Did Brandon Sklenar wear the same floral pin as his 'It Ends With Us' director and co-star Justin Baldoni on purpose? He's setting the record straight. When Sklenar showed up at the 2025 Vanity Fair Oscar party, Internet sleuths noticed he was wearing a pink, floral brooch that appeared to match the one Baldoni sported at the 'It Ends With Us' premiere in New York back in August of last year. Amid the ongoing legal dispute between Baldoni and actress Blake Lively, observers speculated about what message Sklenar was trying to send by wearing the accessory.
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00:00Did Brandon Sklenar wear the same floral pin as his It Ends With Us director and co-star Justin Baldoni on purpose?
00:06He's setting the record straight.
00:09When Sklenar showed up at the 2025 Vanity Fair Oscar party,
00:13internet sleuths noticed he was wearing a pink floral brooch that appeared to match the one
00:17Baldoni sported at the It Ends With Us premiere in New York back in August of last year.
00:22Amid the ongoing legal dispute between Baldoni and actress Blake Lively,
00:26observers speculated about what message Sklenar was trying to send by wearing the accessory.
00:31When the actor was asked if there was any hidden meaning behind the pin at the
00:352025 South by Southwest premiere of his new movie The Drop, he told People magazine this.
00:48He continued,
00:49I woke up in the morning and saw an article and I was like, oh damn. I literally had no idea.
00:54I had an idea I wanted to wear like a floral brooch of some kind and that was the color that I liked the best.
00:59And lo and behold,
01:00someone also wore that prior to me wearing it. The actor spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about Lively and Baldoni's
01:06ongoing legal battle on the red carpet of the Vanity Fair party.
01:09And finally, I know you're very supportive over your female co-stars as well. Blake Lively,
01:13how are you hoping to support her during this time?
01:15I mean, I just, I just,
01:19it's a tough situation and I,
01:22I just hope everyone remembers what the movie's about and why we made it in the first place and
01:28it's about love and it's about
01:32supporting women in general and
01:34helping people through tough times and that movie's helped so many people and I just want people to remember like what it's about and why
01:40we made it and to kind of keep it on that, that kind of like core ethos.
01:44Back in December, Lively claimed that Baldoni and others sexually harassed her on set of the film and then engaged in a smear campaign.
01:52Baldoni responded with a countersuit against Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds, and their publicist, Leslie Sloan,
01:58alleging extortion, defamation, and claims related to breach of contract.
02:02After Lively's sexual harassment claims first emerged,
02:05Sklinar urged his followers to read what she had to say and signaled his support for Lively,
02:10tagging her with a heart emoji. For more on this story, go to THR.com.
02:14This is The Hollywood Reporter News.
02:16This is The Hollywood Reporter News.