Justin Baldoni allegedly tried to mansplain mom-of-four Blake Lively how women are supposed to give birth

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: 'It Ends With Us' star Blake Lively, who filed a bombshell lawsuit against her co-star and director of the film, Justin Baldoni, accusing him of harassment and creating a toxic work environment, claimed that the latter overstepped major boundaries during filming.

In legal documents obtained by The Mirror US, the actress' allegations include disputes over what's "normal" during childbirth.

Blake Lively's lawsuit alleges Justin Baldoni pressured her to make changes to childbirth scene

According to the lawsuit, things came to a head during an "all-hands" crisis meeting on set. Blake Lively reportedly brought up Justin Baldoni’s behavior, which she and other co-stars found inappropriate, and laid down a list of non-negotiable demands.

Despite her push for boundaries, Lively alleges Baldoni ignored these rules. The documents claim he not only added questionable scenes but also altered a childbirth scene in a way that made her deeply uncomfortable.

The lawsuit goes on to state that on the day they were set to shoot the birth scene, the 'Jane the Virgin' actor pressured Blake to make changes to the scene even though the script didn’t call for it.

"Mr Baldoni insisted to Ms Lively that women give birth naked and that his wife had 'ripped her clothes off' during labor. He claimed it was 'not normal' for women to remain in their hospital gowns while giving birth," the court documents read.

The 'Gossip Girl' actress, a mother of four, James,10, Inez, eight, Betty, five, and Olin, one, had "disagreed, but felt forced into a compromise."

The lawsuit claims that standard protocols for such scenes—like working with an intimacy coordinator and ensuring a closed set—were completely ignored. To top it off, Baldoni allegedly cast his friend as the on-screen OBGYN, which Blake described as "invasive and humiliating."

Justin Baldoni calls Blake Lively's claims 'false and intentionally salacious'

Justin Baldoni, through his attorney Bryan Freedman, denied Blake Lively's claims in a statement. 

It read: "It is shameful that Ms Lively and her representatives would make such serious and categorically false accusations against Mr Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios, and its representatives, as yet another desperate attempt to ‘fix’ her negative reputation which was garnered from her own remarks and actions during the campaign for the film; interviews and press activities that were observed publicly, in real-time and unedited, which allowed for the internet to generate their own views and opinions."

Freedman claimed Lively's behavior during the movie’s campaign—including threats to skip set and promotion—contributed to its poor performance.

"These claims are completely false, outrageous, and intentionally salacious with an intent to publicly hurt and rehash a narrative in the media," the statement continued. 

It added, "Wayfarer Studios made the decision to proactively hire a crisis manager prior to the marketing campaign of the film, to work alongside their own representative with Jonesworks employed by Stephanie Jones, due to the multiple demands and threats made by Ms Lively during production which included her threatening to not showing up to set, threatening to not promote the film, ultimately leading to its demise during release, if her demands were not met." 

Freedman also accused Lively of using her publicist, Leslie Sloan, who also reps her husband, Ryan Reynolds, to plant false stories in the media.

"The representatives of Wayfarer Studios still did nothing proactive nor retaliated, and only responded to incoming media inquiries to ensure balanced and factual reporting and monitored social activity," the statement went on to claim. 

"What is pointedly missing from the cherry-picked correspondence is the evidence that there were no proactive measures taken with media or otherwise; just internal scenario planning and private correspondence to strategize which is standard operating procedure with public relations professionals," it concluded.