'She Hurt My Friend': Blake Lively's 'It Ends With Us' Co-Star Slams Actress For Breaking Justin Baldoni's 'Heart' After Pair Settle Lawsuit
Blake Lively's 'It Ends with Us' co-star has slammed the actress for breaking the 'heart' of Justin Baldoni.
May 7 2026, Published 9:27 a.m. ET
Blake Lively's It Ends with Us co-star has accused the actress of breaking Justin Baldoni's “heart”.
RadarOnline.com can reveal actor Adam Mondschein, who played a doctor in the movie's famous birth scene, suggested Lively will be in turmoil after the case settled on the eve of a New York trial, while also slamming the actress for making "insulting" claims about his pal.
'I Can't Imagine What It's Like Being Inside Her Mind'
Adam Mondschein hit out at Lively for 'hurting his friend' by launching lawsuit.
He said: "I can't imagine what it must be like to be inside of her mind.
"I have very firm feelings about the actions that she took and she hurt my friend and has been hurting my friend.
"I think he really wants to tell his story, and he deserves to be heard. To let sunlight in on this, has been the thing that I feel her camp has been avoiding."
Mondschein told how he fought for Lively to get the role of Lily Bloom — telling Baldoni she was "perfect" for the part — only for her to blow up the project and "hurt his friend."
Addressing some of the allegations she made about Baldoni, including harassment and sexual misconduct on the set of their hit movie, Mondschein, 50, said: "It is unbearable when someone misjudges you, when someone takes you out of context.
'The Only Thing He Was Ever Guilty Of Was Being Cheesy'
Mondschein says his pal Baldoni did nothing wrong, but admits the star is 'frustrated' he won't have his day in court.
"The only thing I ever thought he was guilty of was sometimes being a little cheesy, but that's it."
Mondschein claims he’s spoken to Baldoni since the settlement and admitted his friend is both "relieved" the case is over but "frustrated" that he will not have his day in court.
He added that he was "bummed" that he will no longer give evidence against the Gossip Girl star.
Speaking to Piers Morgan on his Uncensored show, he said he believes the brutal legal fight had broken his friend's "big heart."
After their lawsuit ended, it was revealed Lively did not receive a single dollar from Baldoni after settling her lawsuit against his film production company Wayfarer.
She had asked for $300million in damages.
'He's Overwhelmed'
Mondschein said the lawsuit took it's toll on Baldoni.
Brit host Morgan put it to Mondschein that there should not be a "shred of sympathy" for Lively, calling the damage to her reputation "entirely self-inflicted."
Mondschein responded: "I feel sorry for her ultimately," before going on to explain how the lawsuit had taken its toll on Baldoni.
He said: "He has the biggest heart of any person I've ever met. He's overwhelmed. I think the burden on his family, the taxing way they were dragged into the public."
Mondschein also said it had been "insulting" that the actress had dragged him into proceedings.
Lively claimed in her lawsuit that Baldoni made her feel uncomfortable by casting him because Mondschein was a "friend" of his.
Mondschein also accused Lively of 'insulting' him by hitting out at the actor for landing a role in movie.
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She also claimed it had been invasive and humiliating to have his face and hands in close proximity as she acted out giving birth.
Mondschein said: "It is insulting.
"The irony is that I was so far away that she would have had to shoot the baby at velocity for me to catch. That's how far away I was.
"It's for a movie. It's not real. None of it is real. She's in Time magazine's top hundred most influential people . She had all of the power of a star in the room."
Mondschein said Baldoni had his heart 'broken' by Lively.
Morgan then asked him: "Did his (Baldoni) heart get broken do you think by this whole process?"
"I think so, it's been weighing on him. The hardest thing for me is watching my friend wear the pain," the actor replied.
Describing his friend, Mondschein said: "He's so pure in an industry that is so sceptical and so selfish and so nepotistic and so narcissistic, and he truly means what he says. He has the biggest heart of any person I've ever met."
