> 00:05:26.399 Well, I just you know what tipped me over the 119 00:05:26.480 --> 00:05:30.120 edge because I've been following the Blake Lively Justin Baldoni 120 00:05:30.360 --> 00:05:34.399 lawsuit woo that pertains to the movie It Ends with Us, 121 00:05:34.680 --> 00:05:37.480 which is based off a book written by Colleen Hoover. 122 00:05:38.199 --> 00:05:40.800 And we talked about the book, and you have the book, 123 00:05:40.839 --> 00:05:42.639 but you didn't read it. I did read you did 124 00:05:42.720 --> 00:05:45.199 I've read the book. Yeah, okay, okay, we can get 125 00:05:45.199 --> 00:05:48.160 into that in a little bit. But I mean, this 126 00:05:48.240 --> 00:05:50.800 is just like so fascinating to me because it has 127 00:05:50.879 --> 00:05:52.959 been such a shit show from the very beginning. 128 00:05:53.439 --> 00:05:56.279 So and the beginning is it feels to me like 129 00:05:56.920 --> 00:05:58.879 months and months and months and months ago. And I 130 00:05:58.879 --> 00:06:00.800 guess when you talk the press tour, but the legal 131 00:06:00.839 --> 00:06:04.399 side of this is only like a few weeks old. Really, 132 00:06:04.439 --> 00:06:06.040 it's like mid December. 133 00:06:05.519 --> 00:06:09.319 And this is going to drag on for years because 134 00:06:09.319 --> 00:06:11.279 one of the things that they're really worried about is 135 00:06:11.279 --> 00:06:13.560 that this is going to a jury trial. I'll give 136 00:06:13.560 --> 00:06:15.839 you a background of the lawsuit here or the several 137 00:06:15.879 --> 00:06:18.519 lawsuits here in just a second. But one of the 138 00:06:18.519 --> 00:06:21.360 things that I saw today was that they're worried about 139 00:06:21.439 --> 00:06:24.279 all of the coverage tainting the jury pool. And I 140 00:06:24.439 --> 00:06:26.399 was like, I can't believe that they are going to 141 00:06:26.439 --> 00:06:28.120 have a jury trial for this. 142 00:06:28.920 --> 00:06:32.600 It's wild. And I've never heard a half gag order, 143 00:06:33.079 --> 00:06:35.839 which was what So they were in front of a 144 00:06:35.959 --> 00:06:40.040 district judge in Manhattan yesterday and at the same time, 145 00:06:40.120 --> 00:06:41.839 and I feel like we hear this every time there's 146 00:06:41.839 --> 00:06:44.600 a new piece of news. Both sides considered it a 147 00:06:44.680 --> 00:06:48.120 victory weird, and I just I agree with you. I 148 00:06:48.120 --> 00:06:50.360 don't know how you could possibly sit people that have 149 00:06:50.439 --> 00:06:53.240 never heard about this, unless you're talking all boomers. 150 00:06:53.160 --> 00:06:58.600 Like yeah, my oldest sister texted me last week and 151 00:06:58.639 --> 00:07:01.279 she said, Okay, I have I've seen enough of this 152 00:07:01.560 --> 00:07:05.199 Justin Baldoni, Blake Lively, shit, now I need someone to 153 00:07:05.279 --> 00:07:07.720 sort through it all and explain it to me like 154 00:07:07.800 --> 00:07:11.319 I'm five. And I was like, okay, Well, it's it's 155 00:07:11.360 --> 00:07:14.000 a lot to keep up with. Yeah, it's day by 156 00:07:14.079 --> 00:07:17.199 day updates. So if you're not familiar, here's the background. 157 00:07:17.319 --> 00:07:20.639 Justin Baldoni directed and co starred with Blake Lively. This 158 00:07:20.680 --> 00:07:22.759 is from Forbes, so I feel like that's pretty credible. 159 00:07:22.800 --> 00:07:23.600 That's a credible source. 