Actor filed sexual harassment complaint against director after it came to light he had launched an alleged smear campaign against her

Blake Lively is picking broad support in her battle against It Ends With Us co-star and director Justin Baldoni, days after the US actor filed a sexual harassment and retaliation complaint against him Friday in what was rapidly becoming the most dynamic #MeToo event of the dying year.

“Never change. Never wilt,” Colleen Hoover, author of the book that inspired and shares a title with the film, posted on Instagram. Hoover later added, “Blake’s ability to refuse to sit down and ‘be buried’ has been nothing short of inspiring.”