A leaked voice note seemingly hears Justin Baldoni apologize to Blake Lively.
Baldoni and Lively have been embroiled in a legal battle for some weeks now after the Gossip Girl alum sued Baldoni for alleged sexual harassment.
Baldoni, who costarred in and directed It Ends With Us, has since filed a countersuit and is suing Lively and her A-list husband Ryan Reynolds for a whopping $400 million.
There’s been a lot of back and forth between the celebrities‘ respective legal parties, and now a lengthly voice note allegedly recorded by Baldoni has been leaked online.
In the audio obtained by TMZ and Mail Online, the Jane the Virgin actor is seemingly heard apologizing to Lively and describes himself as a ‘flawed man’.
“I’m really sorry. I for sure fell short and you worked really hard on that,” a man, believed to be Baldoni, says.
“I f****d up. One thing you should know about me is that I will admit and apologise when I fail. I am far from perfect and I’m a very flawed man, as my wife will attest,” he goes on to chuckle.
Reportedly Baldoni admitted that he’d ‘fallen short’ in his text and voice note exchanges with Lively, adding that he feels like he ‘excels’ in face-to-face interactions instead.
#JustinBaldoni revealed a nearly 7-minute apology he sent #BlakeLively while they were working on the #ItEndsWithUs script.
Justin’s voice note was clearly recorded shortly after their now-infamous meeting to discuss the film’s rooftop scene.
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— TMZ (@TMZ) January 27, 2025
“All I have to say is I’m really looking forward to spending time together and I think that’s going to go a long way for our chemistry, which I believe is there,” the actor goes on.
“It’s been there from the start so I was so damn excited when you wanted to do this film. I think it does come from us both being so f**king hard working and having a vision and not settling.
“I’m excited to have a creative partner in that with you.”
UNILAD has approached reps for both Lively and Baldoni for comment on the leaked audio.
Amid the ongoing drama, a judge has recently set a date for the pair’s civil trial and is set to take place in New York on March 9, 2026.
Federal judge Lewis J Liman has also moved the initial conference from mid-February to next week and told lawyers to be prepared to address complaints about pretrial publicity and lawyer conduct.
The decision comes after Lively’s legal team accused one of Baldoni’s lawyers of trying to taint potential jurors over lawsuits the actors have filed against each other.