160 00:07:23.720 --> 00:07:25.879 I tried to look for something that wasn't like the 161 00:07:25.920 --> 00:07:28.920 Globe or the Post or like US Weekly or something, 162 00:07:30.000 --> 00:07:33.959 but Justin Baldoni directed and co starred with Blake Lively. 163 00:07:34.199 --> 00:07:37.000 It Ends with Us, the movie adaptation of Colleen Hoover's 164 00:07:37.000 --> 00:07:42.480 best selling book, which was released last August. Now disclaimer, 165 00:07:42.959 --> 00:07:44.959 I have not seen the movie. I don't plan to 166 00:07:44.959 --> 00:07:47.519 see the movie. Same I have not read the book. 167 00:07:47.600 --> 00:07:48.959 I don't plan to read the book. 168 00:07:49.680 --> 00:07:50.959 You have read the book. 169 00:07:51.600 --> 00:07:55.519 Rumors of a rift developing between Lively and Baldoni during 170 00:07:55.560 --> 00:07:58.519 post production began to emerge around the movie's release so 171 00:07:58.560 --> 00:08:01.319 in August, and they were further funeral during the film's 172 00:08:01.399 --> 00:08:05.079 press tour when Blake Lively appeared to avoid mention of 173 00:08:05.199 --> 00:08:09.279 him in interviews, which was like kind of glaring. Speculation 174 00:08:09.360 --> 00:08:12.439 emerged that there were disputes over creative control, and sources 175 00:08:12.439 --> 00:08:15.879 told TMC Baldoni had fat shamed her by inquiring about 176 00:08:15.879 --> 00:08:18.600 her weight, telling an onset trainer he wanted to avoid 177 00:08:18.639 --> 00:08:22.279 injury while lifting her up in the movie. Baldoni and 178 00:08:22.319 --> 00:08:25.439 Lively were never photographed together when they were promoting the movie, 179 00:08:25.680 --> 00:08:29.720 Rumors of the feud grew, and Baldoni hired Melissa Nathan, 180 00:08:29.839 --> 00:08:34.639 a crisis pr manager who represented Johnny Depp, Oh, that's right, 181 00:08:34.799 --> 00:08:39.360 in his defamation case against ex wife Amberhard. According to 182 00:08:39.559 --> 00:08:44.080 texts published by The New York Times, Nathan suggested plans 183 00:08:44.159 --> 00:08:49.519 including quote full social takedowns by creating threads of theories 184 00:08:49.840 --> 00:08:53.799 and planting pieces in the media of how horrible Blake 185 00:08:53.960 --> 00:08:56.960 is to work with. That was like the beginning of this, 186 00:08:57.200 --> 00:08:59.360 and I feel like that's when everybody kind of started 187 00:08:59.440 --> 00:09:03.919 rallying around Blake, being like, this guy is a menace. 188 00:09:05.240 --> 00:09:08.840 While Lively said the alleged smear campaign had caused severe 189 00:09:08.879 --> 00:09:11.480 emotional distress for her and her family. She's married to 190 00:09:11.559 --> 00:09:13.639 Ryan Reynolds in case you didn't know, I think they 191 00:09:13.639 --> 00:09:18.000 have four kids, three or four, prompting her to back 192 00:09:18.039 --> 00:09:21.519 out of hosting the SNL Season fifty premiere. 193 00:09:22.559 --> 00:09:23.440 Oh, I didn't know that. 194 00:09:23.960 --> 00:09:24.360 Hmmm. 195 00:09:25.120 --> 00:09:27.440 See, it's like something's fall through the cracks because there's 196 00:09:27.519 --> 00:09:29.320 just so much of it. 197 00:09:30.120 --> 00:09:34.320 Yeah, so I've got like the timeline here, I'm going 198 00:09:34.360 --> 00:09:38.600 to run you through it. This starts February. No, this 199 00:09:38.799 --> 00:09:43.960 is up until now February third, so this starts months 200 00:09:44.000 --> 00:09:45.279 and months and