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Blake Lively Says Justin Baldoni Humiliated Her in ‘It Ends With Us’ Birth Scene
Blake Lively on Justin Baldoni
He Humiliated Me With Nearly Nude Birth Scene
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Blake Lively says Justin Baldoni pushed for her to be practically nude for an “It Ends With Us” scene where she gives birth in a hospital … and she says being spread-eagled on set with “barely covered genitalia” felt “violative and humiliating.”
Excerpts from Blake’s deposition from her legal war with Baldoni were unsealed Tuesday, and it’s got a bunch of graphic details … including her reaction to the nude birth scene, plus photos of her during the shoot with her bare legs spread wide open.
In her depo, Blake said on the day of the birth scene, Baldoni and ‘IEWU’ producer Jamey Heath insisted she simulate giving birth naked … and she says Baldoni told her his wife tore her clothes off when giving birth to their children.
Blake says she told Baldoni she was never nude during the four times she gave birth to her kids, and she claims she requested her character wear a hospital gown … the scene was set in a hospital.
She says Baldoni continued to press for nudity and insisted the prosthetic belly be visible … and Blake says she felt “forced to compromise and ultimately agreed to simulate nudity from below the chest down, which we had not previously discussed or agreed to.”
Blake says it took several hours to film the birth scene … and she says, “At many points during filming, I was positioned on my back on a hospital bed, with my naked legs spread apart wide in stirrups, while non-essential crew passed by.”
She says the only thing covering her besides a “strategically placed hospital gown” was a “small, thin and flat piece of black fabric to cover my genitalia.”
Blake says production filmed several angles of her simulating giving birth, including from the side and from the front, with simulated nudity from her “lower half down.” She claims, “I had to request a blanket to be given to me for privacy between takes, which was not always provided.”
On the day of the birth scene, Blake says she learned the actor playing the OB/GYN was one of Baldoni’s friends … and she says the actor was “repeatedly positioned between my legs in close proximity to my barely covered genitalia.”
Blake says, “I was extremely uncomfortable with the degree to which I was exposed during the Birth Scene, which felt violative and humiliating. That was amplified by having Baldoni’s best friend acting between my legs, and his other best friend and the Film’s financier visiting that day of all days.”
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She says she felt it was “inappropriate” for the financier, Steve Sarowitz, to visit the set on the day of the birthing scene.
What’s more, Blake says the day after the birth scene was filmed, Heath showed her a video of a fully nude woman … and says she thought it was a porno. Blake says she looked away and asked Heath to stop, and that’s when he told her the video showed his wife giving birth.
We’ve reached out to Justin Baldoni … so far, no word back.
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Celebrity hairstylist Chris Appleton had a terrible cancer scare while writing his new book … and when we caught him out in NYC Tuesday, he revealed his No. 1 client, Kim Kardashian, was a big source of strength.
Chris told us Kim knows a lot about dealing with the disease because her dad, Robert Kardashian, died from esophageal cancer in 2003. As Chris’ mom — often referred to on social media as Momma Appleton — battled the same type of cancer, Chris was readily receptive to Kim’s support.
He said, “She helped me through it.”
Assurance had to come from somewhere, because Chris told us it he wasn’t getting any from the doctor.
“He literally was silent,” Chris said. “So test after test, I actually ended up having to go under and he had to do a more intense operation.”
Ultimately, he got the good news he was looking for when it wound up just being cysts and not the Big C. But he says the experience changed the whole trajectory of his book.
He says he challenged himself to be more honest in his writing instead of just “editing a version” of himself.
Chris explained, “I actually just wanted to help people. And I wasn’t prepared to lose my voice without truly owning it first.”
His book “Your Roots Don’t Define You” is out now.
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Timothy Busfield is a free man — at least for now — after his lawyer had the prosecutor on the ropes, arguing the whole case was rooted in revenge by angry parents.
Busfield and his lawyer appeared Tuesday afternoon before an Albuquerque judge, taking apart the prosecutors’ evidence, piece by piece.
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As we reported, Busfield has been charged with child sexual abuse, involving 2 boys who were part of the cast of “The Cleaning Lady” in 2022. Prosecutors claim Busfield touched them inappropriately.
Busfield’s lawyer, Amber Fayerberg, went line by line, addressing each accusation in the criminal complaint. She brought up the recording of an officer interviewing one of the boys — in audio TMZ first obtained — in which the child volunteers Busfield never touched him inappropriately.
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Fayerberg went on to highlight, it would have been virtually impossible for Busfield to have interacted alone with the children, citing the boys’ on-set teacher and several witnesses who were there regularly who said they saw no such misconduct.
And that wasn’t all … Fayerberg addressed what the prosecutor actually put in the criminal complaint … that an actress on set said the mother of the boys told her if her kids were fired, she vowed revenge against Busfield. Both children were not brought back for the final season.
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Busfield’s defense team pointed out the father of the two boys — identified in the state’s motion for pretrial detention as Ronald Rodis — is a disbarred attorney … he was convicted of federal conspiracy and wire fraud, pleading guilty in 2016.
Busfield’s wife, Melissa Gilbert, who was in attendance in court Tuesday, had tears streaming down her face as she heard the ruling.
Busfield was released without bail. He’s free to leave the state pending trial.
Meghan Trainor
Baby No. 3 Via Surrogate!!!
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Meghan Trainor and Daryl Sabara are expanding their family … because they have a baby girl at home … and she was born via surrogate.
The singer and actor now have three children together … and their newborn is named Mikey Moon Trainor.
In a social media post announcing her daughter, Meghan says … “Our baby girl Mikey Moon Trainor has finally made it to the world thanks to our incredible, superwoman surrogate.”
Meghan continues … “We are forever grateful to all the doctors, nurses, teams who made this dream possible. We had endless conversations with our doctors in this journey and this was the safest way for us to be able to continue growing our family.”
She adds … “We are over the moon in love with this precious girl. Riley and Barry have been so excited, they even got to choose her middle name. We are going to enjoy our family time now, love you all.”
Meghan posted a ton of photos of the baby at home and in the hospital … so click through the gallery to see her growing family.
Congrats!!!
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