After deactivating her Instagram account amid Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni's ongoing legal battle, sources say there's a new update regarding It Ends With Us author Colleen Hoover: that she's retiring from a writing career.

After deactivating her Instagram, rumors started to swirl that It Ends With Us author Colleen Hoover is retiring from writing. The Instagram hiatus comes after Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively’s heated legal battle after the actress accused the director for sexual harassment.

While Hoover, 45, has not revealed her reasons for stepping back from social media, her decision to do so just days after Baldoni filed a $400 million lawsuit against Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, has sparked speculation that the two incidents might be connected.

Colleen Hoover's writing future is in question after she deactivated Instagram amid the It Ends With Us legal battle.

Bestselling author Colleen Hoover is making headlines for all the wrong reasons. Hoover recently deactivated her Instagram, sparking speculation that she may retire from writing for life.

Scrolling through BookTok, it's impossible to miss the Colleen Hoover phenomenon. Her novels, especially It Ends with Us, have garnered immense popularity, often hailed as must-reads. Intrigued by the hype, I decided to check her work out myself to see what all the buzz was about.

Colleen Hoover, the author of the book that inspired the 2024 film It Ends With Us, was dragged into the $400 million legal battle between the film’s star, Blake Lively, and director, Justin Baldoni.

Author Colleen Hoover deleted her Instagram account amid the messy legal drama between 'It Ends With Us' costars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni

Colleen Hoover's popular romantic novel It Ends With Us emerged as a breakthrough piece of art, especially on BookTok, and readers worldwide were gushing over Atlas and Lily's love story.

Justin Baldoni is heard apologizing to his co-star Blake Lively in an audio message apparently sent to Lively amid production of their film “It Ends with Us,” long before the two stars launched into a legal battle that continues to play out in the public eye.

It Ends With Us fans probably all remember where they were when news broke that Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively's rumored feud from the movie set had evolved into a full-on legal battle. While the movie released in August 2024,

What began as whispers of behind-the-scenes drama has now erupted into a full-blown legal battle between the film's lead Blake Lively, and director-producer-star, Justin Baldoni. The actors have taken legal action against each other,