months ago. 201 00:09:47.279 --> 00:09:50.320 It's it's wild. And I remember the first time doing 202 00:09:50.360 --> 00:09:54.000 this in my celeb scoop on my shows was really 203 00:09:55.279 --> 00:09:58.559 the New York Times article because we'd heard rumors. But 204 00:09:58.559 --> 00:10:00.399 then you had the New York Times article and you're like, 205 00:10:00.440 --> 00:10:04.000 oh wow, just like you said, people start rallying all this. 206 00:10:04.759 --> 00:10:06.799 Baldoni immediately comes out and he's like, this is not 207 00:10:06.840 --> 00:10:09.000 what it seems. Then you start to have co stars 208 00:10:09.039 --> 00:10:12.279 from other projects they've worked on that get involved, other 209 00:10:12.679 --> 00:10:16.200 Gossip Girl alums that didn't have great things to say. 210 00:10:15.919 --> 00:10:19.759 And see, that is the social media effect right now. 211 00:10:20.039 --> 00:10:23.840 Celebrities are taking a more humanized approach to social media 212 00:10:23.879 --> 00:10:26.720 where they're just like us and they talk about stuff 213 00:10:26.720 --> 00:10:28.840 that we talk about on social media. So you had 214 00:10:28.879 --> 00:10:32.200 all of these celebrities kind of coming to her defense 215 00:10:32.320 --> 00:10:35.399 and like rallying around her. But then also you had 216 00:10:35.399 --> 00:10:38.080 the ones that were like, I don't know, I haven't 217 00:10:38.120 --> 00:10:41.600 had the best experience with her in the past. 218 00:10:41.919 --> 00:10:46.480 Oh my gosh. That fuels it. And then you've got 219 00:10:46.480 --> 00:10:50.600 the Times article and then what the next big thing 220 00:10:50.879 --> 00:10:56.279 is that then she files her lawsuit that was two 221 00:10:56.320 --> 00:11:00.399 point fifty two hundred and fifty million dollars. 222 00:11:00.799 --> 00:11:06.200 Yeah, yeah, and uh, I'm curious. I did not look 223 00:11:06.240 --> 00:11:07.919 this up, but I would like to know how much 224 00:11:08.000 --> 00:11:11.679 the movie made, because oh, that's a good point I heard. Again, 225 00:11:11.720 --> 00:11:13.679 I have not seen the movie, but I have not 226 00:11:13.879 --> 00:11:17.960 heard glowing reviews on the quality of the film. 227 00:11:18.559 --> 00:11:21.200 And this is really you're doing a lovely job, because 228 00:11:21.200 --> 00:11:23.840 there was like, did this press tour all wrong? She 229 00:11:23.919 --> 00:11:26.279 was like promoting her wardrobe and her hair care products 230 00:11:26.320 --> 00:11:28.759 and things like that. There were so many other like 231 00:11:28.840 --> 00:11:31.720 tangents off of this stuff. Yeah, every day it was 232 00:11:31.759 --> 00:11:32.679 something like that. 233 00:11:32.879 --> 00:11:35.799 Like around the time of the It Ends with Us premiere, 234 00:11:36.200 --> 00:11:40.200 Blake Lively was the subject of intense criticism online targeting 235 00:11:40.279 --> 00:11:42.320 how she promoted the film. And we all saw the 236 00:11:42.320 --> 00:11:45.720 press tour, right, yeah, we the press tour was a disaster. 