Blake Lively ‘Refused to Permit’ Justin Baldoni’s Attendance at ‘It Ends With Us’ Premiere

She's disgusting.

And this completely tracks with everything that transpired at the very beginning of this drama, and substantiated by witnesses who attended the event.

In fact, that's how this whole story started.

People noticed the clear divide between Justin Baldoni at the premiere, and everyone else.

It Ends With Us director Justin Baldoni fired back at Blake Lively’s claims of sexual harassment as part of his $250 million lawsuit against The New York Times by submitting the actress' alleged text messages, In Touch can exclusively report.

Justin, 40, and his legal team included several texts messages, obtained by In Touch, allegedly sent by Blake, 37, to refute her claims. In his suit, Justin claims The NY Times wrote a one-sided story based on a complaint Blake filed with the California Civil Rights Department.

Justin’s lawyers claimed the story pushed “Lively’s unverified and self-serving narrative, lifting it nearly verbatim while disregarding an abundance of evidence that contradicted her claims and exposed her true motiv ran a story that was one-sided.”

The NY Times denied the accusations.

A spokesperson for The New York Times said, "Our story was meticulously and responsibly reported" and based on a review of "thousands of pages of original documents, including the text messages and email that we quote accurately and at length in the article."

Blake filed her own lawsuit days after her petition with the California Civil Rights Department became public. She accused Justin of sexual harassment and retaliation.

One issue Blake raised was Justin and producer Jamey Heath talking about their past sexual relationships with other people.

In addition, she claimed Justin referred to women on set as “sexy.” Blake claimed the two men entered her trailer unannounced on multiple occasions while she was getting dressed.

The actress said Jamey walked in one time “while she was topless and having body makeup removed by makeup artists.”

“Mr. Baldoni and Mr. Heath were also constantly hugging and touching cast and crew,” the complaint read. “When Ms. Lively or others avoided this touching, Mr. Baldoni and Mr. Heath would retaliate by becoming irritated, cold, and uncollaborative. The result was an unwelcoming and mercurial environment for Ms. Lively, her employees, and others on set.”

In his lawsuit against The New York Times, Justin addressed some of Blake’s claims. First, he attached a text message she sent showing her describe a character as “sexier” when talking about wardrobe.

“The allegation that Baldoni inappropriately described Lively’s character’s attire as 'sexy' is exaggerated and misleading. The text exchanges between Baldoni and Lively show that Lively had insisted that her character’s clothing be 'much sexier.' When Baldoni later used the word 'sexy,' he was just responding to her creative input, not objectifying her personally. Lively set the tone that Baldoni heeded during the creative process,” his lawyer wrote.

In regard to coming into her trailer uninvited, Justin’s lawyer said, “Lively also established very early that it was acceptable to be present while Lively was breastfeeding. Both Heath and Baldoni have children, and are comfortable around breastfeeding mothers, and Lively seemed equally comfortable.

In fact, Baldoni’s wife cofounded a company that makes a breastfeeding garment, a prototype that originated with his mother when he was a baby. And as revealed in a text message exchange between Baldoni and Lively less than two weeks into filming, Lively invited Baldoni to her trailer to rehearse lines while she was pumping breast milk.

Lively now alleges in the CRD Complaint that Baldoni and/or Heath would enter her makeup trailer of their own volition while she was breastfeeding. Notably, breastfeeding was an activity she often conducted openly in the presence of both Baldoni and Heath, including during production meetings.”

His lawyer included a text showing Blake had invited them into her trailer at least once.

Regarding the time Jamey allegedly came in while she was partly undressed, the lawyer said, “Lively suggests Heath walked in her trailer unannounced while “in state of undress” and topless, which is false. Heath was invited into her trailer, along with a female producer, Baldoni, and a Sony representative for a meeting requested by Lively. Mr. Heath arrived first to see if Lively was ready for the meeting, and after knocking and being invited in, saw that Lively was breastfeeding. She was not topless."

The lawyer continued, "She was having makeup removed from her collar bone while fully-covered. Heath asked if they should return at a later time. Lively said no, they could move forward with the meeting as initially planned and would meet them after she finished removing makeup.

