Justin Baldoni’s ‘Gross’ Britney Spears Comment Exposed In Unsealed Texts

Blake Lively and Jenny Slate’s non-public messages are actually moving into the highlight, they usually paint a far darker image of what the “It Ends With Us” set allegedly felt like behind the scenes. In newly unsealed texts tied to Energetic’s lawsuit in opposition to director and co-star Justin Baldoni, the actresses seem to recount moments they are saying crossed skilled strains, together with Energetic’s declare that he referred to as her “scorching,” adopted by “okay attractive,” and a separate alternate the place Justin Baldoni allegedly chimed in on a dialog about Britney Spears in a approach that left them unsettled.

The messages surfaced as a part of Energetic’s 2024 lawsuit, by which she accuses Baldoni of sexual harassment, retaliatory conduct, and intentional infliction of emotional misery, claims the director denies. Energetic filed her lawsuit in December 2024, accusing Baldoni of sexual harassment, retaliatory conduct, and intentional infliction of emotional misery, together with claims of body shaming and makes an attempt to wreck her repute. Her swimsuit additionally named a number of of Baldoni’s collaborators, together with his firm Wayfarer Studios, the studio’s CEO and monetary backers, and PR personnel.

Baldoni beforehand sought $250 million in damages from The New York Occasions over a report he mentioned was defamatory, later including it to a $400 million swimsuit filed in January 2025. His lawsuit named Energetic, her husband Ryan Reynolds, and her publicist Leslie Sloane, though the case was dismissed in June. All events have denied the allegations in opposition to them.

Within the courtroom paperwork obtained by the Daily Mail, Slate, who described the shoot as “actually gross and disturbing” in different texts, tells Energetic about what she calls Baldoni’s “unprofessional habits” and the “bizarre stuff he pulled” in the course of the first half of filming.

“I imply, even him recording our dialog on his cellphone with out asking us first,” Energetic chimed in.

She then referred to as it “alarming habits,” recalling, “You have been standing there for the factor he mentioned to me when he mentioned I look scorching. I mentioned that’s not what I’m going for, and he mentioned ‘okay attractive.’ Then he made a joke, requested if he crossed a line, and I mentioned sure – he should’ve missed the sexual harassment assembly.”

The texts then flip to a different alleged alternate by which Energetic and Slate specific admiration for Spears earlier than Baldoni reportedly makes a disturbing remark concerning the singer.

“After which later if you mentioned you used to stare at Britney Spears’ midsection for hours (earlier than you completed and mentioned what an athlete she was and the way outstanding she appeared as a younger lady) he jumped in and mentioned ‘similar’ and giggled, however then eye rolled after we simply checked out him,” Energetic texted.

Slate replied, “Sure, precisely. These are two good examples, the primary one an instance of a complete overstep and undesirable remark, the second is such an ideal instance of how now I simply really feel inclined to close down [because] I do not need to invite another feedback from him, it is simply gross and silly.”

Because the texts made the rounds on-line, Every day Mail readers didn’t precisely reply with sympathy. As a substitute, many slammed the alternate as petty, immature, and wildly unworthy of a courtroom battle.

“OMG what highschool drama IS this? I am unable to consider it is a lawsuit. I pity the jury and choose. Properly, anybody within the courtroom, actually,” one commenter raged, whereas one other wrote, “That is getting foolish and silly. What are they in highschool? Thousands and thousands of males have made remarks about Britney Spears.”