237 00:11:46.399 --> 00:11:48.919 You could tell that every time she did press about 238 00:11:48.919 --> 00:11:51.840 this movie, she was agitated. She was irritated. She was 239 00:11:51.919 --> 00:11:54.440 taking it out on the people that were interviewing her. 240 00:11:54.559 --> 00:11:56.519 Like it just there was something going on and you 241 00:11:56.519 --> 00:11:58.639 could definitely tell, but we didn't know if it was 242 00:11:58.639 --> 00:12:02.039 pertaining to the movie retaining to her personal life or 243 00:12:02.120 --> 00:12:06.840 possibly something else. The opportune release of her hair care 244 00:12:06.960 --> 00:12:11.080 line and other behaviors were like a huge talking point 245 00:12:11.120 --> 00:12:13.039 of the things that she was promoting in this film 246 00:12:13.080 --> 00:12:16.480 that just seemed like a movie about domestic violence. Yeah, 247 00:12:16.600 --> 00:12:18.919 I don't know that this is necessarily your jumping off 248 00:12:18.960 --> 00:12:20.840 point for launching your hair care brand. 249 00:12:20.919 --> 00:12:23.519 And not having seen the movie, but having read the book. 250 00:12:24.600 --> 00:12:28.679 I mean, the entire thing is domestic violence. It's not 251 00:12:29.039 --> 00:12:32.080 you know, building up to one big moment where she has, 252 00:12:32.320 --> 00:12:34.879 you know, clarification about what's going on, and she has 253 00:12:34.879 --> 00:12:38.679 this epiphany. The entire thing is about this really serious 254 00:12:38.720 --> 00:12:39.399 subject matter. 255 00:12:39.679 --> 00:12:43.759 And in one promotional video, she encourages the audience to quote, 256 00:12:43.879 --> 00:12:47.759 grab your friends, wear your florals, and head out to 257 00:12:47.840 --> 00:12:55.279 see the movie, which was pretty instantly criticized because of 258 00:12:55.440 --> 00:12:58.600 I mean, first of all, her tone. People were pissed 259 00:12:58.639 --> 00:13:01.480 that she was like trying to sort of pass this 260 00:13:01.639 --> 00:13:05.080 off as some like feel good girls night out chick 261 00:13:05.120 --> 00:13:09.279 flick like no, and then people also claim she was 262 00:13:09.279 --> 00:13:12.240 attempting to promote the movie as a light hearted love story, 263 00:13:12.600 --> 00:13:14.840 cheapening the serious take on domestic abuse. 264 00:13:15.120 --> 00:13:17.200 I mean, I was told when I posted that I 265 00:13:17.200 --> 00:13:19.679 was reading that book last year. I had multiple women 266 00:13:19.759 --> 00:13:22.200 DM me and go, it's really great, but here's your 267 00:13:22.200 --> 00:13:25.840 trigger warning. That's how intense the book is. 268 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:30.039 Yeah, and then Baldoni took a completely different approach to 269 00:13:30.080 --> 00:13:32.960 promoting the movie. He was very serious, like from the beginning, 270 00:13:33.039 --> 00:13:35.759 he was very quiet, he was very demure when he 271 00:13:35.840 --> 00:13:38.759 was doing press and on carpets, which they never did together. 272 00:13:40.279 --> 00:13:45.159 They never did anything together, and Baldoni was praised for 273 00:13:45.240 --> 00:13:47.799 how he handled the promotion of the movie. Lively was 274 00:13:47.840 --> 00:13:50.879 also criticized for seeming to promote her newly launched hair 275 00:13:50.879 --> 00:13:53.919 care line, Blake Brown, off the back of the film. 276 00:13:54.159 --> 00:13:56.279 It was later revealed that the two were never supposed 277 00:13:56.279 --> 00:13:58.639 to launch at the same time, So what happened there? 278 00:13:58.759 --> 00:13:59.519 Oh, that's interesting. 