SUMMARY
  • Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds seek protective orders against Justin Baldoni.
  • Justin Baldoni shares new behind-the-scenes footage from It Ends With Us.
  • Fans dig deep into Blake Lively's past relationships.

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni starred in It Ends With Us as Lily Bloom and Ryle Kincaid. Based on Colleen Hoover’s book of the same name, the movie was directed by Baldoni, and upon release, where the ardent readers were not exactly happy with the movie, the moviegoers responded positively to it. However, the audience could witness Lively and Baldoni promoting the movie differently.

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s legal battle gets messy | Credits: Wayfarer Studios (It Ends With Us)

Where Baldoni decided to address the themes, including domestic violence and emotional abuse, Lively portrayed the movie as a romantic drama, which did not sit right with the audience. The tension between the two of them was seen, and in December 2024, Blake Lively filed a complaint against the director-actor, accusing him and his production company of s**ual harassment and intimidation. Now, Baldoni, in his defense, shared some BTS footage of the two filming on set, which has now invited the audience to take a deeper look at Blake Lively’s past relationship.

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds seek a protective order against Justin Baldoni

Gossip Girl actress Blake Lively is not the Internet’s favorite person right now, especially after she shocked the entire world after she dropped a lawsuit against Justin Baldoni and his production company. She also stated that Baldoni hired a PR expert to start a smear campaign against her after she had complained about the harassment on set. The New York Times published a report based on Lively’s claim and, of course, their research.

Baldoni retaliated back by filing a lawsuit against the publication for siding with Lively without confirming the accusations and later filed a lawsuit against Blake Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds. He mentioned in his lawsuit that Lively used her famous husband and friends (who can or cannot be Taylor Swift) to gain creative control over the movie. He added that the actress allegedly got a lot of script changes and wanted her version of the movie to be released. (via The Cut)

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds
Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds seek protective order | Credits: Ryan Reynolds’ Instagram

The actor-director also added that Lively is reportedly using him as a ‘scapegoat’ to rectify her tainted public image by falsely accusing him and his team of s**ually harassing her. Lively’s legal team called Baldoni’s countersuit ‘another chapter in the abuser playbook’. Things have been pretty messed up between the two as leaked text messages, emails, and behind-the-scenes footage have been released/published.

Justin Baldoni’s team released 10 minutes of behind-the-scenes footage from the set to TMZ, stating that the video completely refutes Lively’s claims against him. The actor also shared with People magazine that they will be launching a ‘website’ where all the evidence against Blake Lively will be published so that everyone is able to judge who is telling the truth. The actress and her husband have now written a letter stating that Baldoni and his attorney’s ongoing ‘retaliatory media and online campaign’ has violated New York law.

TMZ reported that the famous couple asked the court to issue a protective order to stop Baldoni’s lawyer from engaging in improper conduct. Sources close to Baldoni shared with the publication that the actor wants to release videos and text messages to prove that the allegations stated by Blake Lively are not true.

Blake Lively accused of ‘not being able to separate her personal and professional lives’

Justin Baldoni’s team released a behind-the-scenes video of the duo filming a slow dance scene at the bar early on in the movie as the romance grows between Lily Bloom and Ryle Kincaid. The video showcased the actor-director letting the cameras roll having them perform the scene and speaking to Lively and Baldoni.

Where Lively’s lawsuit stated that Baldoni leaned forward and slowly dragged his lips from her ear and down her neck and said, ‘It smells so good.’. She alleges that none of this was based on any dialogue, and when she tried to stop him, Baldoni’s response was, ‘I’m not even attracted to you.’ However, the footage shared by Baldoni’s team is very different from what Lively claims.

Blake Lively and Penn Badgley
Blake Lively and Penn Badgley in Gossip Girl | Credits: CW

THR reported that Justin Baldoni’s lawyer claims the footage shows that the two actors were performing the scene with mutual respect and professionalism, pointing out that it refutes what Lively has claimed. After the footage was shared, an X user (@spiritualshift_), who has been closely following the case, shared the videos and text messages.

The user mentioned that there is evidence that states that Blake Lively weaponizes being a woman and playing a victim to manipulate others to get her way. A user said,

This has allowed the audience to dig deep into Lively’s past relationships, including the one with Penn Badgley while filming Gossip Girl. The two dated from 2007 to 2010, and after their split, they remained cordial with each other for the show, which eventually allowed their pair on-screen to have a happy ending.

As for Ryan Reynolds, it has been long rumored that the two of them struck up a romance while filming Green Lantern in 2010, but the two started dating in 2011. Reynolds was at the time married to Scarlett Johansson while Lively was still with Badgley but the two of them were friends. The two secretly got married in 2012. Fans have now commented that maybe Lively does not know how to draw a line between her personal life and professional one.

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