Blake Vigorous’s brother-in-law, Bart Johnson, has hit out at “fraud” Justin Baldoni.
The Excessive Faculty Musical actor, who’s married to Vigorous’s sister, Robyn Vigorous, took to X on Monday, December 23, to share his candid ideas on Baldoni amid Blake’s sexual harassment lawsuit towards her It Ends With Us director and costar.
“He’s a fraud. He places on the ‘costume’ of a hero, man bun and all,” Johnson, 54, shared.
“Used the entire stylish catchphrases & buzz phrases for his podcasts,” he continued, referring to Baldoni’s podcast, “Man Sufficient,” on which the actor and director tackles themes reminiscent of poisonous masculinity, psychological well being and gender disparity.
Months after a reported rift between It Ends With Us costars Blake Vigorous and Justin Baldoni, she sued him for sexual harassment. Within the lawsuit, which was filed on Friday, December 20, and obtained by Us Weekly after it was reported on by TMZ and The New York Instances, Vigorous accused Baldoni of launching a […]
In keeping with Johnson, “None of it’s real. It’s all theater. And everybody fell for it. For years. Rewatch his movies with a extra important eye and watch him praise and reward himself with fake humility and self-deprecation. What a efficiency.”
Blake, 37, filed a criticism towards Baldoni, 40, with the California Civil Complaints Division on Friday, December 20, accusing Baldoni of sexual harassment on the set of their latest Colleen Hoover adaptation. She additionally claimed Baldoni was behind a digital smear marketing campaign to tarnish her fame.
In a press release to Us Weekly on Saturday, December 21, Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, stated Blake’s accusations had been “fully false, outrageous and deliberately salacious.” Freedman claimed that Blake sued to “repair her detrimental fame” and “rehash a story” relating to the movie’s manufacturing. Freedman additional alleged that Blake made “a number of calls for and threats” whereas filming It Ends With Us, together with “threatening to not present as much as set, threatening to not promote the movie, in the end resulting in its demise throughout launch, if her calls for weren’t met.”
Johnson — greatest referred to as Coach Bolton within the Excessive Faculty Musical movies — beforehand supported his sister-in-law on Saturday after information of the lawsuit went public.
“Her complaints had been filed throughout the filming. On report. Lengthy earlier than the general public battle. The forged unfollowed him for a cause,” Johnson alleged within the feedback part of The New York Instances’ Instagram put up about Blake’s lawsuit “Learn this text earlier than spiting [sic] ignorance.”
“His PR staff was stellar. Gross and disgusting however extremely efficient,” Johnson continued. “Learn the article, their textual content message exchanges and his PR marketing campaign technique to bury her by any means obligatory. Nobody is with out [sic] faults. However the public obtained performed.”
Jeff Spicer/Getty Photographs for Sony Footage Blake Vigorous has acquired public help from her well-known pals and different Hollywood stars following the information of her lawsuit towards Justin Baldoni. Vigorous sued It Ends With Us director and costar Baldoni for sexual harassment in a lawsuit filed on Friday, December 20. In keeping with courtroom paperwork, which […]
Johnson claimed that “in fact errors had been made” and pointed to Blake’s many tasks, together with being a mother of 4 to her and husband Ryan Reynolds’ kids.
“However simply IMAGINE being a keep at dwelling mother elevating 4 children, married to the busiest man in Hollywood and on the similar time being a lady boss operating a number of firms whereas writing, producing, operating non earnings and dealing 16+ hour days from dwelling so that you could be together with your children,” he wrote. “Launching 2 new companies you been engaged on / creating for a few years (launch scheduled by distributors, not you, btw) all whereas getting attacked by a VERY costly PR smear marketing campaign since you filed a sexual harassment declare for the very movie you need to exit and promote with simply the best tone otherwise you get cooked!?”
Johnson famous that it appears to be like like Blake is “doing a hell of a job to me and attempting to do good issues for the best causes.”
Blake Vigorous adopted in her household’s footsteps by becoming a member of the leisure trade. Born in Los Angeles in 1987, Blake is the youngest of Ernie and Elaine Vigorous’s 5 kids. Elaine beforehand welcomed her eldest three kids — Lori, Jason and Robyn — together with her ex-husband, Ronnie Vigorous, earlier than marrying Ernie in 1979. The couple later […]
“However yeah let’s put up from our sofa how a lot we hate her for making errors,” he continued. “That is smart. I imply, she’s been impolite in these interviews that magically performed on repeat. I noticed it. None of us have ever been incorrect or imply. By no means. We should always low cost many years of fine for these few unhealthy moments. Glad the microscope isn’t on me on daily basis of my life.”
Johnson’s spouse, Robyn, supported her sister by way of social media on Saturday. “FINALLY justice for my sister @blakelively,” Robyn, 52, wrote by way of her Instagram Story, sharing screenshots of a New York Instances article concerning the lawsuit.