279 00:14:00.039 --> 00:14:03.120 Duction delayed caused by the Hollywood strikes in twenty twenty 280 00:14:03.200 --> 00:14:05.960 three also pushed the premiere of the movie, and it 281 00:14:06.039 --> 00:14:09.159 coincided with the predetermined launch date of the brand. So 282 00:14:09.320 --> 00:14:12.279 it just seems like they weren't supposed to launch at 283 00:14:12.279 --> 00:14:14.879 the same time, but then the Hollywood strikes, so then 284 00:14:14.879 --> 00:14:17.120 they had to launch at the same time. Push the 285 00:14:17.200 --> 00:14:19.240 launch back, push the launch back. 286 00:14:19.960 --> 00:14:20.519 You know what, I mean. 287 00:14:21.600 --> 00:14:24.799 Lively was also criticized for her reaction to an interviewer 288 00:14:24.879 --> 00:14:28.039 in a resurfaced twenty sixteen clip. This is the one 289 00:14:28.039 --> 00:14:32.240 that I've seen the most online where this is the 290 00:14:32.320 --> 00:14:34.720 how's your bump? Right? Mm hmm, that's that one where 291 00:14:34.720 --> 00:14:37.360 the interviewer Blake is pregnant at the time, and the 292 00:14:37.399 --> 00:14:41.000 interviewer asks her, Hey, thank you so much for being here, 293 00:14:41.200 --> 00:14:43.799 love to see you. How are you and your little bump? 294 00:14:44.480 --> 00:14:48.799 And Blake was like, how are you and your little bump. 295 00:14:48.600 --> 00:14:50.759 And then refused to look at her and address her 296 00:14:50.759 --> 00:14:52.759 again for the rest of the interview. It was I 297 00:14:52.759 --> 00:14:55.480 think I can't remember who the other woman was. It's 298 00:14:55.480 --> 00:14:59.120 not hyper parabo. Somebody different actually did like the entire thing, 299 00:14:59.279 --> 00:15:03.519 and Blake just continued to look very irritated. But again 300 00:15:03.639 --> 00:15:05.200 then you'll go into the comments and people are like, 301 00:15:05.279 --> 00:15:07.559 this is taken out of contexts, this has been edited together, 302 00:15:07.600 --> 00:15:10.000 blah blah blah. By the way, the movie grossed over 303 00:15:10.039 --> 00:15:11.159 three hundred and fifty million. 304 00:15:11.399 --> 00:15:12.759 Is that good these days? 305 00:15:12.840 --> 00:15:15.639 Or I don't know, but two fifty from Blake and 306 00:15:15.679 --> 00:15:20.000 then justin now counter swewing for four hundred million. This 307 00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:21.679 does not seem like a success. 308 00:15:22.039 --> 00:15:26.960 Okay, So, because this movie launched in August, I'm just 309 00:15:27.039 --> 00:15:30.559 kind of fast forward to December because that's when all 310 00:15:30.600 --> 00:15:34.720 of this really started ramping up. So December twentieth, Blake 311 00:15:34.759 --> 00:15:37.840 Lively filed a complaint with the California Civil Rights Department, 312 00:15:37.840 --> 00:15:41.360 claiming Baldoni invaded her privacy by entering her makeup trailer 313 00:15:41.440 --> 00:15:44.559 uninvited while she was undressed, pressuring her to lose weight 314 00:15:44.919 --> 00:15:48.039 after giving birth, and a coordinated pr campaign with a 315 00:15:48.080 --> 00:15:53.080 crisis firm designed to destroy her reputation. That was December twentieth. 