‘It Ends With Us’ Author Colleen Hoover Is ‘Almost Embarrassed to Say I Wrote’ the Book After Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni Legal Battle

Colleen Hoover isn’t happy with how it ended.

Hoover, who wrote the bestseller “It Ends With Us,” has addressed the controversy surrounding the 2024 film adaptation of her novel, starring Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, saying the conflict between the two actors was “unfortunate” and “disappointing.”

“It Ends With Us” was a sleeper hit with $350 million globally, but the film became a lightning rod for drama due to disputes between Lively and Baldoni — who also directed the film for Sony Pictures. Months after the movie was released, Lively filed a lawsuit to accuse Baldoni and his production company Wayfarer Studios of sexual harassment and retaliation, alleging

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