Both Baldoni and Heath are members of the Bahai faith, as is Steve Sarowitz, the billionaire businessman who invested in their production company, Wayfarer Studios.
A key tenet of Bahai is universal peace, which leads to a deeply spiritual and emotional connection to issues like equality and justice.
Baldoni, in particular, has never shied from expressing his faith in public, and he reportedly leaned on it to guide his behavior and decision-making on set.
Jenny Slate at the ‘It Ends With Us’ premiere in Ne York City in August 2024.Gotham/WireImage/Getty Images
Ive never worked with a male director who was so worried about everyones emotional and mental well-being, one source said of Baldoni.
To that end, theTHRarticle posits that some of the actions Livelydinged Baldoni for in her lawsuit constant hugging, over-sharing could be chalked up to misunderstandings tied to his faith.
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According to one source, Heath has said that the interaction exemplifies the way acts of kindness have been weaponized against himself, Baldoni, and others in the dispute.
