New details have emerged about Justin Baldoni’s clash with Blake Lively. Diversity It was revealed that Baldoni’s legal team presented private group chat messages as evidence. The text features Rainn Wilson reaching out with support during the stressful phase of the It End’s With Us shoot. The thread – dated January 5, 2024 – included Baldoni, Travis Van Winkle, Andy Grammer, and creator Jamie Heath.
Wilson began the exchange with a simple check-in: “Any updates, brothers?” Baldoni then tells his friends about a brutal night and conversation with Ryan Reynolds that left him traumatized.
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Rainn Wilson’s messages emerge as Baldoni-Lively tensions escalate
Baldoni wrote that the situation worsened as soon as Reynolds stepped in. “Ryan was talking to me like a five-year-old and scolding me,” he told the group. He said Reynolds and Lively questioned his character, his intentions, and even the idea that he and Heath had a podcast. Baldoni said they told him, “It’s unsafe because it makes people think we’re safe.”
In another message, Baldoni said that “words like creepy and abusive were used in reference to my behavior.” He said he was assigned specific lines from which he was expected to apologize – something he could not do immediately because, as he said, “my brain was trying to understand what was happening.”
He continued writing, “I think it was very unjust and yet the only way to move forward was to acknowledge her and Ryan’s feelings and apologize and take the wrath of an angry husband.”
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Rainn Wilson’s reaction: ‘You were ready’
Wilson did not back down. He wrote, “Oh my god. I can’t believe it. You were ambushed and personally attacked. I’m shocked.” He compared Baldoni’s shock to a “deer in headlights” and said it was probably for the best that Baldoni did not apologize immediately. Wilson concluded with a push: “Go ahead, brother. Make a brilliant and important and entertaining piece of storytelling. That’s all you can do now.”
Variety reports that Lively first filed a complaint with the California Department of Civil Rights on December 20, 2024, accusing Baldoni of sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment. Baldoni responded with his own defamation suit against Lively and Reynolds, although that case was dismissed. On November 12, Baldoni asked the court to dismiss Lively’s harassment claims. That case is scheduled to be heard in March.
questions to ask
Who exposed the group chat messages?
Baldoni’s legal team entered them into evidence.
According to the text, what did Ryan Reynolds say to Baldoni?
Baldoni claims Reynolds scolded him and questioned his behavior.
How did Rainn Wilson react?
Wilson told Baldoni that he was “ambushed and personally attacked.”
What is Blake Lively accusing Baldoni of?
She filed a complaint of sexual harassment and hostile work environment.
When is the case heard?
The trial is scheduled for March.