New courtroom paperwork recommend that Taylor Swift and Hugh Jackman allegedly witnessed Ryan Reynolds confronting Justin Baldoni over the filmmaker’s remedy of Blake Full of life on the It Ends With Us set.
On Thursday, November 27, Folks cited an unsealed exhibit within the ongoing authorized battle between Baldoni, 41, and Full of life, 38, which features a timeline that Baldoni’s Wayfarer Studios co-founder Jamey Heath allegedly despatched to the director’s publicist in July 2024.
In accordance with this timeline, Reynolds, 49, “unloaded” on Baldoni at his New York Metropolis penthouse on April 25, 2023 for allegedly asking about Full of life’s weight. The Deadpool actor complained about Baldoni “fats shaming Blake,” after which Baldoni allegedly felt “utterly embarrassed and apologized and even shared some tears,” in line with the courtroom doc.
“[The] confrontation by Reynolds and Full of life was so aggressive that Baldoni felt he had no selection however to supply repeated (and utterly unwarranted) apologies,” Baldoni’s legal professionals alleged.
The exhibit particularly mentions that Swift, 35, and Jackman, 57, — who’re longtime associates of Reynolds and Full of life — have been “additionally current within the [apartment] on the time.”
Us Weekly has reached out for remark from the events talked about in these new courtroom paperwork.
TMZ beforehand cited a supply near the state of affairs in February who mentioned that Swift arrived at Full of life and Reynolds’ penthouse with out understanding concerning the couple’s intention to satisfy with Baldoni.
“Justin was about to go away after the 2-hour assembly as Taylor walked in, and he or she was launched to him for the primary and solely time,” the insider instructed TMZ.
Swift reportedly expressed her pleasure about It Ends With Us to Baldoni “as a result of he was her good friend’s boss,” in line with the supply.
Full of life sued Baldoni for sexual harassment, retaliation, breach of contract, infliction of emotional misery, invasion of privateness and misplaced wages in December 2024. Baldoni has denied all of Full of life’s allegations — and countersued in January, although his go well with was later dismissed.
As a part of her lawsuit, Full of life alleged that Baldoni discovered “back-channel methods of criticizing her physique and weight” whereas filming It Ends With Us.
“Full of life was humiliated to be taught that Mr. Baldoni secretly referred to as her health coach with out her data or permission, and implied that he wished her to shed weight in two weeks,” the actress’s attorneys alleged in her lawsuit.
Baldoni’s legal professionals later countered that he’d solely reached out to Full of life’s coach as a result of he’d need to raise her in an It Ends With Us scene — and he was allegedly anxious about aggravating a longstanding again damage.
Blake Full of life and Ryan Reynolds in April 2025 Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Photos for TIME
In the meantime, Swift has repeatedly tried to distance herself from the case. Baldoni’s legal professionals beforehand launched a textual content message from the filmmaker to Full of life, which referenced Swift in reference to It Ends With Us’ notorious rooftop scene.
“Was engaged on rooftop scene right now, I actually love what you probably did. It actually does hep [sic] so much,” he purportedly wrote. “Makes it a lot extra enjoyable and attention-grabbing. (And I’d have felt that approach with out Ryan and Taylor). You actually are a expertise throughout the board. Actually excited nd [sic] grateful to do that collectively.”
When Swift was formally subpoenaed by Baldoni’s attorneys in Might, her spokesperson insisted the singer “by no means set foot on the set of” It Ends With Us, nor did she make “casting or artistic choices,” past permitting her tune “My Tears Ricochet” for use within the movie.
“She didn’t rating the movie, she by no means noticed an edit or made any notes on the movie,” her rep instructed Us on Might 9, 2025. “She didn’t even see It Ends With Us till weeks after its public launch, and was touring across the globe throughout 2023 and 2024 headlining the most important tour in historical past.”
Her spokesperson added, “Provided that her involvement was licensing a tune for the movie, which 19 different artists additionally did, this doc subpoena is designed to make use of Taylor Swift’s identify to attract public curiosity by creating tabloid clickbait as an alternative of specializing in the details of the case.”
Throughout the discovery means of Full of life’s go well with, Decide Lewis J. Liman struck down Workforce Baldoni’s try to depose Swift as a result of it will fall exterior the timeline allotted.
Us discovered in November that each Swift and Jackman have been on a listing of names submitted by Full of life’s legal professionals for potential testimony at trial. Emily Blunt, Scooter Braun and Gigi Hadid have been additionally named as folks “more likely to have discoverable data” concerning the It Ends With Us dispute.
Full of life and Baldoni’s trial is ready to start March 9, 2026 except the 2 sides can attain a settlement earlier than that date. Full of life’s legal professional has confirmed that the previous Gossip Woman star intends to testify throughout the trial.
