The actress Blake Lively37, criticized The Hollywood Reporter magazine After the publication displays a cover in which She is portrayed by launching a slings toward actor and director Justin Baldoni41, with whom a bitter judicial battle Since December.
The star in the movie “That’s how it ends” harassment and defamation, claiming that he would have orchestrated a campaign to destroy his reputation in retaliation to her complaints on the set of filming. In response, which aired Blake’s complaint, claiming an indemnity of $ 250 million (about $ 1.5 billion).
In an interview with Daily Mail, a Blake representative said: “The Hollywood Reporter should be ashamed. The way the image has been framed is outrageously insulting, as it reinforces all sexist clichés about women who dare make a complaint into the workplace, transforming them into the aggressor and suggesting that they deserve the retaliation imposed on them. ”
In the article, The Hollywood Reporter pointed out that the region of Justin, the Bahá’í faith, also called Bahaism, may have “automatically contributed” to the unfolding of the conflict. The publication also referred to Blake’s complaint with California’s civil rights department, in which she reported that Justin stated that she had the ability to talk to her “dead father.”
The article hinted that the judicial battle between the actress and the director could have roots in a “cultural shock.” “And if much of it-the alleged inappropriate hugs and pre-filming prayers-can be explained as a shock between a very specific faith, with its unique customs, and a much more modern community, after the [movimento] ‘Me to you’, with your own set of beliefs and commandments?
Blake’s advisor rejected the magazine’s interpretation. “The story is extremely offensive, as it seems unbelievably justifying documented examples of sexual harassment and retaliation by calling them” cultural misunderstandings. “
