\u201cWhat does feel important is that we can genuinely say that we are sitting here today with immense gratitude for so many things that have happened to us.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt doesn\u2019t negate the injustice and the pain that we have also felt in the last few years.\u201d<\/p>\n
It comes after Baldoni and Lively settled the lawsuit she brought against him on May 4 (local time), a fortnight before the case was set to go to court.<\/p>\n
Lively is reportedly seeking US$8 million ($14m) in fees and costs that resulted from the legal battle.<\/p>\n
A federal judge had previously thrown out 10 of Lively\u2019s 13 claims, including allegations of sexual misconduct.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve had to wrestle with so many things, and try to understand so many things like … how could something like this even happen? Let alone disguised as a fight for women,\u201d Emily Baldoni continued in the video.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe truth is, the reality is 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
Justin Baldoni added: \u201cWhat I will say is that there have been so many painful things that have been spoken to existence over the last couple of years, and that created so much noise.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe didn\u2019t want to add to the noise. So we just wanted to let the justice system run its course.\u201d<\/p>\n
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni on the set of It Ends with Us. Photo \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n
Justin Baldoni thanked those that stood with him during the two-year drama which played out publicly online, saying \u201cwe feel so loved\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere were so many of you who, when we didn\u2019t have a voice, were our voice.\u201d<\/p>\n
The couple said they are now focusing on healing, their faith and spending time with their family. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe have had to rethink for ourselves what is real and what matters,\u201d Justin Baldoni said. \u201cAnd it\u2019s this. It\u2019s the kids. 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
Lively sued Baldoni and Wayfarer Studios in December 2024 over allegations of sexual harassment, hostile work environment and a \u201csmear campaign\u201d against her. <\/p>\n
Baldoni denied the claims and hit back with a countersuit against Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds, alleging defamation and distortion. Baldoni\u2019s countersuit was dismissed by a judge in June 2025.<\/p>\n
In her lawsuit, Lively accused Baldoni of making inappropriate comments about her, crossing boundaries during a love scene and pushed for nudity during the filming of It Ends With Us.<\/p>\n
Baldoni has denied the allegations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWhat does feel important is that we can genuinely say that we are sitting here today with immense…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":517179,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[1443,85777,5837,54174,38501,430,28427,156,1888,2740,17468,6712,85776,48937,111,139,69,90,11165,54894,2044,1231,102],"class_list":["post-517178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-about","tag-baldoni","tag-battle","tag-blake","tag-breaks","tag-celebrities","tag-costar","tag-entertainment","tag-first","tag-former","tag-justin","tag-legal","tag-lively","tag-messy","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-on","tag-silence","tag-spoken","tag-time","tag-twoyear","tag-with"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=517178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/517179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=517178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=517178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}