Roughly two weeks later Lively announced that she thought she had seen Heath make eye contact with her. Heath immediately apologized and said he hadn’t even realized he looked her way, in response to which Lively remarked, ‘I know you weren’t trying to cop a look.’ A reference to this incident conveniently showed up on a document months later, distorted like the others and out of context, in a list that the Times later published as fact.”

Justin denied the claims in Blake’s lawsuit through his powerhouse lawyer Bryan Freedman.

Ryan Reynolds is rich rich, this nobody is 100% finished. He won’t even be able to get on the CW soon. I see a future as a rentboy.

I can't wait to see Ryan Reynolds divorce Blake Lively.

Can't wait to hear even more horror stories about this rancid cunt.

To R4-Steve Sarowitz, Baldoni's partner in Wayfarer Studios has more $$$$ and connections in Hollywood and with the power firms. And he's a "mean motherfucker" in a legal fight, doesn't mind getting dirty.

My bet is Ryan makes Blake back down because he doesn't want the fight. Ryan's not a fighter. I'm guessing that there is more "DIRT" on Blake's private affairs than Justin.

[quote]My bet is Ryan makes Blake back down because he doesn't want the fight. Ryan's not a fighter.

I don't think so.

He's always come across as pussy-whipped. He has a type - ScarJo. Lively is more Jada than anything else. She's the one calling the shots in that relationship, not Reynolds.

[quote] Lively is more Jada than anything else. She's the one calling the shots in that relationship, not Reynolds.

Look at how well that worked out for Will Smith.

If Ryan Reynolds has even a hint of a brain in his head, then he needs to dump Blake Lively.

NOW.

I predict a terrible outcome for him, because of her. He needs to dump her fat ass.

Find someone who's less of a cunt.

[quote] Justin Baldoni to Sue “It Ends with Us” Costar Blake Lively 'Soon' Following Her Sexual Harassment Complaint (Exclusive Details)

Almost a week after Blake Lively accused her It Ends with Us costar Justin Baldoni of sexual harassment and lauching a retaliatory public smear campaign against her, Baldoni's lawyer says the actor/director plans to fire back with his own countersuit.

When asked by NBC News in an interview that aired Thursday, Jan. 2, if his client plans to sue Lively, attorney Bryan Freedman replied, "Absolutely ... yes."

"We plan to release every single text messages between the two of them," Freedman told NBC News. "We want the truth to be out there. We want the documents to be out there. We want people to make their determination based on receipts."

PEOPLE has exclusively learned that the plaintiffs will include Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios (his production company behind It End with Us), his publicist Jennifer Abel and crisis publicist Melissa Nathan. They plan to name Lively, her publicist Leslie Sloane and Baldoni's former publicist Stephanie Jones in the suit. (Jones sued Baldoni, Wayfarer, Abel and Nathan on Dec. 24.)

Freedman did not provide a timetable in terms of when Baldoni's countersuit will be filed, but a source with knowledge of the lawsuit said it will be filed "soon."

It will be in response to Lively's allegations in her Dec. 20 complaint, in which she claimed that Baldoni's alleged behavior while making It Ends with Us and during its promotion caused her "grief, fear, trauma, and extreme anxiety." Lively's complaint includes allegations that during production he showed her explicit images and videos, asked her about her personal sex life and attempted to add intimate scenes to the film that she had not originally agreed to. She also claimed that Baldoni, alongside his publicist Jennifer Abel and crisis firm TAG PR's Melissa Nathan, attempted to manipulate social media and work alongside the press to "destroy" her reputation.

On Tuesday, Dec. 31, Baldoni sued The New York Times for libel in response to its Dec. 21 article "‘We Can Bury Anyone’: Inside a Hollywood Smear Machine." The suit alleges the newspaper used “‘cherry-picked’ and altered communications stripped of necessary context and deliberately spliced to mislead" in its article regarding Lively's lawsuit and behind-the-scenes trouble on It Ends with Us.

Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios, and It Ends with Us producers Jamey Heath and Steve Sarowitz, along with Jed Wallace, and publicists Nathan and Abel are named as plaintiffs in that lawsuit.

The New York Times defended its article as "meticulously and responsibly reported" in response to Baldoni's suit.

Since the first filing, Lively has received support from various of her famous friends, including A Simple Favor director Paul Feig and her The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants costars America Ferrera, Alexis Bledel and Amber Tamblyn. Baldoni, meanwhile, has been dropped by his talent agency, WME, which still represents Lively. His Man Enough podcast co-host announced she was stepping away from the show on Monday, Dec. 23.

