Justin Baldoni Files $250 Million Lawsuit Against New York Times Over Blake Lively Story: It Relied on Her ‘Self-Serving Narrative’ (EXCLUSIVE)
On June 2, 2023, Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, her “It Ends With Us” director and co-star, had a text conversation in which Lively expressed frustration over not receiving updated script pages from her assistant. She wrote, “She didn’t realize they were new,” and requested that the pages be sent to her. Signing off with an “X” – a common symbol for a kiss – Lively also mentioned she was pumping in her trailer and suggested they rehearse their lines. Baldoni replied, indicating he would eat with the crew first and then meet up. However, this interaction was portrayed very differently eighteen months later in a New York Times exposé. The report claimed that Baldoni frequently entered Lively’s makeup trailer without invitation while she was either undressed or breastfeeding.