Nick Viall Says He _WASN'T SURPRISED_ By Justin Baldoni's It Ends With Us Drama With Blake Lively_E!

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00:00Nick Viall is weighing in once again on the This Ends With Us drama.

00:06During an interview with Bustle, published January 16th, the Bachelor alum says his first

00:11impression of the film's director and star, Justin Baldoni, wasn't the best.

00:16Recalling to the outlet of Justin's appearance on his podcast, The Viophiles, in January

00:212023,

00:22"...I had the chance to interview Justin a couple of years ago on my show, and I just

00:28had a feeling he wasn't the person he so loudly portrayed himself to be."

00:33So when a legal battle between Justin and his co-star Blake Lively began last month,

00:38Nick says it wasn't a shock, explaining,

00:41"...when the story broke that the entire cast and author of the book the movie is based

00:46on had clearly distanced themselves from him, I wasn't that surprised."

00:51These comments from Nick come just months after the reality star went viral on social

00:55media for sharing his take on the behind-the-scenes drama between Blake and Justin,

01:01pointing out how quickly the public seemed to turn on Blake.

01:04"...it is the online takedown of Blake Lively.

01:07The internet, and specifically it seems to be like a lot of women, because a lot of women

01:10are watching this show, seem to be jumping at the opportunity to eviscerate the woman

01:15in this scenario."

01:16He then went on to question why Justin hired the same PR crisis team Johnny Depp enlisted

01:22during his legal battle with ex-wife Amber Heard in 2022.

01:26"...this PR team eviscerated Amber Heard online.

01:30It was like an all-out assault on her character.

01:33If you read Justin Beldoni's content and follow his work, you would never think that

01:38Justin Beldoni would hire the same crisis PR team that Johnny Depp hired."

01:43E! News has reached out to Justin's rep about Nick's comments, but hasn't yet heard back.