Freedman told PEOPLE exclusively on Dec. 29 that Baldoni's lawsuit against Lively would form "a deliberate pursuit of truth."

“This lawsuit will uncover and expose the false and destructive narrative that was intentionally engineered by a trusted media publication who relied upon nefarious sources and neglected a thorough fact checking process to confirm the validity of these texts,” he said at that time.

Dear Blake Deadly Street Team:

We don’t need separate threads for every petty development in this on-going saga.

Nobody cares about any of these bitches.

I’m starting to be back on his side. Maybe she is nuts and this is some big time revenge.

[quote] Maybe she is nuts and this is some big time revenge.

Not maybe.

She's definitely nuts.

Watch any of her interviews, and you'll see it.

Blake Lively is fucking weird.

Compare Blake Lively to Justin Baldoni and his wife, who seem like a perfectly normal and nice couple.

Unlike Blake and Ryan Reynolds, who act like two assholes all the time.

You decide for yourself, R11.

Tension on the red carpet.

[quote] Lip Reader Calls Out Ryan Reynolds' Moody Comment To Blake Lively

Everyone involved is milking this for much more than it is worth.

Watching Blake unwittingly and arrogantly ruin her reputation is delicious.

Who will work with her after this??

One of the unfortunate outcomes of the MeToo movement was women like Blake who simply invent harassment allegations as a weapon against men who didn’t do anything. It’s outrageous because actual victims of harassment don’t get justice.

She sounds like a ball busting cunt. Someone needs to beat the bitch with a baseball bat.

[quote] Watching Blake unwittingly and arrogantly ruin her reputation is delicious.

[quote] Who will work with her after this??

Trust me, Hollywood insiders are watching this closely.

They may be supporting her publicly, just to be politically correct.

But in private, they're all talking shit about her.

She took a perfectly good movie that made a ton of money, and completely ruined it.

All because she's a narcissistic, egotistical Mean Girl who didn't get her way.

So she dragged the movie, the director, the entire cast, the studio, herself, and her husband with her.

"This Ends With Us" will forever be tainted, and instead of thinking about the movie and its message, they're going to be thinking about Blake Lively and all of this fucking drama.

She never really had much of a career to begin with. Her only real claim to fame is her husband.

[quote] “Further undermining Baldoni’s role, Lively initially refused to permit his attendance at the Film’s premiere,” the lawsuit states. “Only after significant pressure did she reluctantly agree to allow Baldoni and the Wayfarer team to attend, but under humiliating conditions. The Wayfarer team and their families, including Baldoni and [producer Jamey] Heath, were segregated from the main cast, barred from the exclusive after-party, and forced to organize their own event at additional cost.”

[quote] The suit further describes Lively’s alleged effort to ostracize Baldoni and his family at the film’s premiere.

[quote] “Baldoni’s participation on the red carpet was cut short, and his family and friends were confined to a makeshift holding area in the basement before being escorted into a separate theater after Lively’s departure,” the suit continues. “Not only had Lively stolen the Film, but she also robbed Baldoni and his team of any genuine opportunity to celebrate their hard work.”

Who fucking let her get away with this?

Does this cunt hold THAT MUCH power in Hollywood, that she could actually humiliate and sideline the director from his own movie?

And who are all of these cowardly actors and studio executives who backed her up??

This is disgusting.

There’s only one way to settle this.

RR was just not having it at R15.

He looked ready to explode!

Reynolds always looks one second away from losing his temper.

There is a rage right below the surface, that always shows itself every now and then.

I don't think he's a very nice person.

Blake’s dad was a B list actor. She grew up knowing about the industry very well.

"Legal filings should not be taken as fact, and should not be reported as such."

No shit, dumbass.

That's what the courtroom is for, you fucking moron.

Can you imagine owning the rights to a movie and also being the director, and having some dumb cunt ice you out of your own premiere?

It should have been his proudest moment, and this cunt turned it into a fucking nightmare.

And Sony actually backed her up on this.

Justin must have the patience of a saint, because I would have fucking RAMPAGED through that place.

