Blake Lively slams Justin Baldoni over unsealed texts with Taylor Swift

Blake Lively’s personal text messages taylor swift An update on the ongoing lawsuit related to the film has been released. it ends with us.

as previously reporteda judge determined that conversations between friends about working conditions on set were related to Lively’s sexual harassment and retaliation claims against co-star and director Justin Baldoni.

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Baldoni and his production company, Wayfarer Studios, won in court last June over the issue of Swift’s text messages, which were at the center of Lively’s lawsuit. Some of them have become clear.

A series of exchanges were made public this week in which Baldoni was labeled a “stupid director,” a “clown” and a “bitch” who acted like a “pack of supervillains.”

One transaction from December 2024 was labeled “Evidence 89” and was viewed by: signboardSwift apparently referenced a favorable published article about Baldoni, joking, “I think this bitch knows something’s going to happen because she pulled out a little violin.”

Swift also likened the broader situation with Baldoni and others to “a horror movie going on that no one knows about.”

In an earlier message, which has been partially redacted, Lively apparently apologized for devoting so much of Swift’s time and energy to various issues. “No, you’re not wrong, but it doesn’t really matter,” Swift replies. “I think I’m exhausted from all aspects of my life. I’ve noticed a slight change in the way you talk to me over the past few months.”

And a reset accordingly. And an injection of humor. “This son of a bitch and what he did to me gave me an identity crisis, and rightly so,” Lively wrote, before adding, “That man and his entire gang of supervillains.”

signboard has reached out to Swift’s representatives for comment.

Baldoni first tried We get the text directly from Swift himself, but then canceled his subpoena For the pop superstar, choose to look for messages from Lively through the normal discovery process. The filmmakers attempted to counter-sue Lively and her aides for defamation, but Judge Lehman dismissed those claims as legally invalid by mid-2025.

At the same time, Lively provided the following services: her own summons About music mogul Scooter Braun, Swift’s longtime public opponent and who is now name-checked in published texts. Mr. Lively asked Mr. Brown for information about the alleged takedown of a public relations campaign orchestrated by The Agency Group PR, in which Mr. Brown’s company HYBE America reportedly owns a controlling stake.

In September, Judge Lehman rejected Mr. Baldoni’s efforts to remove Swift from office and drag her to court, ruling that her defense team took too long to schedule her deposition and failed to show sufficient reason to move it.

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