Breaking News: Justin Baldoni Thanks Fans for Not Letting ‘It Ends With Us’ Message ‘Get Lost’ Amid Feud Rumors…see more

“I just want to say thank you to all the fans. To everybody. Thank you for seeing this movie, for supporting it, for supporting survivors, and for helping us make sure the message didn’t get lost.

I’m just so grateful,” Baldoni, the film’s director and lead actor, told TMZ in an article published on Tuesday, December 10. Based on Colleen Hoover’s best-selling novel of the same name, It Ends With Us tells the story of domestic abuse survivor Lily Bloom (Lively), who is in a volatile relationship with neurosurgeon Ryle Kincaid (Baldoni).

Things become even more complex when her old flame, Atlas Corrigan (played by Brandon Sklenar re-enters the picture.

Though the movie was a huge success over the summer, rumors of tension between Baldoni, 40, and Lively, 37, overshadowed its August release after fans noticed that Baldoni didn’t pose on the red carpet with the rest of the cast at the film’s New York.