316 00:15:53.360 --> 00:15:56.679 The very next day, December twenty first, Baldoni was dropped 317 00:15:56.679 --> 00:16:00.600 by his talent agency. Three days later, just number twenty 318 00:16:00.600 --> 00:16:04.159 fourth Vital Voices, a nonprofit that focuses on empowering women, 319 00:16:04.600 --> 00:16:07.559 rescinded an award it was originally going to give to 320 00:16:07.720 --> 00:16:11.559 Justin Baldoni, who has made a career expressing his support 321 00:16:11.600 --> 00:16:14.759 of women's stories and co hosted a podcast about masculinity 322 00:16:14.759 --> 00:16:17.799 called Man Enough, which his co host pulled out of 323 00:16:17.840 --> 00:16:23.919 the same day. YEP. Also December twenty fourth, Baldoni was 324 00:16:23.960 --> 00:16:28.840 sued by his ex publicist, Stephanie Jones over an alleged 325 00:16:28.879 --> 00:16:32.559 conspiracy to discredit her and steal her clients. 326 00:16:33.399 --> 00:16:35.639 And that stems I believe from the New York Times article. 327 00:16:35.840 --> 00:16:40.159 Yes, December thirty first, New Year's Eve, Blake Lively formally 328 00:16:40.200 --> 00:16:43.440 files a lawsuit in New York Federal court against Baldoni, 329 00:16:43.559 --> 00:16:48.960 his publicist, Wayfarer Studios, and other defendants for retaliating against 330 00:16:48.960 --> 00:16:56.159 her for reporting sexual harassment and workplace safety concerns. Also 331 00:16:56.200 --> 00:16:59.639 on December thirty first. There's just so much, so like 332 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:03.080 there are multiple things happening every day and every day. 333 00:17:03.159 --> 00:17:06.640 I don't know a lot about how that world works, 334 00:17:06.680 --> 00:17:10.720 Hollywood in itself, but the legal aspect of things, this 335 00:17:10.759 --> 00:17:15.279 stuff is not just reactionary, right, Like you can't just like, Okay, 336 00:17:15.279 --> 00:17:16.960 someone filed a lawsuit against me, so I'm going to 337 00:17:17.000 --> 00:17:18.839 file a lawsuit back and get that in on the 338 00:17:18.839 --> 00:17:21.720 same day. Like this stuff takes a little bit of 339 00:17:21.759 --> 00:17:25.079 pre planning, right. So same day December thirty first, New 340 00:17:25.160 --> 00:17:27.599 Year's Eve, who knew this was going on? I was like, Oh, 341 00:17:27.640 --> 00:17:29.680 I did dad on my couch while this was happening. 342 00:17:29.920 --> 00:17:30.240 I did. 343 00:17:30.880 --> 00:17:34.839 Baldoni files a two hundred and fifty million dollar libel 344 00:17:34.880 --> 00:17:40.079 lawsuit against The New York Times for reporting on Lively's allegations, 345 00:17:40.119 --> 00:17:43.440 accusing the outlet of having coward to the wants and 346 00:17:43.519 --> 00:17:49.160 whims of two powerful, quote untouchable Hollywood elites, referring to 347 00:17:49.200 --> 00:17:52.880 Blake Lively and her husband ryled Reynolds, Ryan Reynolds. 348 00:17:54.079 --> 00:17:56.240 And he and then part of that lawsuit was him 349 00:17:56.279 --> 00:18:00.079 going and saying, you took text messages edited, where they 350 00:18:00.079 --> 00:18:02.400 were hitting, what they were about, how they were given. 351 00:18:02.680 --> 00:18:06.359 You didn't publish all of the text messages, so a 352 00:18:06.440 --> 00:18:09.759 lot of meaning and context was lost. Right. 353 00:18:10.200 --> 00:18:12.920 That was one of the interesting things about this was 354 00:18:12.920 --> 00:18:15.799 that it was the back and forth and that game 355 00:18:15.839 --> 00:18:19.079 of like chicken with the text messages. Like she had 356 00:18:19.160 --> 00:18:21.359 him in her suit and he was like, no, release 357 00:18:21.400 --> 00:18:22.680 all of them exactly, and. 358 00:18:22.640 --> 00:18:23.200 She was like. 359 00:18:25.279 --> 00:18:28.359 Okay, and he was like, yeah, release all of them. 360 00:18:28.839 --> 00:18:33.279 