Bethenny Frankel Describes Uncomfortable Experience at 'It Ends With Us' Premiere Amid Blake Lively & Justin Baldoni's Lawsuits
Bethenny Frankel opened up about her experience at the premiere of It Ends With Us as the movie’s stars Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively sling accusations in competing lawsuits.
The 37-year-old actress accused the 40-year-old actor/director of sexual harassment and attempts to “destroy” her reputation in a lawsuit filed in late December. Justin responded by suing The New York Times for their report on the lawsuit. His lawyer confirmed that he is also preparing to sue Blake.
As rumors that the pair feuded on set began to heat up, Blake and Justin were not photographed together during the movie’s August premiere in New York City. Bethenny was one of the guests in attendance. She described the experience in a video on social media.
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Taking to TikTok, Bethenny said that she had “the craziest It Ends With Us premiere story that I totally forgot about, and I’m putting the pieces together now.”
She added that she thought it was weird from the very beginning but opted out of bringing it up earlier out of fears of being “cancelled.”
Bethenny explained that she walked the red carpet at the event and was then told that there would be an hour before the premiere started. She said that this was not something that she had experienced.
She and her friend decided to go and get drinks in the downtime. On the way out, Bethenny ran into someone on Blake‘s team and had a slightly chilly experience.
“They’re a little distant and a little icy to me,” she recalled. “Just, there’s something that I’m like, ‘Wow, Ok.’ And in other circumstances, this person is not this way and it just, it was slightly off-putting.”
Upon returning to the premiere, Bethenny said that she ran into Anna Wintour. However, she wound up going to watch the movie in a different theater than the Vogue editor.
“Usually, not usually… Always, unless it’s a weird different screening, the premiere is in one giant theater,” she said, noting that the only exception would be “an overflow theater.”
Bethenny added that she was directed to her seat and felt like “everybody was separated” and “the vibe was off.” She ultimately decided to leave before the movie ended.
“I didn’t tell anybody because I thought I would be canceled if we left,” she said, saying, “Something was definitely awry from the jump, and it was palpable.”
Her ultimate thoughts on the experience: “Something was f-cked.”
Alleged audio of Justin speaking about his experience at the premiere recently surfaced.