Out with the facts! Out! It Ends With Us star Brandon Sklenar shared a vague statement, perhaps regarding potential issues on set and perhaps regarding the fan response to Blake Lively’s press tour. No confirmation on either. The Colleen Hoover adaptation starring Lively is both a hit and a nexus for large amounts of drama. So much so that responding to the drama is not an easy task. “I wanted to take a minute and address all this stuff swirling online,†Sklenar states without mentioning director and co-star Justin Baldoni. “Colleen and the women of this cast stand for hope, perseverance, and for women choosing a better life for themselves.†As opposed to who? Spill!
It reads a lot like the vague eulogy Connor Roy read on Succession where he didn’t want to say anything positive about a bad man in front of a biographer. In fact, the only name Sklenar uses throughout this statement is Hoover’s, though he did tag Lively, as well as co-stars Jenny Slate and Isabela Ferrer.
Sklenar does not deny mess behind the scenes, nor does he assign any blame to anybody involved in it. As a result, he kind of makes it seem like there definitely was drama. “What may or may not have happened behind the scenes does not and hopefully should not detract from what our intentions were in making this film,†he states. He does seem to speak to the criticism that Lively focused too much on her business ventures (like her hair-care line) during the press tour for a film about domestic abuse, saying, “Trust me when I tell you, there isn’t a single person involved in the making of this film that was not aware of the responsibility we had in making this.†Well, reset the clock on this rumor mill.