{"id":250968,"date":"2026-07-09T12:36:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T12:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/09\/justin-baldoni-discusses-trauma-and-injustice-of-scandal\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T12:36:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T12:36:36","slug":"justin-baldoni-discusses-trauma-and-injustice-of-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/09\/justin-baldoni-discusses-trauma-and-injustice-of-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Baldoni Discusses &#8216;Trauma&#8217; and &#8216;Injustice&#8217; of Scandal"},"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>Even though Justin Baldoni avoided going to trial with Blake Lively <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/05\/blake-lively-settlement-met-gala\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mostly through legal technicalities<\/a>, he\u2019s taking a victory lap.<\/p>\n<p>He and his wife shared a video, which you can watch below.<\/p>\n<p>The actor-director-producer refers to the scandal as an \u201cinjustice,\u201d which almost everyone agrees with \u2014 even if different parties have different meanings.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s thanking his supporters, claiming that they were the ones with \u201cdiscernment\u201d during this case.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0709_justinbaldoni_header-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Justin Baldoni and Emily Baldoni in July 2026.\" class=\"wp-image-558658 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0709_justinbaldoni_header-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0709_justinbaldoni_header-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0709_justinbaldoni_header-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0709_justinbaldoni_header-728x410.png 728w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0709_justinbaldoni_header-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0709_justinbaldoni_header-1080x608.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0709_justinbaldoni_header-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0709_justinbaldoni_header.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0709_justinbaldoni_header.png\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Justin Baldoni and Emily Baldoni shared a video thanking supporters in July 2026.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Image Credit: YouTube)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-gratitude-has-saved-us\">\u2018Gratitude has saved us\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>On the evening of Wednesday, July 8, Justin and his wife, Emily, shared an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/justinbaldoni\/reel\/DajZGpGx7dh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a> video.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have not spoken publicly for the better part of the last two years, and it\u2019s not because we haven\u2019t had anything to say, because lord knows we have,\u201d the actor began.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it just felt like every time we went to make a video like this, we wanted to speak,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>Justin continued: \u201cSomething was telling us not to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cIt just didn\u2019t feel like the right time, and we were talking about it and feeling into it and praying about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DajZGpGx7dh\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>\u201cIt makes it hard to figure out what is right for this specific moment,\u201d Emily said from beside him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut what does feel important is that we can genuinely say that we are sitting here today feeling immense gratitude for so many things and so many people,\u201d she expressed.<\/p>\n<p>Justin declared: \u201cGratitude has saved us.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>He claimed that their plan for the past two years was to \u201clet the justice system run its course\u201d and to not \u201cadd to the noise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Echoing her husband\u2019s verbal victory lap, Emily claimed that \u201cthe facts have spoken for themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Justin Baldoni BREAKS SILENCE on Family &#039;Trauma&#039; From Blake Lively Legal Drama\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZFfyb-bdDIk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-thank-you-does-not-feel-like-enough\">\u2018Thank you does not feel like enough\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>In addition to thanking his stans who have rallied to support him, he claimed that these supporters are the ones who \u201chad discernment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Justin told fans: \u201cYou have given your time to fight for us, and thank you does not feel like enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cBut we\u2019re here, in large part, because of so many of you and all of our friends and family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He went on to share a somewhat odd yet very contemporary saying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne thing that we\u2019ve learned is that when God presses the reset button and everything else is stripped away, that\u2019s when love shows up,\u201d he declared, \u201cand we feel so loved.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Blake Lively must\u2019ve really wronged Taylor Swift to not get the wedding invite\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jYpZeo6SphQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Emily described this as a source of \u201ctrauma.\u201d Justin characterized the situation as an \u201cinjustice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The facts definitely agree with that \u2026 but possibly not in the way that he intends.<\/p>\n<p>Justin is taking a victory lap after a judge dismissed most of Blake Lively\u2019s legal complains on a technical basis, not on merit.<\/p>\n<p><em>It Ends With Us<\/em> did not film in California, so the state\u2019s protections for workers did not apply. And, as an independent contractor, she was not protected by federal civil rights employment regulations.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s still on the hook for her $8 million in legal fees. But he dodged a bullet because not every state or mode of employment offers the same civil rights protections.<\/p>\n<p>Most innocents with the means to fight a protracted courtroom battle would surely want to prove their innocence rather than simply get out of the lawsuit due to statutory details, right?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/07\/justin-baldoni-video-case-trauma-injustice-blake-lively\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes Even though Justin Baldoni avoided going to trial with Blake Lively mostly through legal technicalities, he\u2019s taking a victory lap. He and his wife shared a video, which you can watch below. The actor-director-producer refers to the scandal as an \u201cinjustice,\u201d which almost everyone agrees with \u2014 even if different parties [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":250970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-250968","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\/250968","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=250968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}