It Ends With Us. After Blake Lively sued Justin Baldoni, author Colleen Hoover spoke out in support of the honest and kind actress

It Ends With Us. After Blake Lively sued Justin Baldoni, author Colleen Hoover spoke out in support of the honest and kind actress

Lively has sued Baldoni for sexual harassment, alleging that he launched a retaliatory smear campaign against her after she accused him of misconduct.

It Ends With Us. After Blake Lively sued Justin Baldoni, author Colleen Hoover spoke out in support of the honest and kind actress

It Ends with Us author Colleen Hoover is supporting Blake Lively amid the actress’ s exual harassment allegations against the film adaption’s director and star Justin Baldoni.

In an Instagram Stories post on Saturday, Dec. 21 — the same day that Lively’s complaint against her costar Baldoni, 40, came to light — Hoover, 45, shared her support for the actress and linked to the The New York Times’ reporting on the situation.

It Ends With Us. After Blake Lively sued Justin Baldoni, author Colleen Hoover spoke out in support of the honest and kind actress

«@blakelively, you have been nothing but honest, kind, supportive and patient since the day we met,» Hoover wrote alongside a photo of herself and Lively, 37,

hugging at a screening of the film. «Thank you for being exactly the human that you are. Never change. Never wilt.»

It Ends With Us. After Blake Lively sued Justin Baldoni, author Colleen Hoover spoke out in support of the honest and kind actress

Lively’s complaint, obtained by PEOPLE, alleges that Baldoni engaged in misconduct on the set of It Ends with Us that resulted in a meeting attended

by producers to address Lively’s concerns about his behavior and that of the movie’s lead producer, Jamey Heath.