Blake Lively allegedly referred to her New York City penthouse as \u201cBuckingham Palace.\u201d<\/p>\n
The actress used to request meetings to be held there while filming 2024\u2019s \u201cIt Ends With Us,\u201d according to her former co-star Justin Baldoni.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe used to call it Buckingham Palace, as she said, because so many celebrities walked through there,\u201d he said while sitting for his deposition in Los Angeles last October, per a transcript obtained by People<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI think that was her office in her penthouse apartment, which was the place that Ms. Lively requested all of our meetings be.\u201d<\/p>\n Blake Lively referred to her New York City penthouse as \u201cBuckingham Palace,\u201d her former co-star Justin Baldoni alleged while sitting for his deposition in Los Angeles last October. Nathan Congleton\/NBC via Getty Images<\/p>\n \u201cShe used to call it Buckingham Palace, as she said, because so many celebrities walked through there,\u201d the director said of Lively as their legal war continues on. Getty Images for Sony Pictures<\/p>\n Reps for Lively and Baldoni did not immediately respond to Page Six\u2019s requests for comment.<\/p>\n Lively\u2019s penthouse has become a focus of conversation in the two stars\u2019 ongoing legal feud<\/a> after Baldoni, 41, claimed Lively, 38, insisted they take their work meetings there.<\/p>\n Unsealed text messages \u2014 which were released earlier this month \u2014 revealed that Baldoni said he met Lively at her home to go over revisions to their script. He also claimed that the actress was \u201csetting [him] up for a trap\u201d<\/a> by refusing to use a body double<\/a> in \u201cIt Ends With Us\u201d sex scenes.<\/p>\n Lively\u2019s penthouse has become a major focus of the two stars\u2019 ongoing legal battle. \u00a9Sony Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n Earlier this month, unsealed texts revealed that Baldoni claimed Lively insisted that they take their meetings in her home office. GC Images<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n According to November 2024 court filings, Baldoni also wrote in text messages that he was \u201cemotionally paralyzed\u201d after being \u201cambushed\u201d by Lively\u2019s husband, Ryan Reynolds<\/a>, at their New York City apartment back in January 2024.<\/p>\n \u201cRyan was talking to me like a five-year-old and scolding me,\u201d Baldoni wrote in a text to actor Rainn Wilson, recalling what he claimed took place one night prior.<\/p>\n \u201cThey essentially said that Jamey [Heath] and I are not who we claimed to be and that for us to have a podcast is unsafe because it makes people feel like we are safe.\u201d<\/p>\n In a November 2024 court filing, Baldoni also claimed he was \u201cambushed\u201d by Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, during a January 2024 meeting held at her house. \u00a9Sony Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n Lively first filed her sexual harassment lawsuit against Baldoni in December 2024. GC Images<\/p>\n Lively filed a formal lawsuit against the director in December 2024 for alleged sexual harassment, retaliation, breach of contract, infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy and lost wages.<\/p>\n At the time, Baldoni responded with a $400 million countersuit against Lively and Reynolds, but the suit has\u00a0since been tossed<\/a>.<\/p>\n