All the world’s a stage, they say, but sometimes, it’s hard to tell whether it’s a script or just an unscripted mess. Take into account, Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, whose legal drama surrounding It Ends With Us has everyone watching with popcorn in hand.
In a recently amended lawsuit, Lively claims that Justin Baldoni, her co-star from It Ends With Us, made other women uncomfortable on set, hinting that these women would testify in court. But Ryan Reynolds’ wife offers no names, no specifics, and no hard evidence to back it up. In fact, the lawsuit seems to open more questions than answers. It’s a bit like throwing darts in the dark—there’s a lot of noise, but not much landing.
Renowned creator and commentator Andy Signore digs deep into the details of the case, providing an in-depth analysis of the legal filings. Can Lively back up her claims, or is this just a case of rewriting history? Let’s dive into the mess.
Blake Lively’s lawsuit: Defamation claims without concrete evidence, Andy Signore weighs in
Blake Lively’s amended lawsuit includes new allegations, primarily concerning defamation. She now claims that other women who worked on the set of It Ends With Us felt “uncomfortable” due to Justin Baldoni’s behavior and that these women will testify in court if needed (see Deadline).
In his latest video from Popcorned Planet, Andy Signore highlights that this lack of concrete evidence and the absence of these women’s testimonies raises questions about the validity of Lively’s accusations.
Signore also points out that in the amended lawsuit, Lively removed several texts that were present in the original complaint. These texts had previously seemed to paint Baldoni’s PR team in a more negative light, but Lively now omits them, possibly because the full context of those messages, as revealed by Baldoni, did not support her claims.
This omission is seen by Signore as a significant red flag, suggesting that the original complaint might have been misleading. He said:
Now, that would seem damning, but she doesn’t offer any specifics, she doesn’t provide any texts, she doesn’t tell us who these people are, just says they don’t want to get involved right now, given all the toxic virality out there, and that they will testify if necessary and be part of disclosures, etc., coming up, depositions, what have you.
What we are going to go through is, it’s a lot of pages again, and we’re going to read through and go through all the differences, but I wanted to spotlight some of the major things I noticed. The first thing I noticed is, as I compared it to the last one, a lot of texts were actually removed.
He then mentions that in the latest version of the lawsuit, many texts that were present in earlier filings have been removed. This removal, according to Signore, raises a red flag, especially because some of those messages might have painted a different picture—one that could potentially contradict Lively’s narrative.
Andy Signore compares Blake Lively’s claims to Amber Heard’s defense tactics
Moreover, Andy Signore brings up a section of the lawsuit where Blake Lively addresses her demands for creative control and protection during the film’s production. She insists that her actions were only for the safety of the cast and crew, not to seize control of the film. However, Signore suggests that this defense seems dubious.
He compares it to Amber Heard’s defense during her trial, where she also claimed to have had the ability to take certain actions but didn’t, which Signore believes was a tell of their true intentions. To quote him:
Really, really, really, I love how she’s acknowledging, I could have—this is something Amber Heard did on trial when she was like, I didn’t go to TMZ and do all this in life. If I wanted to do that, I could have, and then she went off and explained, which is a total tell. If I wanted to break the law, I wouldn’t have done it like that. That is always a huge tell.
In essence, Signore believes that Lively’s amended lawsuit raises more questions than answers, with many of her claims seeming inconsistent and lacking solid proof.
Heard’s defamation trial against Johnny Depp, famously dubbed Depp v. Heard, was a media frenzy that wrapped up in June 2022. The heart of the case revolved around allegations of defamation stemming from a 2018 op-ed written by Heard for The Washington Post. In the piece, she positioned herself as a public figure advocating for domestic abuse victims. While Depp was never directly named, he argued that the article severely tarnished his reputation and derailed his career.
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