Actor Adam Mondschein, who appeared alongside Blake Full of life in “It Ends With Us,” claims the film star mischaracterized their scene collectively in her bombshell sexual harassment lawsuit in opposition to Justin Baldoni.
“I’m not going to invest as to Ms. Full of life’s motivations for mentioning me within the criticism. For sure, my expertise working together with her could be very completely different than the one she described in her lawsuit,” Mondschein, who performed Physician Dunbar within the common 2024 movie, solely tells Web page Six.
“Certainly, I used to be stunned to learn her description of the scene.”
Full of life, 37, alleged in her preliminary criticism and the amended model filed in February, each of which Web page Six obtained, that she was “disturbed” by a lot of Baldoni’s actions on set, together with “new scenes” he selected to have within the movie, reminiscent of a “violative birthing scene for which he forged a pal as her OBGYN.”
She additionally claimed within the go well with that the “It Ends With Us” director, 41, “launched his ‘finest pal’ to play the position of the OBGYN, when ordinarily, a small position of this nature could be crammed by a neighborhood actor.”
“Ms. Full of life felt that the choice of Mr. Baldoni’s pal for this intimate position, through which the actor’s face and palms have been in shut proximity to her practically nude genitalia for a delivery scene, was invasive and humiliating,” the criticism additional alleged.
Mondschein — whose character helped ship Full of life’s character Lily’s child within the aforementioned and pivotal hospital scene — maintains that all the things that occurred after they filmed was above board.
In response to Full of life’s declare that she was “practically nude,” he alleges, “Her costume included a full hospital robe, black shorts and torso-covering prosthetic to make her seem pregnant along with no matter private clothes she selected.”
Mondschein additional claims that the “Gossip Woman” alum “by no means complained or expressed discomfort at any level as a result of nothing uncommon or improper occurred. It was completely skilled.”
The thespian — who on IMDb boasts a listing of no less than 10 performing credit previous to his look on “It Ends With Us,” a masters in high quality arts from UCLA and a tour with the Tony award-winning Performing Firm —says he takes offense to Full of life’s implications in her lawsuit that he was not certified for the OBGYN position.
“Ms. Full of life’s insinuations relating to my {qualifications} are offensive, as my bonafides are simply searchable on-line,” Mondschein tells Web page Six.
“Lastly, I used to be, in reality, a neighborhood rent (my spouse and I are from New York and spend important time there). As such, I, like all actor accepting that contract, was required to cowl my very own journey and residing bills in reference to the job.”
Full of life’s rep declined to remark however pointed to the actress’ earlier claims in her go well with, through which she described the set throughout the delivery scene as “chaotic, crowded, and totally missing in normal trade protections for filming nude scenes.
“Mr. [Jamey] Heath and Mr. Baldoni additionally failed to shut the set, permitting non-essential crew to cross by means of whereas Ms. Full of life was partially nude from under the chest down together with her legs unfold vast in stirrups and solely a small piece of cloth protecting her genitalia,” the criticism additional alleges.
“Opposite to the Wayfarer Events’ rivalry, the manufacturing didn’t preserve a closed set. … Ms. Full of life was not supplied with something with which to cowl herself between takes till after she had made a number of requests.”
Mondschein, in the meantime, provides that ought to Baldoni’s legal professionals name him to the witness stand within the upcoming March 2026 trial, he’s keen to take action.
“If I’m known as to testify within the case I’ll reply in truth, and extra freely, no matter is requested of me with all of the authorized safety that affords,” he says. “Particularly, by noting that Ms. Full of life was not ‘practically nude’ within the scene we shot collectively.”
Web page Six has reached out to Baldoni’s authorized workforce however didn’t instantly hear again.
Mondschein isn’t the primary particular person to attempt to poke holes in Full of life’s lawsuit.
Baldoni beforehand launched uncooked behind-the-scenes footage of himself and the “Age of Adeline” star in an try to disprove her declare he was “behaving inappropriately” in a slow-dance scene they filmed.
Full of life maintained the footage corroborated her model of the occasions, claiming the video was “damning.”
Baldoni additionally launched an internet site containing a number of textual content messages between the previous co-stars, together with one specifically that confirmed Full of life allegedly invited him to her trailer as soon as whereas she was “pumping” — regardless of her declare in her lawsuit that he “invaded” her privateness whereas strolling in on her breastfeeding.
Regardless of the data that has been made public, Full of life has maintained that Baldoni sexually harassed her whereas making “It Ends With Us” and launched a smear marketing campaign in opposition to her.
She alleged she as soon as texted a pal concerning the “Jane the Virgin” alum performing like a “creep.” Her husband, Ryan Reynolds, has additionally doubled down on his declare that Baldoni is a “predator.”
The Wayfarer Studios co-founder has in response filed a $400 million defamation and extortion lawsuit in opposition to the married couple and their publicist, Leslie Sloane, and vehemently denied their allegations.
Full of life has requested a federal decide to throw out Baldoni’s “vengeful” go well with, claiming it was filed solely in retaliation for her talking out concerning the alleged harassment. The decide has not dominated on this determination.
