New court docket paperwork counsel that Taylor Swift and Hugh Jackman allegedly witnessed Ryan Reynolds confronting Justin Baldoni over the filmmaker’s therapy of Blake Energetic on the It Ends With Us set.
On Thursday, November 27, Individuals cited an unsealed exhibit within the ongoing authorized battle between Baldoni, 41, and Energetic, 38, which features a timeline that Baldoni’s Wayfarer Studios co-founder Jamey Heath allegedly despatched to the director’s publicist in July 2024.
In line with this timeline, Reynolds, 49, “unloaded” on Baldoni at his New York Metropolis penthouse on April 25, 2023 for allegedly asking about Energetic’s weight. The Deadpool actor complained about Baldoni “fats shaming Blake,” after which Baldoni allegedly felt “fully embarrassed and apologized and even shared some tears,” in accordance with the court docket doc.
“[The] confrontation by Reynolds and Energetic was so aggressive that Baldoni felt he had no selection however to supply repeated (and fully unwarranted) apologies,” Baldoni’s legal professionals alleged.
Blake Energetic‘s ongoing authorized drama with Justin Baldoni took an surprising flip by pulling in Taylor Swift. After costarring in It Ends With Us collectively, Energetic sued Baldoni in December 2024 accusing her costar and director of of sexual harassment and orchestrating an alleged smear marketing campaign. In her submitting, Energetic claimed that Baldoni named Swift […]
The exhibit particularly mentions that Swift, 35, and Jackman, 57, — who’re longtime mates of Reynolds and Energetic — have been “additionally current within the [apartment] on the time.”
Us Weekly has reached out for remark from the events talked about in these new court docket paperwork.
TMZ beforehand cited a supply near the scenario in February who stated that Swift arrived at Energetic and Reynolds’ penthouse with out figuring out in regards to the couple’s intention to satisfy with Baldoni.
“Justin was about to depart after the 2-hour assembly as Taylor walked in, and he or she was launched to him for the primary and solely time,” the insider advised TMZ.
Swift reportedly expressed her pleasure about It Ends With Us to Baldoni “as a result of he was her good friend’s boss,” in accordance with the supply.
Energetic sued Baldoni for sexual harassment, retaliation, breach of contract, infliction of emotional misery, invasion of privateness and misplaced wages in December 2024. Baldoni has denied all of Energetic’s allegations — and countersued in January, although his swimsuit was later dismissed.
As a part of her lawsuit, Energetic alleged that Baldoni discovered “back-channel methods of criticizing her physique and weight” whereas filming It Ends With Us.
“Energetic was humiliated to study that Mr. Baldoni secretly referred to as her health coach with out her information or permission, and implied that he wished her to shed extra pounds in two weeks,” the actress’s attorneys alleged in her lawsuit.
Baldoni’s legal professionals later countered that he’d solely reached out to Energetic’s coach as a result of he’d need to raise her in an It Ends With Us scene — and he was allegedly anxious about aggravating a longstanding again damage.
Blake Energetic and Ryan Reynolds in April 2025 Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Pictures for TIME
In the meantime, Swift has repeatedly tried to distance herself from the case. Baldoni’s legal professionals beforehand launched a textual content message from the filmmaker to Energetic, which referenced Swift in reference to It Ends With Us’ notorious rooftop scene.
“Was engaged on rooftop scene right this moment, I actually love what you probably did. It actually does hep [sic] lots,” he purportedly wrote. “Makes it a lot extra enjoyable and fascinating. (And I might have felt that approach with out Ryan and Taylor). You actually are a expertise throughout the board. Actually excited nd [sic] grateful to do that collectively.”
When Swift was formally subpoenaed by Baldoni’s attorneys in Might, her spokesperson insisted the singer “by no means set foot on the set of” It Ends With Us, nor did she make “casting or inventive selections,” past permitting her tune “My Tears Ricochet” for use within the movie.
“She didn’t rating the movie, she by no means noticed an edit or made any notes on the movie,” her rep advised Us on Might 9, 2025. “She didn’t even see It Ends With Us till weeks after its public launch, and was touring across the globe throughout 2023 and 2024 headlining the most important tour in historical past.”
Her spokesperson added, “On condition that her involvement was licensing a tune for the movie, which 19 different artists additionally did, this doc subpoena is designed to make use of Taylor Swift’s title to attract public curiosity by creating tabloid clickbait as an alternative of specializing in the details of the case.”
In the course of the discovery strategy of Energetic’s swimsuit, Decide Lewis J. Liman struck down Workforce Baldoni’s try to depose Swift as a result of it could fall outdoors the timeline allotted.
Us discovered in November that each Swift and Jackman have been on a listing of names submitted by Energetic’s legal professionals for potential testimony at trial. Emily Blunt, Scooter Braun and Gigi Hadid have been additionally named as individuals “prone to have discoverable data” in regards to the It Ends With Us dispute.
Energetic and Baldoni’s trial is ready to start March 9, 2026 until the 2 sides can attain a settlement earlier than that date. Energetic’s legal professional has confirmed that the previous Gossip Woman star intends to testify throughout the trial.
