The alleged texts between Reynolds and Baldoni have been revealed. Credit: Kevin Mazur/MG22 / Getty
As widely reported, the It Ends With Us actor and director, is currently embroiled in a heated lawsuit with Lively, 37, who accused him of sexual harassment.
Baldoni has denied the claims and, in January, countersued both the Gossip Girl alum and her husband, Reynolds, 48, for $400 million, alleging an orchestrated attempt to “destroy” his reputation and career.
Over the weekend, the 41-year-old launched a 168-page timeline on a website titled Lawsuit Info, detailing key moments that he says support his defense against Lively’s claims.
Included in the document are alleged text exchanges between the co-stars, as well as previously unseen conversations between Baldoni and Reynolds, who has been married to Lively for 12 years.
Here’s every alleged text Reynolds sent to Baldoni About Lively.
February 28, 2023At this stage, things between Baldoni and the couple appeared to be amicable.
According to the timeline, Reynolds and the Jane The Virgin star exchanged messages in which Reynolds expressed “mutual respect” and gratitude for Baldoni’s collaboration with Lively.
“You’ve been a wonderful collaborator with B, and that means a great deal—to both of us,” Reynolds allegedly wrote.
April 12, 2023Baldoni described visiting the pair at their apartment, where he claimed the Deadpool star was “enthusiastic” about his wife’s rewrites of a key rooftop scene. He also noted that a “mega-celebrity friend” present at the meeting also praised Lively’s work.
April 22, 2023Tension began to build after Baldoni allegedly asked his personal trainer – who was also a close friend of Lively’s – to inquire about her weight.
He claims this was solely to help him prepare for a physically demanding scene in which he would need to lift her, citing previous back injuries.
April 25, 2023Baldoni allegedly met with Reynolds and Lively again, but this time, the interaction took a hostile turn. “How dare you f***ing ask about my wife’s weight? What’s wrong with you?” the Free Guy star allegedly said.
The filmmaker claims that after this confrontation, the lifting scene was cut at Lively and Reynolds’ request.
Shortly afterward, the film went into shutdown due to the Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike. Baldoni alleges that during this hiatus, Lively attempted to take over the film creatively.
January 4, 2024Upon returning to production, tensions boiled over. Baldoni alleges that in a heated meeting, Reynolds “berated” him and demanded that he apologize to his wife for “actions that either never occurred or had been grossly mischaracterized”.
Baldoni also claims that a Sony producer, present during the meeting, later confessed that they “often reflected on the meeting and regretted not intervening to stop Reynolds’ tirade against Baldoni” – calling it “something they had never seen before” in their “40-year” career.
June 20, 2024The lawsuit also details how a “content shoot” was organized with Lively and Reynolds’ production company, Maximum Effort.
Sony later attested that the couple were running the shoot. The complaint further claims that the additional content created by the production company went “significantly” over budget.
In a text exchange with Lively, Baldoni claimed she reassured him that Maximum Effort would work for free because “it’s family”.
July 15, 2024According to the timeline, Reynolds allegedly escalated things further by calling Baldoni’s personal agent at WME and launching a personal attack by reportedly referring to the actor as a “deranged predator”.
A week later, at the Deadpool & Wolverine premiere, Baldoni claims that Reynolds approached a senior WME executive and doubled down, allegedly calling him a “sexual predator”.
August 9, 2024Lively made headlines during a red carpet interview, where she claimed that Ryan Reynolds had written the iconic rooftop scene. However, Sony denied this, stating that there was no record of Reynolds contributing to the script.
August 12, 2024By August, tensions had reportedly reached an all-time high.
Lively and Reynolds were allegedly angry over the way the film’s marketing had been received online. Critics claimed the promotion was misleading audiences by presenting it as a Barbie-style romance rather than acknowledging its domestic violence themes.
According to Baldoni, Reynolds blamed his team for the backlash and demanded they release a formal statement written by him to control the narrative.
Reynolds and Lively have yet to comment on Baldoni’s website.
Per Variety, the couple’s legal team has reportedly filed a notice of intent to dismiss the Five Feet Apart’s lawsuit, signaling their intent to challenge his claims in court.
