Gayle King Asks It Ends With Us’ Brandon Sklenar If He is ‘Crew Blake or Crew Justin’ Amid Authorized Battle

The 1923 star appeared on CBS Mornings Monday, the place he was requested a query by co-host Gayle King concerning the drama between his It Ends With Us co-star, Blake Full of life and Justin Baldoni.

“Are you Crew Blake or Crew Justin?” King requested, main Sklenar to chuckle and reply, “I am Crew It Ends With Us.”

King additionally requested Sklenar how he was dealing with the continuing authorized battle between Full of life and Baldoni as their fellow castmate.

“I simply need folks to recollect why we made the film within the first place and what it stands for, and simply holding the give attention to that,” he stated.

Sklenar went on to share, “I’ve somebody very near me who’s gone by way of what [Lively’s character Lily is] going by way of for a very long time and I have been on the entrance traces serving to her navigate that house, in order that film meant lots to me and it means lots to her.”

“It was one of many causes that me doing that film gave her the energy to alter her life,” he continued. “It is unlucky that issues get taken away from what the ethos of that factor is and it will get convoluted.”

Full of life filed a sexual harassment grievance in opposition to Baldoni, who additionally directed the film, in December 2024, accusing him of misconduct throughout manufacturing. She additionally alleged that Baldoni and his associates engaged in a retaliatory smear marketing campaign designed to “destroy” her popularity. Baldoni has denied the allegations.

Baldoni then fired again with a lawsuit of his personal in opposition to Full of life and her husband Ryan Reynolds, as nicely their publicist Leslie Sloane and Sloane’s PR agency alleging civil extortion and defamation. The case is at the moment scheduled to go to trial in March 2026.

Sklenar beforehand got here out in help of the ladies behind It Ends With Us, together with Isabela Ferrer, Jenny Slate and the ebook’s creator Colleen Hoover.

“Vilifying the ladies who put a lot of their coronary heart and soul into making this movie as a result of they consider so strongly in its message appears counterproductive and detracts from what this movie is about,” he wrote in August, when the drama across the movie first started to ramp up.

Sklenar continued, “What might or might not have occurred behind the scenes doesn’t and hopefully shouldn’t detract from what our intentions have been in making this movie. It has been disheartening to see the quantity of negativity being projected on-line.”

Sklenar additionally stated the movie is “meant to construct braveness and assist folks really feel much less alone,” including, “In the end it is meant to unfold love and consciousness. It’s not meant to as soon as once more, make the ladies the ‘unhealthy man,’ let’s transfer past that collectively.”

And whereas he stated he wasn’t taking a facet, Sklenar did present help for Full of life in December, telling his followers to learn her grievance in full.

“FOR THE LOVE OF GOD READ THIS,” he wrote on his Instagram Tales, linking to the submitting and tagging Full of life’s account with a coronary heart emoji.

Full of life and Reynolds seemingly addressed the lawsuit Sunday night time throughout SNL’s fiftieth anniversary particular, throughout a phase with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, who have been surveying the well-known viewers.

When Reynolds was referred to as, the pair requested him “How’s it going?” to which he nervously quipped, “Nice! Why, what have you ever heard?”

Full of life gave the impression to be greatly surprised by the tongue-in-cheek second, however in the long run it was all laughs because the duo loved SNL‘s massive night time of their first joint purple carpet look because the begin of their authorized dispute with Baldoni.