{"id":2314208,"date":"2026-03-05T17:49:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T17:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2314208"},"modified":"2026-03-05T17:49:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T17:49:47","slug":"colleen-hoover-reacts-to-it-ends-with-us-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/colleen-hoover-reacts-to-it-ends-with-us-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Colleen Hoover Reacts to It Ends With Us Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Colleen Hoover<\/strong> is sharing an update on her feelings about the controversy surrounding her book-turned-movie It Ends With Us<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hoover, 46, spoke about the messy legal battle between It Ends With Us stars Blake Lively<\/strong><\/a> and Justin Baldoni<\/strong><\/a> during her appearance on Jenna Bush Hager<\/strong>\u2019s \u201cOpen Book With Jenna<\/a>\u201d podcast on Thursday, March 5.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs it hard to have those two things, like your very first memory, one of your pieces of art that I know you cherish, wrapped up with all of this?\u201d Bush Hager, 44, asked the author.<\/p>\n

Hoover responded, \u201cYou know, it is, but it\u2019s getting easier to separate it because I do look at the success of it. Like opening week, we just were all so shocked at how much readers showed up for it and how well it did and how much it resonated. I\u2019m so proud of that movie.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n Related: <\/span>‘It Ends With Us’ Author Colleen Hoover’s Texts About Justin, Blake Revealed<\/span><\/a>
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\n\t\t\tColleen Hoover allegedly expressed disappointment at the feud between Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively, according to newly revealed text messages. According to court documents obtained by Us Weekly on Thursday, November 13, Wayfarer Studios filed a declaration with multiple exhibits, including alleged communications between Hoover, 45, and Baldoni, 41. Per the documents, Baldoni appeared to [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

It Ends With Us was released in theaters in August 2024. The film, which had a $25 million budget, grossed $350 million worldwide.<\/p>\n

Hoover then praised the team behind the movie.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the actors, the director, everyone did such a good job making it that I have to look at everything else separate from the film, from the book,\u201d she concluded. \u201cAs unfortunate as it is, I am still just very much grateful that we got to see it come to life. And, for me, I\u2019m very proud of that film.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The legal drama surrounding It Ends With Us<\/a> began in December 2024 when Lively, 38, filed a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit against Baldoni, 42. The actress and executive producer claimed that Baldoni, who directed the film in addition to starring alongside Lively, created a hostile work environment and made inappropriate remarks about her body, among other allegations.<\/p>\n

Baldoni subsequently filed a $400 million countersuit against Lively and husband Ryan Reynolds<\/strong>, but it was later dismissed in June 2025.<\/p>\n

Hoover broke her silence on the lawsuits<\/a> in November 2025, telling Elle at the time that it all \u201cfeels like a circus.\u201d<\/p>\n

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