California‘s most famously silent man in the Blake Lively saga is silent no more. On Wednesday evening, Justin Baldoni posted a nearly five-minute video to Instagram beside his wife, Emily, marking his first real public remarks since the It Ends With Us legal war erupted, and while the couple never once names Lively or the film, every word lands in the crater the case left behind. The Jane the Virgin alum has spent the fight almost entirely out of view, speaking only through his legal team and retreating from Hollywood life while the case exposed private texts, subpoenas, and studio business the industry never airs.
“We have not spoken publicly for the better part of the last two years, and it’s not because we haven’t had anything to say, because Lord knows we have,” Baldoni began, explaining that every previous attempt “just didn’t feel like the right time.” His wife’s answer set the table: “And this feels like the moment.“
Justin and Emily Baldoni Get Pointed About the ‘Injustice’ They Say They Survived
The video walks a line between gratitude and grievance. “Gratitude has saved us,” Baldoni said, though Emily noted it “doesn’t negate the injustice and the pain that we have also felt in the last few years.” Then came the line detonating across the coverage: the couple wrestled with “how could something like this even happen, let alone disguised as a fight for women.“
Baldoni described “so many painful things that have been spoken into existence” and said the family stayed silent to let the justice system run its course. Emily’s verdict on where that course ended: “The truth and the facts have spoken for themselves.“
The record is real, and complicated. Lively accused Baldoni in December 2024 of sexual harassment on set and of retaliation, claims he always denied. His $400 million countersuit against Lively and Ryan Reynolds was thrown out entirely. A judge dismissed 10 of her 13 claims, including harassment, defamation, and conspiracy, while letting retaliation-related claims proceed, and the sides settled in May with no admission of wrongdoing and no damages paid. Lively’s team did not respond to requests for comment.
The video also landed days after Lively’s attorneys filed for roughly $8 million in legal fees from Baldoni’s Wayfarer Studios, a demand his side must answer by July 13. The war, in other words, has one battle left.
Online, the loudest voices were in his corner. “Disguised as a fight for women is a wild quote. The fact that 10 out of 13 claims were dismissed speaks volumes,” one supporter wrote, while another said the video “says a lot about the type of people they are.” Even some of her fans wavered: “I love Blake Lively, but I feel she blew things out of proportion.” And the cynics rejected everybody: “Both Justin and Blake are horrible people like Johnny and amber.“
For now, the couple says the focus is home. “We are healing,” Baldoni offered, with Emily closing on “hanging out with our kiddos and enjoying life.” Two years of silence ended in five minutes. The next word belongs to a judge.
