Colleen Hoover Under Fire for Pressing Delete on 'It Ends With Us' Drama After Siding With Blake Lively: 'She Is Not Innocent'
The It Ends With Us drama with Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni continues with Colleen Hoover returning to Instagram with a shocking bang!
The It Ends With Us drama continues with Colleen Hoover returning to Instagram with a shocking bang! The author of the hit 2016 novel, adapted into the 2024 movie, did some major page cleaning. She deleted all posts featuring the filmâs controversial stars, Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni.
The co-stars have been making waves since 2024 during the movieâs promotion train. Fans noticed they werenât doing press together before Lively shocked the world with sexual harassment and other scathing allegations. Baldoni has vehemently denied her claims and countersued with a $400 million defamation lawsuit. Meanwhile, Hoover seemed to play the field.
After seemingly supporting Lively, the author went on a three-week social media hiatus before returning on Wednesday. However, she may have changed her mind about butting into the drama, given her removal of the duoâs pictures. Page Six reported that she kept a few early casting announcements and a post dedicated to fans; however, many were unimpressed. These critics did not mince their words against Hoover for choosing Livelyâs side and then doing a 180 with her cleanup. An X user who believed Hoover was âa joke in the writing community,â penned:
âI will never believe that Colleen Hoover was not a part of this. She is that girl that tries too hard to fit in with the âcool kids.â She is not innocent.â
Another echoed similar sentiments, writing, âColleen Hoover scrubbing Blake Lively pics off her IG only now because sheâs accepted Regina George is neither cool OR inviting her to the cool kidsâ table (or making the sequel;) Nasty. Gross.â A third implied the author tried to get into Hollywoodâs elite classes through Lively and betrayed Baldoni for fame.
Fans were not the only ones disappointed in Hoover, and fellow author Lady Colin Campbell condemned her actions. The British Jamaican socialite penned a lengthy message about the situation, slamming Hoover for betraying Baldoni. She stressed that the actor had believed in her book and tried to turn it into a great movie.
Campbell noted Hoover owed Baldoni an apology and should release a statement to right the wrong she helped create. The Diana, Princess of Wales author implored the latter to âwoman upâ and offer her services to Baldoniâs legal team. Additionally, she implied that if Hoover refused to release a statement, it would spearhead her fall from grace. In Campbellâs words:
âYou have a choice. Do the right thing now, or sink along with your reputation and career. Which is it going to be?â
Campbellâs message referenced Hooverâs support for Lively after her scathing allegations against Baldoni dropped last December. We covered the drama, reporting that she had penned a touching statement about the actressâs fantastic character. The author shared the message on her Instagram Story with a picture of the duo at a screening event.
In her statement, Hoover thanked Lively for being a great person, hailing her as âhonest, kind, supportive and patient.â She implored her to ânever changeâ and dropped a link to an article detailing the actressâs claims against Baldoni.
Will Colleen Hoover apologize to Justin Baldoni, or will she remain silent?