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00:00:00.000 Okay, so Ryan Reynolds has broken his silence. He thinks he should have been more angry.

00:00:10.980 Hi and welcome to Flossom Talk. I'm Jashti Floor, journalist, Hollywood truth teller and your voice

00:00:16.980 of reason in a town built on delusion. So now Ryan Reynolds has broken his silence and he is

00:00:25.740 doubling down. He thinks he wasn't angry enough. He says any husband would react the way that he did.

00:00:34.100 You got to hear this. Also, let's look at those text messages Leslie Sloan sent to different 0.96

00:00:40.840 reporters at different outlets to pressure them to write stories in favor of Blake Lively and to

00:00:48.780 trash Justin Baldoni. She even called him an animal and when asked about that in her deposition,

00:00:55.400 you won't believe what she said. But Blake Lively's publicist hasn't given up yet

00:01:00.180 because she planted a story yesterday that just made me want to shake my head. Now Blake Lively's

00:01:07.460 driver came out and said that he listened in on a conversation in the car and it was truly disturbing.

00:01:16.140 Anyways, let's get into it. Okay, let's talk about this car incident first because I saw some Blake

00:01:21.300 Lively supporters were like, yes, we told you so. Okay, so again, another example of how desperate

00:01:27.580 Blake Lively's team really is right now trying to make Justin Baldoni look bad because they think that

00:01:33.360 by making him look terrible, it makes them look good. And that is not the case. They still look bad and

00:01:40.480 they have to start realizing that because what they're doing right now is hurting themselves even

00:01:45.900 more. Every time I see a story like this and read the comments, people are furious. It makes people

00:01:55.000 hate them even more. And this story is so ridiculous. It's of course someone on Blake Lively's payroll,

00:02:03.040 her driver, who comes out and says that he listened in on a conversation in the car between Blake Lively

00:02:10.380 and Justin Baldoni and one more person, I think, and he doesn't say who that is. The thing with this

00:02:14.980 story is that it lacks context. He doesn't say if they were talking about the movie. This is a movie,

00:02:22.640 as you know, about DV. And according to this driver, Justin talked about his experiences with women in the

00:02:29.120 car. We don't even know if that is true. And if he did share some of his experiences, did Blake share

00:02:35.180 her experiences too? Who started the conversation? According to this driver, he came up to her

00:02:40.760 afterwards and asked her if he should do a background check on Justin. I find it hard to

00:02:46.220 believe that a driver who works for Blake and Ryan, he knows what they're like, is listening into their

00:02:52.780 conversations and then interferes afterwards asking them about it. I just don't think anyone would

00:02:58.080 overstep like that because I think that is overstepping as a driver. But anyway, I'm going to give

00:03:03.860 him the benefit of the doubt for doing that. But this just smells so suspicious to me in general.

00:03:09.560 And that's what we've seen with so many of Blake Lively's witnesses so far. And as soon as a lawyer

00:03:14.400 starts digging at them, their stories just fall apart. I don't know if this guy was subpoenaed.

00:03:20.220 I guess not. He just shared this story and that's it. But anyways, let's move on to something more

00:03:25.720 important because now the media started talking about all these controversies around Ryan Reynolds' text

00:03:30.900 messages. And as I mentioned yesterday, there was a story in Puck, an industry newsletter, and now

00:03:37.680 mainstream media has picked it up. And there was actually a quote there yesterday, a statement from

00:03:46.060 Ryan Reynolds where he doubles down on these text messages that he sent to terrorize Sony and WME

00:03:54.380 to force them into going against Justin Baldoni and to take action against Justin Baldoni to support

00:04:01.160 and protect his wife. So this is the statement. I mean, it's coming from Ryan. It's not coming from

00:04:06.620 a representative of him. We know he's not listening to any advice from anyone because if he did,

00:04:11.580 he would never say this. So he's saying here, yes, Ryan got involved talking about himself in third

00:04:17.700 person. What husband wouldn't support his wife and the mother of his children saying that if you 0.68

00:04:24.780 wouldn't do that, you would be a terrible husband. If you wouldn't interfere in your wife's business

00:04:30.360 and go after her colleagues and berate them and yell at them and threaten them, then you're not a good

00:04:38.660 husband. If you are questioning Ryan's actions here, you're also questioning marriage, fatherhood,

00:04:44.000 and basic decency according to himself. He continued his statement saying he saw his wife fighting

00:04:50.420 daily to stand up against SH in a private and respectful way only to face retaliation for doing

00:04:57.000 so. He doesn't even know if she actually faced retaliation. There is no proof of that. And watching

00:05:04.080 his wife stand up against SH in a private and respectful way when she teamed up all the other co-stars

00:05:12.260 against him and asked them to unfollow him and asked them to support her narrative and manipulated

