Blake Lively's brother-in-law Bart Johnson fiercely defends her admitted ends with us criticism Blake Lively is getting support from her loved ones amid ongoing backlash over the promotion of it ends with us Blake's brother-in-law Bart Johnson who is married to her older sister Robin Lively is coming to her defense in fact when the High School Musical actor who recently posted a birthday tribute to Blake on Instagram spotted a comment accusing the actress promoting happiness in a domestic violence set without any regard for any victims he decided to reply I'm really sorry you feel that way the 53-year-old who portrayed coach Bolton in the HSM films wrote I'm sure you have a huge heart and want the best I can promise you the truth has not come out yet Blake worked harder on this film than anything I've seen her do in my entire life because it meant so much to her continuing to show his support for his sister-in-law and the film based off Colleen Hoover's best selling novel Johnson added the message is in the book and in the movie not in short clips interviews she is the reason the message this movie is getting out however despite his stance Bart admitted that the controversial promotion of the film which was released earlier this month has not gone completely smooth