A newly published video showsJustin Baldoniseemingly joking about "missing sexual harassment training" on the set ofIt Ends With Us.
In the clip, obtained byThe Daily Mailon Monday, November 17, Baldoni, 41, makes the remark while preparing to film a bar scene for the 2024romantic drama, which he directed and stars in. At the time, Baldoni was reportedly standing at a table and talking with co-starsBlake LivelyandJenny Slate, whose faces aren't seen in the footage.
Baldoni allegedly looks at Lively, 38, and says "sexy." He then turns toSlate, 43, and remarks, "Sorry, I missed the sexual harassment training," before rolling his eyes.
The video was filed in court by Baldoni's Wayfarer Studios as part of his legal battle with Lively, according toThe Daily Mail.The outlet citedthe actor-director's lawyers as calling his comment to Lively "entirely unremarkable" and claiming that she was wearing a fleece onesie in the recording. In their filing, his legal teamreportedly claimed that Lively responded, "All good," during the exchange, and that Baldoni's "facial expression was neutral and not ogling or suggestive."
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As for what he told Slate, Baldoni's lawyers described it as an apology and "inappropriate."
Us Weeklyhas reached out to Baldoni and Lively's teams for comment.
It Ends With Us, an adaptation of Colleen Hoover'sbestselling novel of the same name, follows the abusive relationship between Ryle and Lily, portrayed by Baldoni and Lively (an executive producer on the film).
Lively lateraccused Baldoniof sexual harassment, fostering a hostile work environment and attempting to smear her reputation in a December 2024 lawsuit. He denied the allegations and filed a defamation suit against Lively and her husband,Ryan Reynolds. The couple refuted the accusations before the case was dismissed in May.
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AsUsreported earlier this month, Baldoni's team claimed that Lively improvised an unscripted kiss in adeleted scenefrom the movie. His lawyers argued that Lively "oversaw a scene she herself added to the script, in which her character kissed Baldoni's character in every take" despite the action not being written in the original script.
Lively has not addressed the claims;Usreached out for comment.
Previously, herteam claimed there were additional romantic scenes that Baldoni had improvised.
"Justin Baldoni and his lawyer may hope that this latest stunt will get ahead of the damaging evidence against him, but the video itself is damning. Every frame of the released footage corroborates, to the letter, what Ms. Lively described in Paragraph 48 of her Complaint," Lively's attorneystoldUsin a January statement, referring to footage of the stars on set. "The video shows Mr. Baldoni repeatedly leaning in toward Ms. Lively, attempting to kiss her, kissing her forehead, rubbing his face and mouth against her neck, flicking her lip with his thumb, caressing her, telling her how good she smells and talking with her out of character."
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The statement continued, "Every moment of this was improvised by Mr. Baldoni with no discussion or consent in advance and no intimacy coordinator present. Mr. Baldoni was not only Ms. Lively's costar, but the director, the head of [the] studio and Ms. Lively's boss. Any woman who has been inappropriately touched in the workplace will recognize Ms. Lively's discomfort."
Baldoni's lawyer,Bryan Freedman, later denied the allegations.