00:00:00.000And the judge has rules. I think this gave Blake even more fuel to continue this fight at trial.
00:00:12.020Hi and welcome to Flossome Talk. I'm Jashti Floor, journalist, Hollywood truth teller and your voice of reason in a town built on delusion.
00:00:19.940and the judge has ruled so he is now saying that TAG, Justin Baldoni's crisis management company
00:00:28.820is not off the hook. This was pretty surprising because I've listened to so many attorneys
00:00:34.540who've said that it's about 90% chance that the judge will toss out two more of Blake's claims
00:00:40.700before trial and now I'm not sure if this actually also means that they're keeping
00:00:45.420the Wayfair claim still. This is just about tag but this is quite interesting and I'm sure that
00:00:52.060Blake is going to think this is a big win for her and going to go out in the media now claiming this
00:00:57.000victory that she still has three claims out of those 13. But keep in mind this does not mean
00:01:03.360that the judge actually believes that there was a smear campaign. He's just saying I don't want
00:01:09.000to deal with this. This is up to a jury to decide. I'll get more into this in details tomorrow.
00:01:15.420This just dropped so I haven't had the chance to read through all of it yet and I will of course
00:01:20.420keep you posted on what happens here. I think this gave Blake even more fuel to continue this fight
00:01:26.280at trial. So one of Blake Lively's experts was trying to compare Justin Baldoni to Harvey Weinstein
00:01:35.560and of course it backfired on him big time. This is hilarious and I can't wait to share it with you.
00:01:41.660Also, is Taylor Swift secretly shading Blake in her tribute to her new BFF, Dakota Johnson,
00:01:50.180in the Time 100 Most Influential list?
00:01:53.280Remember what happened last year, by the way, when Blake was on that list?
00:02:56.480Taylor says, nearly 20 years into her fascinatingly varied and eclectic career, everyone is still getting to know Dakota.
00:03:05.860And it seems the more they learn, the more there is to fall in love with.
00:03:10.460In recent years, as she promoted her films, the name Dakota Johnson became synonymous with refreshing honesty in a world of media-trained answers.
00:03:19.900Maybe it's her sing-song vocal delivery, serenely answering questions with such frank
00:03:25.340candor, it makes you feel like maybe this girl just can't lie.
00:03:30.700That's where I was like, oh, she's talking about Blake here.
00:03:34.040But anyways, as her friend, I can vouch for her realness, but add that she's also one
00:03:40.560of the most empathetic people I've ever known.
00:03:43.300And maybe it's true that she can't lie.
00:03:46.300But I'll tell you a few more things that she can't do.0.77
00:03:50.600She can't stop asking people questions about their lives,0.98
00:03:53.700endlessly curious about everyone else's human experience.
00:03:58.140Remember how she was complaining to Blake that it's all about you.
00:04:01.480Everything is just about you and this drama all the time.
00:04:04.720And I'm getting really upset about it in that text message she sent,
00:04:08.120which is the last text we've seen between them before things got really sour.
00:07:28.980So here this expert is trying to compare Justin Baldoni to Harvey Weinstein.
00:07:35.700So they start talking about how the entertainment industry is different from all other industries.
00:07:41.060And it's so much easier to get a reputation ruined when you're part of those industry.
00:07:45.300Music, fashion, movies, I think they're mentioning here.
00:07:48.240Anyways, so an attorney is asking the expert here, what other industries does it exist in?
00:07:54.440And the expert responds, so it could also exist in music, which is related and to a lesser degree in fashion, which is sort of related and that's about it.
00:08:04.780And with respect to lawyers, no. And respect to electricians, no.
00:08:10.480Okay, so no smear campaigns against lawyers and electricians, which is actually not true because there was a smear campaign from Blake Lively on Brian Friedman.
00:08:19.640we've seen it anyways okay but you think there's something unique about music fashion and movies
00:08:26.260and television correct and he says yes and the attorney is asking you think it's harder to
00:08:31.640recover from reputational damage correct and the witness is harder to recover and the lawyer says
00:08:37.860what is your opinion with respect to why don't you try to articulate it because i'm having a hard
00:08:43.520time with it. And the expert says, sure. So that unlike other industries in the entertainment
00:08:50.140industry, there are people who, because either of great influence or power or money, can either
00:08:55.880destroy people's careers or can attempt to destroy people's careers. And that does not exist
00:09:02.480otherwise. And so examples are, of course, Weinstein. First of all, I disagree completely.