Actor Justin Baldoni and his wife Emily Baldoni have spoken up about his legal troubles with actor Blake Lively for the first time in almost two years.
The couple posted a video on Instagram on Wednesday, saying they had a lot to say on the subject, but had kept quiet all this time because “something was telling us not to. It just didn’t feel like the right time”.
The couple said they were “feeling immense gratitude for so many things and so many people and so many things that have happened to us” and that while they were thankful it was over, the “injustice” and “pain” they had been put through had not been negated.
“We’ve had to wrestle with so many things and try to understand so many things, like how could something like this even happen? Let alone disguised as a fight for women,” Emily said.
She said there was “so much to unpack”, but the reality was that the feud had put their family through a lot of trauma, which made talking about it difficult.
Justin said that so many painful — and untruthful, Emily added — things had been said in the last couple of years that there was noise and they didn’t want to add to it by responding at the time.
“So we just wanted to let the justice system run its course,” the It Ends With Us star said. “The truth and the facts have spoken for themselves,” his wife added.
Justin said they were now “healing” and that process wasn’t linear. He also thanked his supporters who stood up for him when he couldn’t stand up for himself.
“There were so many of you who, when we didn’t have a voice, were our voice… And so many of you had discernment. And you used your intuition and you trusted that. And you have given your time to fight for us. And thank you does not feel like enough. But we’re here, in large part, because of so many of you and all of our friends and family.”
The couple said there was more to say and the “time will come” for them to say it. For now, they said they’ll continue “the healing and hanging out with our kiddos”.
In May, Justin and Lively settled a lawsuit in which she accused him of sexual misconduct on the set of It Ends With Us. Both sides issued a statement saying they hoped the settlement would bring “closure”.
The dispute became public in December 2024, when Lively filed a complaint against Justin with the California Civil Rights Department. This was followed by her lawsuit.
Justin counter-sued Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds for defamation, saying they tried to destroy his reputation, but a judge dismissed that case in June of last year. The judge also dismissed Baldoni’s defamation case against The New York Times .
It Ends With Us starred Lively as a flower shop owner who marries a neurosurgeon played by Baldoni. Despite mixed reviews, the movie grossed more than $351 million worldwide, according to Box Office Mojo.
