{"id":219647,"date":"2026-01-29T22:11:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T22:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/29\/blake-livelys-surprisingly-friendly-voice-memo-to-justin-baldoni-leaves-fans-confused\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T22:11:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T22:11:55","slug":"blake-livelys-surprisingly-friendly-voice-memo-to-justin-baldoni-leaves-fans-confused","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/29\/blake-livelys-surprisingly-friendly-voice-memo-to-justin-baldoni-leaves-fans-confused\/","title":{"rendered":"Blake Lively&#8217;s Surprisingly Friendly Voice Memo to Justin Baldoni Leaves Fans Confused"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>For the past year, just about every time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/01\/jameela-jamil-blasts-blake-lively-as-villain-suicide-bomber-in-newly-revealed-text-messages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni<\/a> have been mentioned in the same breath, it\u2019s been in reference to their never-ending legal battle.<\/p>\n<p>Which is why some people are confused by a newly released voice memo in which Blake refers to Justin as her friend and gushes about how close their relationship is.<\/p>\n<p>The memo is part of a mountain of newly unsealed evidence pertaining to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/01\/blake-lively-driver-deposition-justin-baldoni\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lively\u2019s sexual harassment lawsuit against Baldoni<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2165358473-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Blake Lively poses on the red carpet upon arrival to attend the UK gala screening for &quot;It ends with us&quot; at the Odeon Luxe in Leicester square, central London on August 8, 2024.\" class=\"wp-image-546932 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2165358473-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2165358473-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2165358473-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2165358473-2048x1364.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2165358473-960x639.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2165358473-1080x719.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2165358473-1200x799.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2165358473-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Blake Lively poses on the red carpet upon arrival to attend the UK gala screening for \u201cIt ends with us\u201d at the Odeon Luxe in Leicester square, central London on August 8, 2024.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI hope you\u2019re so well,\u201d the actress began in a transcript published by <em><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/hear-blake-lively-s-unsealed-voice-message-to-justin-baldoni-before-making-it-ends-with-us-talking-to-you-as-a-friend-11895135\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">People<\/a><\/em> on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just wanted to connect to put something on your radar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blake went on to explain that she was scheduled to shoot two movies \u2014 <em>Proxy<\/em> and <em>It Ends With Us<\/em>, in which she co-starred with Baldoni, who also directed \u2014 back to back.<\/p>\n<p>And it was all set to take place shortly after she had given birth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only reason that I\u2019m doing [that movie] before is because I gave them my word and I wouldn\u2019t go back on that,\u201d she said in the voice message. \u201cBut having a week off in between, it\u2019s just a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"705\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2165906673-2-705x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Blake Lively attends the UK Gala Screening of &quot;It Ends With Us&quot; at the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on August 08, 2024 in London, England. \" class=\"wp-image-546931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2165906673-2-705x1024.jpg 705w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2165906673-2-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2165906673-2-768x1116.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2165906673-2-1410x2048.jpg 1410w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2165906673-2-661x960.jpg 661w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2165906673-2-743x1080.jpg 743w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2165906673-2-826x1200.jpg 826w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2165906673-2-scaled.jpg 1762w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"705\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2165906673-2-705x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Blake Lively attends the UK Gala Screening of &quot;It Ends With Us&quot; at the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on August 08, 2024 in London, England. \" class=\"wp-image-546931 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2165906673-2-705x1024.jpg 705w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2165906673-2-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2165906673-2-768x1116.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2165906673-2-1410x2048.jpg 1410w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2165906673-2-661x960.jpg 661w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2165906673-2-743x1080.jpg 743w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2165906673-2-826x1200.jpg 826w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2165906673-2-scaled.jpg 1762w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2165906673-2-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Blake Lively attends the UK Gala Screening of \u201cIt Ends With Us\u201d at the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on August 08, 2024 in London, England. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Lia Toby\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI still don\u2019t have a baby nurse,\u201d Lively continued, adding that she was stressed by the idea of taking on two back-to-back projects so soon after welcoming her youngest.<\/p>\n<p>Blake added that she was reluctant to pour her heart out to Baldoni, but that her husband, Ryan Reynolds, had \u201cencouraged\u201d her to speak her truth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou guys have such a great trust. Fill [Baldoni] in,\u201d Reynolds reportedly told her.<\/p>\n<p>Blake went on to state that she won\u2019t be making a similar appeal to the director of <em>Proxy<\/em>, because she\u2019s unable to \u201ctalk to [that director] like [she] talk[s] to\u201d Baldoni.<\/p>\n<p>The memo serves as a stark reminder that these warring co-stars were on excellent terms with one another at the start of filming. However, it seems that things rather quickly went south.<\/p>\n<p>Also unsealed this week were texts that Reynolds sent his agent on the subject of Baldoni.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2165122550-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"US actor Justin Baldoni attends the New York premiere of &quot;It Ends With Us&quot; at at AMC Lincoln Square in New York, August 6, 2024. \" class=\"wp-image-546933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2165122550-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2165122550-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2165122550-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2165122550-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2165122550-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2165122550-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2165122550-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2165122550-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"US actor Justin Baldoni attends the New York premiere of &quot;It Ends With Us&quot; at at AMC Lincoln Square in New York, August 6, 2024. \" class=\"wp-image-546933 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2165122550-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2165122550-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2165122550-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2165122550-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2165122550-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2165122550-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2165122550-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2165122550-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">US actor Justin Baldoni attends the New York premiere of \u201cIt Ends With Us\u201d at at AMC Lincoln Square in New York, August 6, 2024. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m super frustrated because this is a moment in which Blake should be celebrating. She made this unbelievable win happen,\u201d he allegedly wrote at the time of the IEWU premiere, adding:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe WILLED this weekend into reality. Baldoni and these other buckets of dumb-dumb-juice should be acknowledging the speculation and gossip themselves. They should be jumping in front of it in the most full throated, unqualified way. Now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He later referred to Baldoni as a \u201cthoroughbred, predatory fraudster\u201d and an \u201cinexplicably toxic mess,\u201d adding:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d put Blake\u2019s reputation on trial any day of the week. She\u2019s worked with \u2026 dozens of other mercurial, and abusive people. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn her experience (and mine) nobody has ever reached the empyrean heights of vile the way Justin Baldoni has. His complete lack of not only remorse but self-preservation is a character study in malignant, lazy-lidded stupidity and darkness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\">\u201cYes, Ryan got involved \u2014 what husband wouldn\u2019t support his wife and the\u00a0mother of his children?\u201d a rep for Reynolds\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/puck.news\/is-blake-lively-really-unhireable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>\u00a0today, adding:<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\">\u201cHe saw his wife fighting daily to stand up against sexual harassment in a private and respectful way, only to face retaliation for doing so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We will have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/01\/blake-livelys-surprisingly-friendly-voice-memo-to-justin-baldoni-leaves-fans-confused\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes For the past year, just about every time Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have been mentioned in the same breath, it\u2019s been in reference to their never-ending legal battle. Which is why some people are confused by a newly released voice memo in which Blake refers to Justin as her friend [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":219648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-219647","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}