u/Flimsy_Attitude_6789

Katy covers the conversation around the ratings and how Justin's cut scored higher than Blake's (Ryans). Ange says, "Josh and I had a long call with Blake and Ryan." and then says "She (Ryan) said" what can be kept in or reinstated. She and Ryan planned to call back the next day.

I know this has been covered a lot... but Katy's angle just highlights how much Ryan was involved in the film from writing, to editing, to his team on board - Editing/Composers, and marketing. Is the PGA letter even true?!

What the heck was Deadpool with the same schtick doing rewriting and editing a film about DV? The same person who did that awful marketing with his mum and Hugh wearing the bully team jumpers. The same person who ruined the film's marketing.

The only silver lining here is that it must have really p1ssed off Ryan that Justin's cut scored better. So much for not listening to women, or faux feminism or whatever Blake and her lawyers are peddling these days.

My opinion, based on Katy's theories and the evidence shown so far.

Elder Ordonez / SplashNews.com / Shutterstock leaked photos from the set and generated several articles and commentary around casting (people did not want Blake Lively in the part), age (they felt she was too old) and there was a lot of chat about her weight, describing her as frumpy and matronly.

Here are some of the articles about Blake's casting and outfits, and Faux Moi commentary included

• “does the wardrobe team hate her?”
• "These are the kind of outfits my friend would see me in, and gently ask if everything was okay."
• "Fr I want to know what Blake did to make costume hate her this much"
• "Not even going to lie, have a sister who suddenly went into a manic episode after quitting drinking in her mid 40s and the outfits and unkempt hair were the first sign."
• "It’s giving middle-aged mom who decided to start dressing like Haley Lu Richardson’s character in White Lotus"
• "It’s wild to me that she is supposed to be playing a 23-year-old, but the styling (hair, makeup, clothes) all make her look 45. What is going on lol"
• "Colleen Hoover is such a terrible, godawful writer, I’ll be boycotting this movie out of spite. It ends with me."

Sony was concerned about the backlash and about the film not being sexy enough, so Justin had to speak to Blake about it, and, out of empathy, he cried... hence the "no more crying" in her trailer.

IMO, she could not accept this backlash, so she projected all her insecurities onto Justin and blamed him for how she felt. And this is reflected in the 17-point list and what Lesley Sloan was peddling in August 2024 - SH was not mentioned (as per JV), but fat shaming was. Same with Nicepool. It was all petty vindictiveness. You can see from Jamey's timeline (last slide) that she was happy with Justin until those photos were leaked and he had to speak to her about it.

The CRD was used to cancel Justin after he had to hire a crisis agency because she undermined and bullied him on set and in Nicepool, and took over the movie. She cancelled herself by excluding Justin from the premiere and hawking her shampoo and booze, and then Kjersti was the final nail in the coffin because people knew there had been a problem and sided with an extremely unproblematic Justin, not Blake, who had a history of being unpleasant. The CRD redeemed her for a day or two... and then the truth was revealed.

The power grab is separate and more about how Ryan and Blake operate. Blake, in my opinion, was copying her dysfunctional husband, together with her ego desiring more after Anna Kendrick and Scarlett Johansson's directing debut announcements happening summer 2023, the latter with WFP, plus her fury of having to work on a film directed and acted in by an unknown who had to tell her she was deemed frumpy and old by the public. She also wanted to be the next Reese, with an IP that had lots of opportunities like Deadpool.

The above is my opinion based on what I have read and watched. Apologies if it's rehashing previous theories.