{"id":420908,"date":"2026-01-21T14:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T14:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/420908\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T14:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T14:09:08","slug":"jenny-slate-slams-justin-baldoni-in-unsealed-texts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/420908\/","title":{"rendered":"Jenny Slate Slams Justin Baldoni in Unsealed Texts"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tAs the It Ends With Us<\/a>\u00a0legal battle continues, newly unsealed text messages from Jenny Slate<\/a> have revealed her true thoughts on Justin Baldoni<\/a> while filming the adaptation of Colleen Hoover\u2019s bestselling book.<\/p>\n

\n\tOn Tuesday, a transcript of Slate\u2019s deposition, held on Sept. 26, 2025, in New York, for Blake Lively<\/a>\u2018s ongoing case against Baldoni was unsealed, along with other evidence and documents. During the deposition, several of the actress\u2019 texts were read aloud, and she addressed on-set issues working with Baldoni and Wayfarer producer Jamey Heath.<\/p>\n

\n\tSlate played Allysa, Baldoni\u2019s onscreen sister, in It Ends With Us, which he also directed, in addition to playing Ryle Kincaid.<\/p>\n

\n\tAt one point, Slate stated that filming the movie \u201chas been a really gross and disturbing shoot, and I\u2019m one of many who feel [this] way,\u201d and claimed that she and Lively \u201cboth complained directly\u201d to the studio.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cJustin is truly a false ally and I\u2019m unwilling to do anything that promotes the image that he\u2019s crafting as a \u2018male feminist,’\u201d she wrote in one message. \u201cHonestly I have no words to describe what a fraud he is.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tSlate added in another text, \u201cI honestly have never ever encountered anything like this dude. He\u2019s the biggest clown and the most intense narcissist. Lots of lessons learned!\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn one message to her former agent in May 2023, during production on the film, Slate wrote, \u201cThis week was really intense for a few reasons. It\u2019s like fascinating and also so shitty. Justin and Jamey are truly unfit. I\u2019m not scared or anything, just repulsed and deeply irritated, and I know Blake is experiencing that on a much more serious level.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Dying for Sex star added in follow-up text, \u201cI feel like it\u2019s about to get really bad and I\u2019m not sure what Blake\u2019s limit is but she\u2019s really taken a lot of crap from them, like crazy shit, and I\u2019m not kidding when I tell you that Justin and Jamey me freak me out. Like they tell really weird lies and Justin is astoundingly wrongheaded.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tWhile messaging her former agent, she also referenced Baldoni\u2019s TED Talk in 2018 about empowering women and redefining masculinity. \u201cI really don\u2019t get how he did a TED Talk. He is worse than the bros I\u2019ve encountered, not because he\u2019s predatory but because of his general fragility and misogyny, like not seeming to be aware of any of the obvious no-no\u2019s,\u201d Slate wrote.<\/p>\n

\n\tEarlier in her deposition, the Big Mouth actress was also asked about an alleged incident in which she claims Baldoni commented on her appearance, telling her, \u201cI can say this because my wife is here, but you look sexy in what you\u2019re wearing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tIn response, Slate described the filmmaker\u2019s comment as \u201cnot appropriate\u201d on a film set or in \u201cany workplace.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen asked why she felt Baldoni\u2019s remark was inappropriate in this situation, as her appearance is an element of acting, Slate stated, \u201cThe comment was about me, not my character. It wasn\u2019t useful for my work. It wasn\u2019t anything I wanted. It was unwanted and had no place, in my professional experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe actress noted that she didn\u2019t tell Baldoni about her frustrations over the comment because she \u201cdidn\u2019t feel comfortable,\u201d adding in her deposition, \u201cIt was either my first or second day on set. He was my boss, and I just wanted to do my work and leave.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the deposition, it was also revealed that Slate initially told her team in June 2023 that she didn\u2019t want to be paired with Baldoni or Heath while promoting the movie, and maintained that stance through the film\u2019s press tour. \u201cI don\u2019t want to do anything with Justin, I don\u2019t want to talk about him, like \u2026 nothing. And the same goes for Jamey [Heath], who is truly unprofessional,\u201d she messaged her team.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Hollywood Reporter has reached out to Slate and Baldoni\u2019s reps for comment, but did not hear back at time of publication.<\/p>\n

\n\tMonths after THR<\/a> broke the news in August 2024 of a feud between Lively and Baldoni while filming It Ends With Us, a legal battle between the two actors ignited when Lively filed a complaint against Baldoni for sexual harassment and retaliation in December 2024. She later filed a lawsuit against Baldoni <\/a>and Wayfarer. Baldoni responded with his own lawsuit, but that was dismissed in June 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tA trial for the case is set for May 18.<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter Lively filed her initial complaint against Baldoni, Slate spoke out in support of her co-star at the time. \u201cAs Blake Lively\u2019s cast mate and friend, I voice my support as she takes action against those reported to have planned and carried out an attack on her reputation,\u201d she wrote in a statement. \u201cBlake is a leader, loyal friend and a trusted source of emotional support for me and so many who know and love her. What has been revealed about the attack on Blake is terribly dark, disturbing and wholly threatening. I commend my friend, I admire her bravery, and I stand by her side.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the It Ends With Us\u00a0legal battle continues, newly unsealed text messages from Jenny Slate have revealed her…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420909,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[8678,88,44292,199641,8680],"class_list":["post-420908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-blake-lively","tag-entertainment","tag-it-ends-with-us","tag-jenny-slate","tag-justin-baldoni"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}