Justin Baldoni allegedly acquired help from The Workplace star Rainn Wilson by way of textual content amid his public authorized battle with It Ends With Us costar Blake Vigorous.
In texts that have been despatched on January 5, 2024 in a bunch chat that included Baldoni, actor Travis Van Winkle, musician Andy Grammer and It Ends With Us producer Jamey Heath, Wilson, 59, claimed Baldoni was “arrange,” in keeping with courtroom paperwork seen by Us Weekly on Friday, November 14. The texts have been launched as a result of Baldoni’s authorized protection crew submitting the messages as proof.
The textual content chain reveals Wilson requested whether or not there have been any updates on the scenario. In response, Baldoni, 41, detailed a heated dialogue he had with Vigorous’s husband Ryan Reynolds, 49.
“Ryan was speaking to me like a five-year-old and scolding me. They basically mentioned that Jamey and I usually are not who we claimed to be and that for us to have a podcast is unsafe as a result of it makes folks really feel like we’re secure,” Baldoni wrote.
Baldoni went on to element the expertise of being accused of “creepy” conduct in the direction of Vigorous, 38, and referred to as it “one of many hardest nights of my life.”
“The phrase creepy and abuse have been utilized in reference to me in my conduct. I used to be then given the phrases of what to say, and needed to apologize which I used to be unable to do as a result of my mind was attempting to understand what was taking place. I used to be in shock and mainly went into feeling like I used to be a seven-year-old once more after I bought dwelling final evening.” he wrote. “I used to be emotionally paralyzed. It was as unhealthy because it sounds.”
Within the textual content alternate, Baldoni expressed gratitude for the help of these concerned within the group chat.
Wilson responded to Baldoni’s textual content by claiming he was “arrange and ambushed.”
Blake Vigorous and Ryan Reynolds. (Picture by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Pictures)
“Oh my God. I can’t consider it. You have been arrange and ambushed and personally attacked. I’m shocked. I fully relate to you being shocked, like a deer within the Headlights,” Wilson wrote. “Most likely higher that you simply didn’t instantly. Simply begin apologizing. So grateful that Jamey is your associate, and will step in diplomatically as wanted.”
Wilson concluded his textual content, “Onwards brother. Make an ideal and essential and entertaining piece of storytelling. That’s all you are able to do now. So sorry for what you went through.”
Us Weekly has reached out to representatives for Wilson, Baldoni and Vigorous for remark.
Vigorous filed her lawsuit in opposition to Baldoni, producer Heath, studio head Steve Sarowitz, and their publicists in December 2024. The trial is scheduled for March 2026.
The authorized back-and-forth started earlier in December after the actress accused her It Ends With Us costar and director of sexual harassment and orchestrating a smear marketing campaign in opposition to her.
Baldoni has denied all the allegations. He subsequently countersued Vigorous and Reynolds in January, accusing the couple of extortion and defamation. Vigorous and Reynolds denied the allegations. A decide dismissed Baldoni’s case in opposition to Vigorous in June.
Baldoni and his crew had the possibility to amend their claims for breach of implied covenant and tortious interference with contract. The decide gave them a deadline of June 23. Nonetheless, Baldoni finally opted not to take action. Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman later defined that they have been refocused on placing down Vigorous’s unique December 2024 lawsuit.