R28 well it depends if he actually did sexually harass her. She ain’t never had no problem with male costars prior to him.

[quote] She ain’t never had no problem with male costars prior to him.

No one ever paid attention to her.

And she's never been in a big movie like this.

And she never will again.

[Quote]She ain’t never had no problem with male costars prior to him.

Apparently she treated Armie Hammer like dirt when he had a stint on Gossip Girl.

Blake Lively has overplayed her hand.

She's exposing herself as an nasty entitled mean girl.

Looks like Blake and Ryan Reynolds won't be attending the Golden Globes.

Is Justin Balboni attending the Golden Globes tomorrow?

It would be "Great publicity" for him!!

I'm glad that Blake and Ryan couldn't attend the Golden Globes this year.

This should have been a happy moment celebrating Ryan's Deadpool movie at the GGs.

But instead they were stuck at home and couldn't celebrate because of all the negative press.

HA!

When did DL become a group of sheeple?! She files a lawsuit and it’s pitchforks and torches for Baldoni. Now he’s going to counter sue and you all are running the opposite direction against her. JFC no wonder Trump won. There’s an epidemic of people who lack critical thinking skills, and DL is not exempt.

And I’m not new, I’ve been here since 2000.

R37 I agree with you. That bitch is a wild vicious ho. I suspect she might be a sociopath in a beautiful blonde body.

R37 Lively and Reynolds deserve all the vitriol they are receiving, and more!

They're both horrible fucking people.

R7

And we´re the gals who did the groundwork.

R5 - they will never divorce because they are alike in almost every way.

R6 - if Steve Sarowitz is so powerful and to be feared, then why did CAA drop Baldoni? Why didn't Sarowitz put in a good word for him?

R29 - maybe her male costars were smart enough to either stay out of her way or kiss her ass to avoid everything that we are witnessing now.

Stop with the new threads. In the old days Muriel would have deleted them.

The assertion that Justin seems normal is preposterous. This does suggest that narc rage is a big driver of this for him. It will play out in legal proceedings, neither has to be likeable. The PR is getting boring, this is not new news.

R44'S is DL's resident feminazi.

"Believe all women!"

"Women never lie! Men are all bad!"

Go fuck yourself, CUNT!

It Ends With Us producer Jamey Heath slammed Blake Lively’s demand she be given a producer credit on the film in an email leaked as part of their legal battle.

In Touch obtained the email dated June 27, 2024, filed as part of Jamey and the film’s director Justin Baldoni’s lawsuit against The New York Times.

Justin, 40, and Jamey sued the outlet over an article published about Blake's complaint against them. It claimed the reporters cherry-picked evidence to present a one-sided story.

In the email, that Jamey wrote to partners, “I’m writing to you all regarding a letter that I wrote on behalf of Justin and myself addressed to the Producers Guild.”

“As you know, we received a request to write a recommendation on behalf of Blake for her to receive the PGA mark. This was a request that we feel was unreasonable and cold hearted. Essentially, the movie [It Ends With Us] has been taken unjustly from Justin as a director and essentially from Wayfarer’s control due to the extortion of Blake,” he said.

Jamey continued, “Without going into all the details of the events that have transpired over the months, Justin and I ended up agreeing to write the letter due to feeling trapped. She continues to hold a threat over our heads and every time we try and hold a line she uses that threat either directly or indirectly to get us to fold.

Make no mistake, I am not suggesting that we were literally forced to acquiesce, but given the high profile of the movie, the partnership with Sony, the amount of money invested and the need to complete the movie, we have written the letter on her behalf, omitting the truth of how and why she was able to contribute in the ways we listed.”

He ended, “There is nothing to do with this letter now. It only serves as a way to memorialize why the letter was sent in the first place should we ever need to explain it.”

In the letter that Jamey wrote to the Producers Guild, he praised Blake’s work on the film and proposed she receive a producer credit.

Wow. She may never work again in this town. Then again somebody like Tyler Perry would extend her an olive branch.

Is she that good/important an actress to get away with this?

Blake slept with the married Ben Affleck while making The Town

Also slept with a married Ryan Reynolds

Lively thinks she has the same power as her friend Taylor Swift

[quote]R32 Apparently she treated Armie Hammer like dirt when he had a stint on Gossip Girl.

Well, everybody hates Arnie Hammer, right? That’s no crime.

