Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds’s messages to Ben Affleck and Matt Damon shed light on the Justin Baldoni situation
In private messages revealed through court proceedings, Blake Lively depicts being driven to her limits during the production of *It Ends With Us*. She describes taking extraordinary control, personally rewriting and restructuring the project to salvage it.
Lively recounts effectively having to direct the film herself, alleging that the chaotic set conditions left her feeling profoundly abandoned and unsafe. She states the experience was one that “nearly killed” her.
Seeking support, she reached out to Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. This was not for celebrity influence, but to ask fellow veterans of difficult Hollywood productions for help in preserving artistic integrity.
Her separate communication with Taylor Swift revealed a personal toll. Lively expressed fear that discussing her professional crisis had caused her to become emotionally distant from her close friend.
Swift’s replied with love and candid feedback, highlighting how intense stress can strain even the strongest and safest of personal relationships.
These private emails and texts have now been transformed from personal cries for help into legal evidence. They will serve as testimony in Lively’s harassment lawsuit against director Justin Baldoni, set for trial in May 2026.
The correspondence stands as a raw, public record of the severe personal and professional cost involved in mounting a legal challenge within the entertainment industry.
