Justin Baldoni tells Blake Lively how ‘beautiful’ she is in voice memo
Justin Baldoni once flooded Blake Lively’s beauty, according to a recently released voice memo.
“Hey Blake, I hope the fitting was super successful, thanks for sending those pics,” Baldoni, 42, told Lively, 38, in the message, which was obtained by TMZ on Monday, February 2. “That was really cool. I was in the department head meeting and I was waiting for them to load and I actually got chills when I saw it. You look beautiful. It’s going to work so well.”
According to TMZ, the voice memo has already been sent It ends with us began filming in 2023. Baldoni, who was Lively’s costar and director of the film, appeared to discuss the matter Gossip girl alum costumes.
We weekly has contacted Baldoni and Lively for comment.
The memo is the latest unsealed court exhibit and comes just days after Us Weekly obtained a separate memo from Lively in which she spoke fondly to Baldoni while discussing how overwhelmed she felt returning to work and filming back-to-back projects after the birth of her fourth baby. (Lively shares daughters James, 11, Inez, 9, and Betty, 6, and son Olin, 2, with husband Ryan ReynoldS.)
“Hey. I hope you’re doing so well. I just wanted to connect and put something on your radar. So between us. This is so premature for me to even share this with you. All good, all good stuff. Headline is great, good, great stuff,” Lively began in the message, which was sent in February 2023 during pre-production. “But I was talking to Ryan [Reynolds] and I thought, ‘I don’t know if I should share this,’ but he said, ‘You guys have such great trust, you know. Fill it in. ”
She continued, “Just the idea of going straight back to work every day and also the idea of preparing for our movie and wanting to train every day and everything and still be on set every day. I think, ‘What have I done?’ The only reason I do it [that movie] before is because I gave them my word and didn’t want to go back on it and felt like I had to make it work. But a week off in between is a lot. It’s a lot.”
Lively explained that she “freaked out” as the “reality” of the shooting drew closer, admitting that she really just wanted to “focus” on It ends with us.
“Obviously there are selfish reasons why I’m telling you this,” she joked. “If you happen to think, ‘Oh my God, if I could go two weeks early, that would be really great,’ then great. And if it is what it is, then it is what it is.”
She added, “Selfishly, what I would like about that is that Ryan and I are also really stressed about having to be apart for a month. It’s all your problem. That’s why I’m talking to you as a friend more than anything right now, but the idea of spending all of June apart is a lot. The most we’ve ever done is less than two weeks.”
At the end of her ballot, Lively concluded, “So nice to talk to you. I’m not talking to you, this is so sad. This is my social interaction these days, I just talk in voice memos. Okay, I hope you’re doing well. Send my love to your family who don’t know me. Take care, goodbye.”
Both of the costars’ voice memos were sent almost a year before Lively sued Baldoni for sexual harassment and trying to ruin her reputation. Baldoni denied all allegations against him and sued Lively, but the lawsuit was dismissed in June 2025. Lively’s lawsuit is still ongoing and the couple is scheduled to appear in court in May.
The voice memos are just a small sample of recent, unsealed documents that include thousands of emails, text messages, statements and more related to the case. Reynolds, 49, Taylor Swift, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Brandon Sklenar, Jenny Slate And It ends with us author Colleen Hoover There are only a few that are mentioned or mentioned in the documents.