00:05:19.680 them into doing so. Is that doing it in a private and respectful way? I don't think so. This also shows

00:05:26.700 that Ryan was not just a passive observer here. Something that he has claimed throughout this entire

00:05:33.720 lawsuit when he was dismissed from the lawsuit or when Justin Baldoni's lawsuit was dismissed,

00:05:39.900 then Ryan said he's just a non-party. He had nothing to do with this movie except being there

00:05:46.560 for his wife. And interestingly enough, all the text messages that I've read that Ryan Reynolds sent to

00:05:52.560 everyone, which I already shared with you in an episode, none of those text messages shows that he

00:05:59.600 is worried about her safety on the set. It's all about revenge on Justin. And that's why no one is

00:06:07.740 buying this Ryan. His only worry is that his wife is not popular. That's his only worry here. And that

00:06:14.740 the public doesn't like her. And he can't handle that. Here's the rest of his statement. If anything,

00:06:21.960 Ryan feels like he wasn't angry enough. He passionately believes in and will stand up for the basic right to

00:06:29.000 a safe workplace, free of harassment and retaliation for his wife and others, then, now, and always.

00:06:36.020 I think especially this part about safety on set when it comes to Ryan Reynolds, we know that a stunt

00:06:42.140 woman actually died on the set of Deadpool because she was doing a stunt. So for him to say that it's

00:06:49.600 so important for him to have safety on a set, no. And then he says he wasn't angry enough. I wonder

00:06:55.840 what he's like when he's angry enough then. You know, he yelled at Justin Baldoni for five to six

00:07:03.120 hours at their penthouse because he's saying that he fat shamed his wife. And I also think

00:07:09.580 that this is terrible for his own reputation. Who wants to work with him after you've seen these

00:07:14.540 text messages? Would you willingly go into a collaboration with a guy like that? And that

00:07:20.380 is not him being angry even because he can get a lot worse according to himself. It's interesting how

00:07:26.820 he said this and then the Radar Online did that story I also spoke about yesterday that his friends

00:07:32.420 are worried that his anxiety is going to get worse. It's like they're blaming his anxiety on this kind

00:07:38.680 of behavior. This is not the behavior of an anxious person. This is the behavior of an angry man who is

00:07:46.580 allegedly a narcissist. I also find it quite ironic that he's stepping in for his wife like this

00:07:53.220 because she's such a girl boss and you know she's like standing up for all women but then she needs 1.00

00:07:59.340 a man to do that. That doesn't sound like a feminist that you were the damsel in distress and you need 1.00

00:08:04.440 someone to come in and save you from this. That doesn't fit her narrative of being a strong woman

00:08:09.920 standing up for herself at all. In this Daily Mail article they actually point out some of the things

00:08:15.340 that he said so as a reminder I'm just going to read this. In a series of recently unsealed text

00:08:20.360 messages from the lawsuit Reynolds lashed out at Dum Dum Baldoni while claiming that his wife was

00:08:26.540 responsible for the box office success of the movie. That must have been because of that amazing

00:08:32.300 rooftop scene that he wrote. In one text exchange from July 2024 to a WME executive Reynolds allegedly

00:08:41.360 referred to Baldoni as a thoroughbred predatory fraudster and an inexplicably toxic mess.

00:08:50.360 He allegedly added in that text I'd put Blake's reputation on trial any day of the week.

00:08:57.960 Well your wish is coming true soon Ryan. She will be on trial for her reputation and we all know how

00:09:04.920 that's going to turn out. And then she added she's worked with dozens of other mercurial and abusive 1.00

00:09:10.380 people in her experience and mine. Nobody has ever reached the Empyrean Heights of Vile the way Justin

00:09:17.380 Baldoni has. And then he added talking about Justin his complete lack of not only remorse but self-preservation

00:09:24.200 is a character study in malignant lazy lidded stupidity and darkness. Those are Ryan's words.

00:09:32.200 So yes as I said when you read the comments on these stories I haven't been able to find any

00:09:39.240 supportive comments on either this story or other stories about Ryan Reynolds or those planted stories

00:09:47.120 about Justin Baldoni being a creep. There's no support here. I think Ryan should hire Justin for PR

00:09:54.780 because Justin knows how to deal with things. He just stays quiet and then he lets the evidence speak

00:10:00.600 for itself. Ryan he just can't handle it and now it's spiraling out of control for him. He is getting

00:10:07.640 more and more backlash and the more he comes out the more he doubles down the more angry people get at

00:10:13.840 him. He also came out with a statement to TMZ through another rep which is Ryan and the source close to

00:10:20.760 Ryan says to TMZ that these emails and phone calls are from a frustrated and concerned husband whose wife

00:10:27.600 was being harassed and felt as though she was being retaliated against. Okay so now they're backing down