UNLESS it can be proven it was Blake Lively who turned Hammer into the monstrous cannibal he is today (??)

I suppose all this bad p.r. could have helped the movie BEFORE its premiere.

What was Blake thinking? Justin not being there would only raise eyebrows?

None of us know what really happened. That’s what sworn deposition and a review of evidence are for.

Each side is equally suspicious. Blake Lively is a very rich (through hubs), self centered diva… but the things she had corrected on the set are routine Hollywood harassments women are subjected to, and so entirely plausible. The fact that Justin Baldoni and his partners then set out to “destroy” Lively “and her family” (their words) doesn’t make them look innocent.

So - we’ll see. I’d like to see nepo baby Lively go splat… but I also suspect her story’s more true than false.

I think Blake is intimidated by people her own age and that includes guys and girls. Usually with women, we only see the insecurity with other women but I think Blake is jealous of extremely hot guys that are her peer. Perhaps because it was a nose job that made her beautiful.

R6 his sugar daddy isn't going to save him

R49 Ryan Reynolds is gay. And if he isn't he's banging way hotter chicks than Blake. Unless her cheating hits the mainstream he doesn't give a fuck.

R57 is that why his boyfriend Hugh Jackman didn't go to the Golden Globes?

Two divas!

It’s obvious somewhere along the line, Baldoni fucked up

Not a series of microaggressions, but he did something which allowed Reynolds and Lively the leverage to take the over away from him

If her story were true, Blake and Ryan would have been at the Globes last night. She's hiding for a reason. White women like her never miss a chance to milk the victim shit for all its worth if there's a microcosm that they're right. They wear it like a badge of honor. A couple of "United front" red carpet pics that the fraus would eat up and the morning shows would drool over. It's a no brainer. The fact that she's laying low tells you something's up.

It also shows you how far Hollywood has fallen. Joan Crawford or Lauren Bacall would have shown up regardless in full regalia and dared you to say something to their faces. This twit is all bark and zero bite. If you're going to be difficult, you fucking own it. Debra Winger would eat this bitch alive in two seconds.

R60 You laid that all the way down. A thousand percent agree with you.

[quote]Debra Winger would eat this bitch alive in two seconds.

Pics please!

R45 is a Rush Limbaugh quoting Trumpist.

Rush Limbaugh was a notorious homophobe, R45.

[quote] He has a type

Yeah, and those types usually have a penis.

R54, but it turns out that his team did nothing of the sort in regards to a smear campaign. Sure, they planned a possible attack. It's their job to plan for any and all possible avenues to protect their client.

But they never followed through. Turns out they didn't have to.

Blake Lively's old press videos did all the work for them. She's a walking cunt. In those videos, which all went crazy viral on their own, she reveals herself to be a truly horrible person. No smear campaign needed.

It’s going to be sorted out in court, R66. You may be correct or wildly wrong.

Amen to that, R60!

[Quote] but he did something which allowed Reynolds and Lively the leverage to take the over away from him

Like what? His job as director which she tried to usurp from him via power trip? I predict that's all it took for this bitch to run roughshod over him.

R60 The fact that her being a cunt or whatever is even coming up is mildly inculpatory, frankly. It has no relevance. If Justin didn't do what is being alleged, then none of this would need to be brought up. If she was lying about the allegations, they would not have bowed to her demands related to said allegations and continued shooting with her. Suppose she's lying about the allegations. The Justin and his team would not have made excuses for the behavior, talking about how he has anxiety and all this BS. The way that people react to lies is very simple, there's no reason to obfuscate or do this whataboutism whatsoever.

I think Blake is an unlikeable talentless bitch. That isn't how we decide whether to enforce professional or ethical standards. If Justin thinks he can act this way with Blake, how does he act toward actresses or other women who have relatively little fame and power? He deserves this, and I'm glad he is being exposed. For the safety of other women in the industry. Safety that even a CUNT like Blake is entitled to as a human being. Speculating about how Ryan and Blake would or wouldn't or should or shouldn't be at public events during this mess is deluded and stupid. Maybe they don't feel like it.

Exactly, R70.

All of the breastfeeding business would've made me uncomfortable with having a meeting. We get it, you're a breed mare, now close up shop when the udders are empty- then take your meetings.