He is He's been very I feel front and center, 361 00:18:33.400 --> 00:18:36.359 like I do have the receipts and I am ready 362 00:18:36.400 --> 00:18:38.200 to show all of them. 363 00:18:38.480 --> 00:18:45.319 So three days later, January third, Friedman tells today he 364 00:18:45.440 --> 00:18:49.440 plans to file a lawsuit against Blake Lively after she 365 00:18:50.160 --> 00:18:53.480 was subjected to sexually inappropriate behavior by Baldoni on the 366 00:18:53.519 --> 00:18:55.640 set of their twenty twenty four film, but wouldn't say 367 00:18:55.680 --> 00:19:00.400 exactly what the countersuit would allege, though denied Lively's claims 368 00:19:00.519 --> 00:19:03.119 that Baldoni and his team launched a smear campaign against 369 00:19:03.119 --> 00:19:03.680 the actress. 370 00:19:03.720 --> 00:19:05.799 So Friedman is Baldoni's main lawyer. 371 00:19:05.599 --> 00:19:09.519 Got it ye. January seventh, Friedman appeared on Megan Kelly's 372 00:19:09.599 --> 00:19:14.160 YouTube show to discuss Baldoni's plans to sue Lively into oblivion? 373 00:19:14.200 --> 00:19:17.079 Did he really use those words? I think so wow? 374 00:19:17.400 --> 00:19:20.759 And pushed back on several of the actress's allegations, accusing 375 00:19:20.759 --> 00:19:23.200 Lively of not reading the source material for the film, 376 00:19:23.400 --> 00:19:26.559 refuting claims that she was sexually harassed, and accusing her 377 00:19:26.559 --> 00:19:29.960 of orchestrating her own smear campaign against Baldoni. The interview 378 00:19:29.960 --> 00:19:33.039 also included newly released sound from a voice note from 379 00:19:33.039 --> 00:19:35.799 Baldoni explaining that he was quote sent to the basement 380 00:19:35.880 --> 00:19:38.319 of the film's premiere because Lively didn't want to be 381 00:19:38.400 --> 00:19:41.240 anywhere near her or the rest of the cast didn't 382 00:19:41.279 --> 00:19:43.039 want him near her. The rest of the cast. 383 00:19:44.319 --> 00:19:49.160 Have you heard the voice note? It's it's it's wild, 384 00:19:49.200 --> 00:19:51.119 he says. I believe. He says he's down and he's 385 00:19:51.119 --> 00:19:54.240 down there with friends with family, like an hour and 386 00:19:54.319 --> 00:19:58.240 a half yeah, and just sat down there. According to him. 387 00:19:58.400 --> 00:20:02.839 According to him, so up until now, this is very 388 00:20:02.960 --> 00:20:05.240 much and I guess it still is. It's very much 389 00:20:05.279 --> 00:20:07.759 like he said, she said, but I felt like the 390 00:20:07.799 --> 00:20:10.960 pendulum was very much swinging in her favor and this 391 00:20:11.160 --> 00:20:13.799 was going to be another one of those instances where 392 00:20:14.640 --> 00:20:16.640 he's not going to get away with this, like it 393 00:20:16.880 --> 00:20:20.920 ends no pun intended, but it ends here like this 394 00:20:21.000 --> 00:20:22.000 is this is done. 395 00:20:22.200 --> 00:20:22.920 Yeah. 396 00:20:22.960 --> 00:20:26.079 But then on January eighth, so literally a day later, 397 00:20:26.680 --> 00:20:31.319 in an interview with Baldoni's attorney Brian Friedman, TMZ founder 398 00:20:31.400 --> 00:20:34.759 Harvey Levin said about the co stars competing accusations about 399 00:20:34.799 --> 00:20:39.160 online campaigns to damage one another's reputation. Both sides tried 400 00:20:39.200 --> 00:20:42.559 to skew this story. We've been on the recipient end 401 00:20:42.599 --> 00:20:45.880