It Ends with Us creator Colleen Hoover is supporting Blake Vigorous amid the actress’ sexual harassment allegations in opposition to the movie adaption’s director and star Justin Baldoni.

In an Instagram Tales submit on Saturday, Dec. 21 — the identical day that Vigorous’s criticism in opposition to her costar Baldoni, 40, got here to mild — Hoover, 45, shared her assist for the actress and linked to the The New York Instances‘ reporting on the state of affairs.

“@blakelively, you could have been nothing however sincere, form, supportive and affected person because the day we met,” Hoover wrote alongside a photograph of herself and Vigorous, 37, hugging at a screening of the movie. “Thanks for being precisely the human that you’re. By no means change. By no means wilt.”

Vigorous’s criticism, obtained by PEOPLE, alleges that Baldoni engaged in misconduct on the set of It Ends with Us that resulted in a gathering attended by producers to handle Vigorous’s issues about his conduct and that of the film’s lead producer, Jamey Heath.

Following the assembly, the criticism alleges, Baldoni and his manufacturing firm, Wayfarer Studios, allegedly agreed to a variety of stipulations, together with “no extra improvising of kissing” and “no extra private, bodily touching of, or sexual feedback by Mr. Baldoni or Mr. Heath to be tolerated by [Blake Lively] and/or any of her workers, in addition to any feminine forged or crew with out their categorical consent.”

Different requests included “no extra including of intercourse scenes, oral intercourse or on digicam climaxing by [Lively] exterior the scope of the script [Lively] permitted when signing onto the challenge” — all of which Baldoni and the producers allegedly agreed to. Nevertheless, Vigorous alleges within the criticism that Baldoni subsequently started a retaliatory smear marketing campaign in opposition to her quickly after.

Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman referred to as Vigorous’s allegations “false, outrageous and deliberately salacious with an intent to publicly harm” in an announcement to PEOPLE on Dec. 21.

Vigorous’s criticism consists of as proof non-public texts and emails that seem to exhibit disaster PR representatives for Baldoni planning to “[plant] tales about [Lively’s] weaponization of feminism” in addition to execute “full social account take downs,” by beginning “threads of theories” and usually working to “change [the] narrative” round Vigorous’s accusations.

Vigorous alleges that “she has suffered from grief, worry, trauma and excessive anxiousness” due to Baldoni’s alleged conduct.

In keeping with the criticism, which is a precursor to submitting a discrimination lawsuit in California, “the emotional impression on Ms. Vigorous has been excessive, not solely affecting her, however her household, together with her husband and 4 youngsters.”

Vigorous has beforehand been candid about her friendship with Hoover. Earlier this month, the actress shared a submit on Instagram celebrating the creator’s birthday, together with images of the pair having fun with a snack collectively as a music from Depraved performed within the background.

“Everybody who is aware of this lady is modified for it,” wrote Vigorous, who performed Lily Bloom on this 12 months’s big-screen adaptation of Hoover’s novel. “She’s calm and regular. Her integrity is her basis. Her humor ranges you outta nowhere. Her quiet fortitude is mighty. And she or he all the time chooses the kindest path.”

“She loves her followers. She loves her mates. She loves her neighborhood,” Vigorous added partly. “She loves her household. However largely she loves Food plan Pepsi. And oh boy can we love her.”

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Hoover was additionally complimentary of Vigorous’s work on the film as each a star and producer, telling PEOPLE in August that she gave a “charming, gorgeous and emotional” efficiency within the movie.

“There aren’t sufficient phrases to explain her phenomenal expertise,” Hoover stated on the time. “Blake Vigorous actually introduced Lily Bloom to life in a method that exceeded all my expectations. Once I wrote Lily’s character, I assumed I had a reasonably stable picture in thoughts however Blake’s portrayal added a lot depth and complexity to the character that I did not even anticipate.”