A lip reader has shared what Blake Lively apparently told Ryan Reynolds during a tense conversation at the It Ends With Us premiere.
Ryan Reynolds supported Blake Lively at the It Ends With Us premiere. Credit: Cindy Ord / Getty
The Colleen Hoover adaptation was released in August and was a huge box office success, raking in more than $350 million worldwide against a $25 million budget.
The film centers around Lily Bloom (Blake Lively), a woman who moves to a new city and falls in love with a man named Ryle Kincaid (Justin Baldoni) - who becomes abusive.
She then crosses paths with her first love, Atlas Corrigan, and this forces her to confront her tumultuous relationship with Ryle.
Justin Baldoni has been accused of sexual harassment. Credit: Cindy Ord / Getty
The release of It Ends With Us was overshadowed by speculation of a feud between the co-stars during the press tour.
The rumors initially began to swirl after social media sleuths noticed that the 37-year-old actress doesn’t follow Baldoni, 40, on Instagram, nor does anyone else in the cast.
This was then intensified after the two stars failed to make any joint public appearances, and The Jane The Virgin actor alluded to "friction" between him and Lively on set in an interview cited by PEOPLE.
Now, Lively's bombshell lawsuit against Baldoni, alleging sexual harassment and a campaign to damage her reputation, appears to confirm these initial suspicions.
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni on the set of It Ends With Us. Credit: Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin / Getty
The Age of Adaline's complaint was filed against not only Baldoni but also his production company, Wayfarer Studios, its co-founder Steve Sarowitz, and the film’s lead producer, Jamey Heath.
It was also filed against Jed Wallace, Melissa Nathan, and Jennifer Abel, each of whom is named in the alleged effort to tarnish Lively's reputation.
Reynolds was mentioned as part of his wife's lawsuit against Baldoni, as he allegedly attended a meeting alongside Lively as she addressed "the hostile work environment" on set with her co-star and the movie's production team.
In addition to this, Lively claims that Baldoni “intrusively asked” Lively whether she and her husband also “climax simultaneously during intercourse" - a question she says came about while discussing elements of an intimate scene in the movie.
Understandably, Lively deemed the alleged question invasive and said she declined to discuss it with him.
Now, a video of the Gossip Girl star and her husband on the red carpet at the movie premiere has resurfaced amidst reports of Lively's lawsuit against Baldoni.
In the video, which was posted on YouTube, the couple appears to be engaged in a tense conversation while photographers snap their photos.
This has sparked speculation about the topic of their discussion.
Watch the video below:Lip reader Nicola Hicking told Nicki Swift that the 48-year-old Deadpool & Wolverine star was asking his wife a question, apparently saying: "Is this the last time?"
Lively responded: "No, we gotta speak to everyone, erm, are you impressed there's more?" to which her husband replied: "Yeah, yeah, well it's hardly a secret."
While the content of their discussion remains unknown, the pair were undoubtedly preoccupied as their respective films were released just weeks apart.
A lip reader has shared what the couple spoke about on the red carpet. Credit: Gotham / Getty
Speaking to The New York Times, the actress said she hopes her legal action "helps pull back the curtain on these sinister retaliatory tactics to harm people who speak up about misconduct and helps protect others who may be targeted".
Meanwhile, Bryan Freedman, Baldoni's lawyer, hit back and told PEOPLE that the actress' lawsuit was to "fix her negative reputation," and blasted her allegations as "false, outrageous and intentionally salacious with an intent to publicly hurt".
The attorney added that Lively caused problems on the set of the film, which is currently streaming, "threatening to not showing up to set, threatening to not promote the film, ultimately leading to its demise during release".