{"id":533265,"date":"2026-07-09T16:37:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T16:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/533265\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T16:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T16:37:16","slug":"justin-baldoni-makes-speaks-after-it-ends-with-us-settlement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/533265\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Baldoni Makes Speaks After ‘It Ends With Us’ Settlement"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tJustin Baldoni<\/a> has issued his first public statement in nearly two years after his It Ends With Us lawsui<\/a>t with Blake Lively<\/a> ended in a settlement<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\n\tIn a video<\/a> posted on social media Wednesday, Baldoni appeared alongside his wife Emily and said, \u201cSo, we have not spoken publicly for the better part of the last two years, and it\u2019s not because we haven\u2019t had anything to say, because lord knows we have. But it just felt like every time we went to make a video like this, we wanted to speak, something was telling us not to. It just didn\u2019t feel like the right time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAnd this feels like the moment,\u201d Emily added. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe couple spoke about how trying the past few years have been as the case moved through the courts. And while Baldoni said \u201cgratitude has saved us,\u201d he added that it didn\u2019t erase the \u201cinjustice and pain that we\u2019ve felt for the past two years.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tEmily added, \u201cLike how could something like this even happen? Let alone disguised as a fight for women. So much to unpack. And the reality is that there\u2019s been a lot of trauma for us to move through as a family, which also makes it hard to speak.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThere has been so many painful things that have been spoken into existence over the last couple years, and that created so much noise, and we didn\u2019t want to add to the noise,\u201d Baldoni said. Emily continued, \u201cThe truth and the facts have spoken for themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn May, Lively and Baldoni settled their\u00a0contentious\u00a0<\/a>legal dispute<\/a>\u00a0tied to their film,\u00a0It Ends With Us, just weeks before it was scheduled to head to trial.\u00a0Lively had accused Baldoni and his production company, Wayfarer Studios, of fostering a toxic, sexually charged work environment that discriminated against women on set. She also claimed that Baldoni and the film\u2019s producers orchestrated a smear campaign to \u201csilence\u201d and \u201ceviscerate\u201d her. Baldoni denied Lively\u2019s claims and countersued Lively for defamation (though that case was eventually dismissed).<\/p>\n

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\n\tAs part of the settlement, Lively received zero compensation<\/a>, but a judge ordered Baldoni to pay the actress\u2019 legal fees<\/a>, which tabulated to $8 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the aftermath of the settlement, Baldoni said, \u201cWe are healing, and if you\u2019ve ever been through something traumatic, you know that healing isn\u2019t linear. It looks different every day. And we have had to rethink for ourselves what is real and what matters. And it\u2019s this. It\u2019s our family. It\u2019s our friends. It\u2019s our community who\u2019ve been there for us. It\u2019s our faith. I think we\u2019re closer and more devoted and steadfast in our faith than we\u2019ve ever been.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tHe continued, \u201cAlso, this has been on both of our hearts. There were so many of you who, when we didn\u2019t have a voice, were our voice. You had a prayer at the very beginning, which was that you just pray that people would have discernment. 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThere is so much more to say,\u201d Emily said as the video statement ended. \u201cBut that time will come.\u201d<\/p>\n