Justin Baldoni has even more beef with Ryan Reynolds!
In his $400 million lawsuit against Blake Lively, her husband, and other team members filed earlier this week, the It Ends With Us director accused the actor of defamation. In court records, he claimed Ryan called him a “sexual predator” while speaking to an exec at his talent agency WME at the Deadpool & Wolverine premiere — which then led him to get fired!
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At this point, Justin and Blake had been butting heads for months, and the Jane the Virgin alum supposedly just wanted to “move on” from the drama, but Ryan — who he’d been feuding with — went and made his life way more complicated, the lawsuit alleged:
“He wanted to move on. Lively, however, would not let it go. Baldoni later received word that, during the premiere of his [Ryan’s] movie Deadpool & Wolverine, Reynolds approached Baldoni’s agency, namely, an executive at WME, and expressed his deep disdain for Baldoni, suggesting the agency was working with a ‘sexual predator.'”
Wow! That is not something to be said lightly… But considering the Gossip Girl star’s allegations of sexual harassment and more against her leading man, we get why Ryan was allegedly tossing that around!
Justin also pointed out this was “a phrase that uncoincidentally later appeared in the press,” backing up his claim that Blake started a smear campaign against him (and not the other way around). The Five Feet Apart director went on to blast Ryan for allegedly forcing the agency to “drop” the filmmaker, arguing:
“At a later date, [Ryan] demanded that the agent ‘drop’ Baldoni. His wielding of power and influence became undeniable. Baldoni and Wayfarer grew increasingly fearful of what Lively and Reynolds were capable of, as their actions seemed aimed at destroying Baldoni’s career and personal life.”
The latter half of these allegations were also brought up in the creative’s New York Times lawsuit, to which WME — who also reps Blake and Ryan — responded in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter earlier this month:
“In Baldoni’s filing there is a claim that Reynolds pressured Baldoni’s agent at the Deadpool & Wolverine premiere. This is not true. Baldoni’s former representative was not at the Deadpool & Wolverine premiere nor was there any pressure from Reynolds or Lively at any time to drop Baldoni as a client.”
They have not commented on the “sexual predator” claim at this time, though it seems likely that they’d continue to stand by the couple. Hmm.
Thoughts?! Do YOU think Ryan really said this?? Sound OFF in the comments (below).
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