00:10:34.700 a little bit saying that she felt like she was being retaliated against. It's not a fact and Ryan

00:10:41.720 knows that because there's no evidence of that so how can he say that? So now he's backing down a little

00:10:47.060 bit here but anyways I kind of find it entertaining to see Ryan Reynolds trying to keep his head above water

00:10:52.840 here. He's really struggling now and the only decent thing to do it would be to come out and

00:10:59.200 apologize for his behavior. He owes an apology to so many people right now. Anyways let's talk about

00:11:07.060 Leslie Sloan. When I read the text messages that she sent to New York Post, Us Weekly and Daily Mail

00:11:15.540 I was floored. As a journalist I have never heard or seen anything like this. She was manipulative. She put 1.00

00:11:26.260 pressure on them. She threatened these journalists to do stories that would favor Blake Lively and she

00:11:33.760 was not holding back about her feelings about Justin. What is really disturbing here is the power

00:11:41.600 that these journalists let her have over them. I worked for almost every single newspaper in Norway

00:11:48.200 and magazine. I worked for really high-end glossy magazines. I worked for financial newspapers. I know

00:11:55.240 the ethics of journalism and when I do a story about something or someone or when I interview someone

00:12:01.700 the only thing that I allow them to see is their own quotes. That's the rule of journalism. You're never

00:12:07.860 allowing the person you're interviewing to read the entire story before you publish it and definitely

00:12:14.240 not the headlines. That is the biggest no-no ever but Leslie Sloan was given access to all of that.

00:12:22.280 So here is a conversation that Leslie has with Travis from Us Weekly. So Travis is saying we're cutting

00:12:29.160 the word demands and making all other suggestions. Would love any source quotes to respond to Blake made

00:12:35.720 wardrobe and script changes behind Justin's back. So they're doing a story about that and of course

00:12:41.440 Leslie's freaking out because that makes Blake look bad. And he says headline is this. Why is he giving

00:12:48.260 her the headline? This is so bad. He's saying headline is this. Inside Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni's

00:12:55.380 bitter creative struggle on It Ends With Us. Leslie Sloan is saying why? That's not cool. And then Travis says

00:13:04.540 what would you like it to be changed to? He's giving her an opportunity here to create the headline for

00:13:11.300 their story. I can't believe this. And then she says take out butter please. And then she's saying

00:13:18.540 bitter. She means bitter. And then Travis likes that. And then Leslie says is it out? And Travis says just

00:13:25.840 made the ask. We'll confirm in a couple of minutes. Changing it to intense. Leslie is saying can we take

00:13:33.380 out the adjective? This is made up. Please. And he says I'll try. It was a fight to get bitter

00:13:40.480 change. And then Leslie says should I call Dan? Which is probably someone higher up or something

00:13:46.280 in Us Weekly. And then Travis says I don't think it will help. And then she says when? Why? She's so

00:13:55.520 aggressive this woman. And Travis says the digital writers always put in an adjective when talking about 0.51

00:14:01.080 any type of feud. It's an SEO thing. I can suggest another one. So here he's admitting that they're

00:14:08.720 putting in adjectives in the headlines, in the titles to get more clicks and to get higher up in Google

00:14:15.900 searches. And Leslie says I just hate it. Like that should even matter if she hates this or not.

00:14:22.760 It's a story that she shouldn't have any say in. Anyways Travis is saying let me see what I can do

00:14:28.860 but they seem to be set on an adjective. Leslie says begging. Travis says trying. And then she waits

00:14:36.260 for an hour and she says any word? What about our other story? So she's obviously planted another

00:14:42.240 story with them. And Travis says just heard we can use any other adjective. But it's not an engaging

00:14:48.380 other story without it. Let's think says Leslie. And then it's obvious that she has already pitched

00:14:56.120 another story to him which favors Blake. And Travis says I've pitched it but people only care about this

00:15:03.580 one today. Which Travis says which I think is the wrong move. He's bending over backwards for Leslie

00:15:09.160 Sloan here. And then he continues saying luckily nothing more back from his side. Saying that luckily

00:15:16.320 nothing more back from his side. Meaning from Justin Baldoni's side. So he's taking sides also with

00:15:23.780 Leslie Sloan here. This is so bad. This is so so bad. And Leslie says thank you. And then he says I'll

00:15:31.060 send the story in a few moments when it's live. Also keep in mind he should not tell this source that

00:15:38.820 he's talking to another source or whatever they're telling him. This is so unprofessional you guys. I'm

00:15:44.840 shocked. Then he's sending her the story. And here is the story. It ended up with this title.

00:15:50.800 Inside Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni's intense creative struggle on It Ends With Us exclusive.

00:15:58.200 Here it's written by Sarah Donnellan. So not the same reporter that Leslie Sloan was talking to here.

