'As woke as we both are': The worst texts from the Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively evidence dump

Justin Baldoni’s legal team have dumped a mass of screenshots from text conversations between Baldoni, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds onto the internet, exposing some of the inner workings behind the It Ends With Us drama. The text dump is the latest leak from Baldoni’s legal team, which is steadily drip feeding evidence from the court case to the public in the name of “transparency”, despite disapproval from the judge presiding over the legal case.

Blake Lively has accused Justin Baldoni of sexual misconduct on the set of It Ends With Us as well as an organised smear campaign against her reputation, while Baldoni is accusing Lively and Reynolds of defamation. All parties have denied the respective claims. Posted to the website thelawsuitinfo.com, the texts are part of a 168-page file entitled “Timeline of Relevant Events”. What it contains is cringeworthy on all counts.

The texts include interactions between Lively and Baldoni where the actress refers to herself as a “ball buster” and describes her on-screen appeal as the character of Lily Bloom in It Ends With Us, saying: “If you knew me (in person) longer you’d have a sense of how flirty and yummy the ball busting would play. It’s my love language. Spicy and playfully bold, never with teeth.”. But the transcript is just as embarrassing for Baldoni, who is revealed to have texted Ryan Reynolds a long, multi-paragraph message requesting to be friends.

“Hey Ryan, Justin Baldoni here. The guy who brought his literal baggage to his meeting with your wife. I asked Blake for your number well over a month ago and have wanted to text you for a while now but my good ol nerves got the best of me. “Emily and I have a very small circle... We've known all our closest friends for years, and I don't really have any close female friends that my wife isn't also friends with - let alone married ones. And so I guess this is just an awkward text to say I'd like to be friends. (I’m glad there’s no check yes or no box).” At the very end of the message, Baldoni jokes: “Let me know if the offer to move in still stands.”.

Reynolds replied to Baldoni’s request, saying: “Hey Justin - Sorry for the delay... What a loving and generous message. Thank you. We're both looking forward to getting to know you and your family better. We're also big fans over here. Since before we met, and more-so after. “You've been a wonderful collaborator with [Blake], and that meant a great deal - to both of us. Being a stand-up person is everything, and you've been just that since day one. Thank you... I happen to adore you, Justin.”.

Reynolds can also been seen asking Baldoni to delay the start of filming for Lively in order for the couple to be able to sort childcare. At one point, Reynolds says: “I’d have your line producer’s face tattooed on my perineum if he/she/they can figure out how to start two weeks earlier.”. Overall, the messages appear to mainly show the stars gushing over each other, but they do also show Lively requesting a shoot to be pushed back until she’s more comfortable with her post-partum weight loss.

“As woke as we both are we both know that this movie requires a certain aesthetic,” Lively says, adding: “Like when someone is about to start an athletic event, it’s their job to be in top shape [...] As much as I’d love to not think about it, that would be irresponsible and also impossible because it’s unrealistic to not acknowledge what I need to do.”. In another text, Lively refers to herself as “Khaleesi” and says that “like her, I happen to have a few dragons”. This follows an exchange about changes to the script made by Blake, which were endorsed by Ryan Reynolds and one of Blake Lively’s “mega” famous friends (widely believed to be Taylor Swift).

Later, a joking exchange between Lively and Baldoni sees Baldoni say, “I like sentimental Blake.” She responds: “Never met her.” He responds: “I like asshole Blake... don’t worry. Good night.” She responds: “I’ve met her. So have my suppositories. Good night!”. The release of these texts comes after an equally intense six-minute voice note from Baldoni to Lively was released by Baldoni’s team. The voice note hears Baldoni apologise to Lively and admit, “I’m a very flawed man, as my wife will say.” The case continues.