“It Ends With Us” actor Adam Mondschein called out Blake Lively for hurting his friend Justin Baldoni after they settled the actress’s lawsuit.
“It is the inexplicable,” Mondschein, who played Dr. Dunbar in the 2024 film, said on “Piers Morgan Uncensored” Wednesday.
“I feel sorry for [Lively] ultimately. I can’t imagine what it must be like to be inside of her mind,” he added.
“I have very firm feelings about the actions that she took and she hurt my friend and has been hurting my friend.”
Mondschein, 50, said both Baldoni and Jamey Heath — a producer and CEO of Wayfarer Studios, which was co-founded by the “Jane the Virgin” alum — “have such huge hearts.”
“They’re really, truly great people. They’re not Hollywood people. They’re people that want to make movies that have a heart, that help, that are of service, and that’s why they got into it,” the acting coach added.
As for how Baldoni, 42, is feeling now that he and Lively have settled, Mondschein said his pal is “overwhelmed.”
“I think the burden that this is on the family, the taxing, like how they were dragged into the public. And if you picture for a second … people are starting to get to know him more and his family and his kids and his wife,” he shared.
“It is unbearable when someone misjudges you, when someone takes you out of context, when someone takes what you have built — Justin has a reputation and his reputation has only ever been … of service. Big heart trying to do the best that he can.”
Mondschein also said that though he doesn’t want to speak for the director, he believes Baldoni partly wanted it to go to trial so he could “tell his story.”
On Monday, the “A Simple Favor” actress, 38, and Baldoni settled Lively’s 2024 suit, in which she claimed the actor sexually harassed her on the set of “It Ends With Us.”
“The end product — the movie ‘It Ends With Us’ — is a source of pride to all of us who worked to bring it to life,” both sides said in a joint statement to Page Six.
“Raising awareness, and making a meaningful impact in the lives of domestic violence survivors — and all survivors — is a goal that we stand behind,” they added.
“We acknowledge the process presented challenges and recognize concerns raised by Ms. Lively deserved to be heard.”
Both Lively and Baldoni earned no money in their lawsuit settlement. However, sources told Page Six Hollywood that their legal teams made $60 million combined to sue and countersue one another.
Following the settlement, Lively hit the Met Gala 2026 solo.
As for Justin, Page Six published exclusive photos of the “Five Feet Apart” director and his wife, Emily Baldoni, all smiles at an eatery in Nashville on Wednesday.
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