Justin Baldoni speaks for the first time since legal woes with Blake Lively, says “faith” is what keeps him going

Justin Baldoni was at Los Angeles International Airport on January 17, 2025, when he spoke to photographers in a video obtained by TMZ. In the video, Baldoni can be heard speaking up for the first time amidst legal feud with his It Ends With Us co-star, Blake Lively. Baldoni mentioned:

"We're grateful to be with the family, man. We have amazing friends and family and faith."

Baldoni's brief interview with TMZ comes after he filed a lawsuit against Lively, 37, and Reynolds, 48, as well as their publicist, Leslie Sloane, and Sloane's PR firm, Vision PR, Inc on claims of civil extortion, defamation, false light invasion of privacy, breach of impliend covenant of good faith and fair dealing, international interference with contractual relations, intentional interference with prospective economic advantage, and negligent interference with prospective economic advantage in a 179-page complaint.

Baldoni has two children, daughter Maiya, 9 and son Maxwell, 7 whom he shares with his wife, Emily. Baldoni reportedly grew up embracing the Baha'i faith, which has tenets that include the oneness of humanity, gender equality, and harmony of sicence and religion

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More about Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively's legal battle

Blake Lively previously filed a lawsuit against Baldoni and his associates on December 20, 2024, allegedly accusing the actor of s*xual harassment and a retaliatory smear campaign orchestrated by him. In the complaint, Lively claimed that Baldoni exhibited "disturbing" and "unprofessional" behavior on the sets of the movie, It Ends With Us, creating a "hostile work environment."

The lawsuit also accused Baldoni and Heath of entering her trailer "univited" while she was undressed or "vulnerable" and made claims that Baldoni pressured her to "simulate full nudity" in a birth scene and "improvised physical intimacy that had not been rehearsed, choreographed or discussed with Ms. Lively, with no intimicy coordinator involved."

While responding to Baldoni's recent $400 million lawsuit against the actress and her husband, Ryan Reynolds. which was filed in the Southern District of New York on January 16, Lively's legal team said:

"This latest lawsuit from Justin Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios and its associates is another chapter in the abuser playbook. This is an age-old story: A woman speaks up with concrete evidence of s*xual harassment and retaliation and the abuser attempts to turn the tables on the victim. This is what experts call DARVO. Deny. Attack. Reverse Victim Offender."

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