- - Justin Baldoni claims Blake Lively improvised kisses for deleted “It Ends With Us” scene: Filing

Shania RussellNovember 14, 2025 at 12:59 AM

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Justin Baldoni's lawyers are now claiming that Blake Lively improvised multiple unscripted kisses while filming an It Ends With Us scene that was cut from the movie.

In footage shared with Entertainment Weekly and disclosed as an exhibit in the Wayfarer parties' motion for summary judgement filed on Nov. 13, Lively and Baldoni are seen filming a hospital scene as their characters, love interests Lily and Ryle. The brief snippet sees Lively approach her costar, they share a brief kiss, and then she walks off camera.

Per the new filing, Baldoni's legal team claims that Lively "oversaw" the scene, which "she herself added to the script in which her character kissed Baldoni's character in every take" despite their being "no kiss in the script."

As previously reported, It Ends With Us was set to resume filming following the Hollywood guild strikes of 2023 but before this occurred, a meeting between Lively, Baldoni, and several other producers was called in January 2024 to address a list of concerns from the actress. During the meeting, all parties allegedly agreed to a list of 30 terms that established courses of actions for the remainder of the shoot.

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Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni in 'It Ends with Us'

The filing from Baldoni's team notes that Lively requested that there was "to be no spontaneous improvising of any scenes involving physical touching, simulated sex or nudity."

Baldoni's legal team suggests the newly disclosed video shows Lively allegedly engaging in an unscripted kiss herself, before that meeting occurred.

Representatives for Lively did not immediately respond to Entertainment Weekly's request for comment.

The latest chapter in the ongoing legal battle between the former costars sees defendants Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios, Jamey Heath, Steve Sarowitz, publicists Melissa Nathan and Jennifer Abel, Texas-based social media consultant, Jed Wallace, and Street Relations Inc. asking U.S. District Court Judge Lewis J. Liman to rule in their favor without proceeding to trial.

The 73-page document sees the group list reasons why Judge Liman should toss the case before it makes it to the trial currently slated to begin in March 2026.

Per the documents, the Wayfarer attorneys argued, "When viewed in context, no reasonable juror could find that the handful of comments and miscommunications Lively has mustered amounts to sexual harassment."

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Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni star in 'It Ends With Us'

The ongoing legal battle began when Lively filed a complaint with the California Civil Rights Department last December, accusing her costar and director of sexual harassment on the set of It Ends With Us and claiming that he orchestrated a smear campaign against her in the aftermath. She subsequently filed a lawsuit against Baldoni and Wayfarer in New York federal court.

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In response, Baldoni filed his $400 million lawsuit against her as well as her husband, Ryan Reynolds, and their publicist Leslie Sloane, claiming civil extortion, defamation, breach of contract, and invasion of privacy. He also filed a $250 defamation suit against The New York Times, over the publication's story that first brought Lively's allegations to light.

In June, Judge Lewis J. Liman dismissed the entire lawsuit filed by Baldoni and his Wayfarer Studios production company. Liman found that since Lively's claims against Baldoni were first made in a complaint to the California Civil Rights Department (which was then reported on by The New York Times), the claims are covered by litigation privilege and not considered defamatory. The claims of defamation made against Lively's publicist, Reynolds, and the Times were additionally dismissed.

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