Yahoo Lifestyle Justin Baldoni Claims Ryan Reynolds Accused Him Of Fat-Shaming Wife Blake Lively
It looks like the feud between “It Ends With Us” stars Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively won’t be ending anytime soon.
In fact, in a $250 million lawsuit filed this week against The New York Times, Baldoni accuses Lively’s husband, Ryan Reynolds, of berating him during a “traumatic” January 2024 meeting at the couple’s New York City apartment.
According to the claim, Reynolds “launched into a tirade” during the meeting and reportedly demanded that Baldoni apologize for “fat shaming” Lively.
After Baldoni “resisted apologizing for what he had not done, Reynolds became further enraged,” Baldoni’s lawsuit says.
Baldoni was reportedly traumatized by the experience since he had “never been spoken to like that in his life,” according to the suit. His lawyers said the exchange was “inappropriate and humiliating,” especially because it happened while some of the couple’s celebrity friends were coming in and out the penthouse, though the complaint doesn’t mention any names.
Baldoni now says the fat-shaming accusation was the result of a misunderstanding that occurred when he asked a trainer about Lively’s weight because he has “back issues” and there was supposedly a scene where he lifts her.
However, Lively’s attorneys said in a lawsuit filed Dec. 31 that “there was no such scene.”
Lively’s lawsuit accuses several people connected to “It Ends With Us,” including Baldoni, who also directed the 2024 domestic violence drama, of engaging in “a carefully crafted, coordinated, and resourced retaliatory scheme to silence her, and others, from speaking out.”
Lively’s lawsuit came a short time after Baldoni and nine other plaintiffs sued The New York Times for $250 million over a Dec. 21 article headlined, ″‘We Can Bury Anyone’: Inside a Hollywood Smear Machine.”
The article was published after Lively sued Baldoni for alleged sexual harassment during the film’s production as well as a claim that he targeted her in a smear campaign.
Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman said the Times article “cowered to the wants and whims of two powerful ‘untouchable’ Hollywood elites,” but a newspaper spokesperson, Danielle Rhoades, said the article “was meticulously and responsibly reported” based “on a review of thousands of pages of original documents, including the text messages and emails that we quote accurately and at length in the article.”