Justin Baldoni voice message reveals what happened at the premiere.

R70 You may have just made the most adult argument I’ve read on this scandal.

I can't believe I watched a Megyn Kelly interview. Megyn actually made sense for once.

Kjersti Flaa is not a Blake Lively fan.

Except, r70, she has no evidence to back up her claims. Zero. Where is her evidence?.He on the other hand, has receipts: the same text messages she deliberately parsed out of context and tried to pass them off as meaning something completely different to suit her narrative. And I'm sorry, we need evidence. I do not automatically "believe all women", nor should anyone else.

If JB seemed to be cowing to her at any point, it was likely because he was afraid of being cancelled by the power machine that is BL & RR.

Moreover, r70, JB also has receipts that prove that the bitch narratives arose organically from the sources she pissed off at prior points in time. He has text messages that prove that too ("this didn't come from us, right?"). So, her reputational damage and the narratives surrounding how she treats people is not inculpatory; people came forward as they do in cases like this, to share their own experiences.

Kjersti Flaa hates Blake Lively!

r70 One thing I will say, when two sides are saying two completely different things, one's past actions and behavior does come into play because it becomes a matter of integrity. Someone is clearly lying and manipulating facts. Does Blake's mean girl behavior make her more likely to make up sexual harassment? Doubtful. But it speaks to her character. She might be a sociopath. And she has documented problems with people she deemed beneath her. According to that former intern from Long Island, around the same age as her, she completely lied on her. And she has only gotten more powerful and richer since then.

If Justin is lying, then the universe truly does give what you need. You don't get what you want, and you get what you need. And is karma of the highest order. That he was able to brilliantly use her narcissism against her.

R77 You think she's on set with a body cam? The evidence is that Baldoni admitted to the behavior by trying to justify it. If you came up to me and accused me of doing things I never did, or saying things I never said, I would call you a liar, not make excuses about why I'm immature. It's inculpatory. I don't know how you don't get that. I don't believe all women, I believe her based on Baldoni's response. So she lied about it all and he was so confused that he started making excuses for things he never did and then contractually agreed to stop doing stuff he never did and continued working with her? Bitch you make no sense and Justin Baldoni isn't going to let you blow him.

Interesting.

R82, it seems you don't get how Hollywood works and how narcissists work.

My ex is a narcissist. Often it was just easier to admit to whatever ridiculous lie he was accusing me of to keep the peace. Then roll my eyes behind his back and what for his "I'm the victim" episode to pass.

I assume Blake is like my ex.

Then, you add in a huge movie on top of that? And if Blake decides she is unhappy the entire film falls apart? Which was Justin's film and should have been his huge break into the A list?

OF COURSE he's going to say whatever he has to say to keep his star happy! This is a tale as old as time in Hollywood. Stars win. No matter what. Blake knew this. Ryan knew this. Justin knew this.

So Justin did the dance and said what he needed to say to appease Blake. But Blake is clearly a narcissist which means she'll never be satisfied unless Justin totally bends the knee. Thus this entire mess.

Now, I don't know if that scenario is what actually happened, but it seems HIGHLY plausible to me given the evidence so far.

The Plantation Princess will be destroyed in the courts.

R84 That's laughable.

I don't believe for one second that Baldoni sexually harassed lively. The wife of hollywoods 1 billion dollar man and who is on set regularly? Come on

Blake Lively is similar to Meghan Markle in that they both think it’s ok to smear people with sexual harassment and racism charges respectively, with no proof to back it up.

Both have dark triad traits - narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy. Both try to act like American sweethearts, but are monsters in reality.

Baldoni's lawyer says he'll name Ryan Reynolds in suit, over a joke in "Deadpool" film

R82 Everything she said was taken out of context.

For example, she accused him of using the word sexy. But in the text messages she used it first.

She also invited him into her trailer while she was pumping.

The “pornography” of the nude wife was a birthing photo.

I mean, clearly you can’t read.

God, Ryan Reynolds has a massive head. It's like his chin is 2 ft long sometimes in pics.

Maybe these two need their houses burned down so they can focus on what really matters.

I had no idea until this past week that Ryan Reynolds was so rich. He invested well. Who would have thought?

Justin is not Mr. Roger’s, read his own words.

Condensed version - They are both cunts.