The drama between Justin Baldoni, Blake Lively, and Ryan Reynolds is messier than a toddler’s spaghetti dinner. The “It Ends With Us” director has filed a lawsuit with claims so wild they deserve their own Netflix miniseries. Here’s the tea, served piping hot, about what went down in an NYC penthouse that’s now a landmark of cinematic drama.
The Weighty Matter
Picture this: Justin Baldoni, who’s been carrying his fair share of back problems (and apparently now Hollywood-sized grievances), decided to reach out to his personal trainer, Don. Why? Because he wanted to prep his back for a scene where he’d lift Blake Lively. Sounds noble, right? Until you realize he wanted to know Blake’s weight to avoid snapping his spine like a twig.
According to the lawsuit, Justin’s intentions were purely logistical:
“I’ve got bulging disks, chronic pain, and zero desire to reenact Quasimodo while trying to lift my co-star. Help a guy out, Don.”
But Blake wasn’t exactly thrilled that Justin had turned her weight into a math problem. Spoiler alert: neither was her husband, Ryan Reynolds.
Enter Ryan Reynolds: King of One-Liners and Penthouse Confrontations
The next morning, Justin was summoned to a penthouse meeting. Sounds fancy, right? Wrong. This wasn’t a champagne-and-canapés kind of gathering. This was Ryan Reynolds delivering what we can only assume was the most profanity-laden performance of his career.
According to Justin:
“Reynolds swore at me, called me out for asking about Blake’s weight, and made it clear I’d crossed a line. He was like Deadpool with a personal vendetta.”
Ryan allegedly dropped a classic:
“How dare you f-cking ask about my wife’s weight? What’s wrong with you?”
We can only imagine Justin, standing there, wide-eyed, clutching his lumbar support pillow for comfort.
The Lift Scene That Never Was
And then came the ultimate plot twist: the lift scene got nixed faster than your New Year’s resolutions. Blake reportedly refused to perform the scene, stunt double and all, and Ryan demanded it be removed entirely.
Justin claims this scene was important for his creative vision, but the power couple’s combined veto hit harder than a box-office flop.
“The scene was crucial,” Justin lamented, probably while staring wistfully out a window. “But Blake and Ryan erased it like it never existed.”
The Lawsuit’s Juiciest Allegation
Blake Lively didn’t just stop at nixing the scene, according to Justin. Nope. She allegedly spearheaded a full-on smear campaign to gain creative control of the film. Meanwhile, Justin rewrote the scene, accommodating Blake, but the damage was done.
The lawsuit describes this rewrite as the ultimate betrayal of artistic integrity, but let’s be honest: it sounds more like the kind of workplace drama you’d overhear in the break room of a reality TV production office.
Final Thoughts
Whether you’re Team Justin or Team Reynolds-Lively, one thing’s clear: this drama is juicier than a soap opera finale. Will Justin’s lawsuit hold up in court? Will Ryan’s penthouse monologue go down in history as the most iconic rant of all time? And most importantly, will the lift scene ever see the light of day?
Stay tuned, because this story has plot twists written all over it.
