It Ends with UsAuthor Colleen Hoover Deactivates Instagram amid Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni Legal Drama

Mar. 15, 2025

Blake Lively, Colleen Hoover and Justin Baldoni.Photo:Jeff Spicer/Getty; Cindy Ord/Getty; Araya Doheny/Variety via Getty

Jeff Spicer/Getty; Cindy Ord/Getty; Araya Doheny/Variety via Getty

Colleen Hooveris stepping back from social media amid the ongoing legal drama betweenBlake LivelyandJustin Baldoni.

Fans of the author realized that her Instagram account is currently inactive. Hoover’s decision to step back from Instagram follows the current legal battle between Lively, 37, and Baldoni, 40, the stars of the film adaptation,It Ends with Us.

Months after the film’s summer release, Lively filed asexual-harassmentcomplaint against Baldoni on Dec. 20, 2024. Lively alleged that Baldoni engaged in misconduct during the film’s production.

Additionally, per her complaint, theA Simple Favorstar met with Baldoni and several of the film’s producers, alongside husbandRyan Reynoldsas her representative, to establish protections before production resumed following two Hollywood strikes. The complaint alleged that after his production company agreed to the protections, Baldoni later hired crisis publicists tobegin a retaliatory smear campaignagainst her.

The day after Lively filed her complaint,Hoover posted a supportive Instagram Story.

“@blakelively, you have been nothing but honest, kind, supportive and patient since the day we met,” Hoover wrote alongside a photo of herself and Lively hugging at a screening of the film. “Thank you for being exactly the human that you are. Never change. Never wilt.”

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni in “It Ends With Us”.Sony Pictures Entertainment

Sony Pictures Entertainment

The following day, Baldoni’s attorney Bryan Freedman said on behalf of his client that they are “releasing all of the evidencewhich will show a pattern of bullying and threats to take over” the film.

That same day, Baldoni’s lawyers sent a litigation hold letter to Marvel Studios presidentKevin Feigeand Walt Disney Company CEOBob Iger, demanding they hold onto documents that mention Baldoni for potential use in court — including communications made about Reynolds’Deadpool & WolverinecharacterNicepool, in an attempt to show it was used to “bully"Baldoni.

Colleen Hoover and Blake Lively on June 14, 2024 in Grapevine, Texas.Eric Charbonneau/Getty

Eric Charbonneau/Getty

On Jan. 16, Baldoni countered Lively’s initial claim with a$400 million lawsuitagainst her, Reynolds and their publicist, claiming defamation, extortion and more.

On Jan. 21, Baldoni’s lawyerreleased production footageshowing Lively and Baldoni speaking out of character while filming a dialogue-free scene tojoke about his noseandher spray tan. The scene in question is referenced in both of their lawsuits.

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Justin Baldoni on August 06, 2024 in New York City.John Nacion/Variety via Getty

John Nacion/Variety via Getty

Lively’s legal team subsequently called it a “stunt,“saying that“every frame of the released footage corroborates, to the letter,”what Lively included in her lawsuit about that scene.

source: people.com