Actor Adam Mondschein, who appeared alongside Blake Lively in “It Ends With Us,” claims the movie star mischaracterized their scene together in her bombshell sexual harassment lawsuit against Justin Baldoni.
“I’m not going to speculate as to Ms. Lively’s motivations for mentioning me in the complaint. Needless to say, my experience working with her is very different than the one she described in her lawsuit,” Mondschein, who played Doctor Dunbar in the popular 2024 film, exclusively tells .
“Indeed, I was surprised to read her description of the scene.”
Lively, 37, alleged in her initial complaint and the amended version filed in February, both of which obtained, that she was “disturbed” by many of Baldoni’s actions on set, including “new scenes” he chose to have in the film, such as a “violative birthing scene for which he cast a friend as her OBGYN.”
She also claimed in the suit that the “It Ends With Us” director, 41, “introduced his ‘best friend’ to play the role of the OBGYN, when ordinarily, a small role of this nature would be filled by a local actor.”
“Ms. Lively felt that the selection of Mr. Baldoni’s friend for this intimate role, in which the actor’s face and hands were in close proximity to her nearly nude genitalia for a birth scene, was invasive and humiliating,” the complaint further alleged.
Mondschein — whose character helped deliver Lively’s character Lily’s baby in the aforementioned and pivotal hospital scene — maintains that everything that occurred when they filmed was above board.
In response to Lively’s claim that she was “nearly nude,” he alleges, “Her costume included a full hospital gown, black shorts and torso-covering prosthetic to make her appear pregnant in addition to whatever personal garments she chose.”
Mondschein further claims that the “Gossip Girl” alum “never complained or expressed…
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