00:16:06.800 Then Leslie complains and she's saying you forgot to link the fat shaming and the inappropriate kissing 1.00

00:16:12.540 allegations. So she wants that linked into this article. And he's saying adding now.

00:16:19.440 I mean if this isn't evidence of a smear campaign and Justin Baldoni I don't know what is. And then

00:16:27.500 Travis is saying just ask and we have to go back to his rep about it. We'll be added in soon. His team

00:16:34.260 hasn't denied that in the past so shouldn't be an issue. And Leslie says it's in the press already

00:16:39.980 because she planted it there. And then Travis says but we didn't yet so we have to run by.

00:16:45.120 Being added in within 10 minutes. Leslie Sloan says okay. Okay so let's go to the next one.

00:16:51.600 This is a conversation that Leslie Sloan had with Sarah Nathan at New York Post. Sarah Nathan happens

00:16:57.320 to be Melissa Nathan's sister. Anyways just to make it more confusing and Melissa Nathan is of course

00:17:04.400 Justin Baldoni's crisis manager. So Sarah Nathan is saying to Leslie Sloan here need you when up. And then

00:17:15.560 she's sending a link to a People magazine article which is about the conflict on the set. So this is

00:17:22.840 also around all the backlash from after the premiere of the movie on August 13th. And she sends another

00:17:29.500 article from us weekly to her. And Sarah says to Leslie Blake Lively was given final edit approval

00:17:36.400 on It Ends With Us to make the movie more feminine according to sources. The star and the rest of the 0.97

00:17:42.120 cast are not speaking to director and co-star Justin Baldoni and Brandon Sclinar particularly

00:17:46.960 has a problem with him over we're told. Although not greenlit as we predicted there will now be

00:17:55.160 a battle over the sequel. It starts with us as Baldoni owns the rights to the film but due to the

00:18:00.160 rift with Lively it's unknown what will happen yet. A studio source said there were two edits and the

00:18:07.100 studio went with a more feminine edit. Blake had the right to do that. She had final edit approval 0.99

00:18:13.240 which is a lie that Leslie Sloan planted. Then this comment Leslie says not a source a studio insider.

00:18:22.260 So Leslie wants this to be a studio insider who says this and not a source. We don't even know

00:18:28.100 if that's true. Was it a studio insider who said this? I doubt it because a studio insider would be

00:18:33.820 someone from Sony who said that Blake had final edit approval which she didn't. Anyways so Sarah

00:18:41.340 Nathan likes that comment and then she says so she got final edit the one you see in the movie now

00:18:48.080 she's asking and Leslie doesn't answer the question. She says it always needs to say studio source.

00:18:54.800 So she is dragging Sony into this and then Sarah says got it. Want me to send a copy? And Leslie says

00:19:02.660 KK. And then Sarah sends the entire story here to her. Everything, every word, all the sources,

00:19:11.080 everything. She gets to see before it gets printed and Leslie says I hate this. Nathan says sorry and

00:19:20.520 then Leslie says this will hurt Blake. You're airing an animal. So she's calling Justin Baldoni an animal

00:19:29.220 to Sarah Nathan here. I mean then Sarah says it's not pro him and then she says we can amend. I mean

00:19:39.920 I can't believe these journalists are bending over backwards for Leslie Sloan. She has so much power 0.86

00:19:46.900 over them. And Sarah says we can amend and Leslie says yes it is. Meaning that yes it is pro Justin.

00:19:54.640 And Sarah says no it's not. Tell me what to amend. And Leslie says and the internet will continue to

00:20:01.800 hate her by quoting his lines about her is awful as he is lying and manipulating. And thus he

00:20:09.600 has you. I don't know what she means here. She's not really good at spelling. And Sarah says we can

00:20:17.080 take out some of the quotes from previous interviews that will help. Right? That is easy. So she's saying

00:20:24.580 here that yes I can amend this article so it becomes less pro Justin and more pro Blake. And Leslie says

00:20:33.400 he's got he's a gaslighter. You don't see it. He's playing a game. You will be helping him win. She's

00:20:40.260 saying that and she's feeding them everything to write. And Leslie says just drop this whole attack. 1.00

00:20:46.800 So she wants them to drop the entire article. And Sarah says okay we will take out all the quotes at

00:20:52.480 the end. Okay? So she's bending over saying that yes we'll take out all the quotes that are supportive

00:20:58.040 towards Justin. I mean are you surprised about all these pro Blake lively articles that are out there

00:21:05.040 when you see stuff like this? And then Leslie says just stop this there is no no news and you will hurt

00:21:12.180 Blake. And then Sarah says this is the last piece and this already went in Hollywood Reporter. Leslie says

00:21:19.060 no one reads that. And Sarah says this was listed this morning as you know but taking cut taking out the

00:21:25.560 quotes from him at the end. Leslie says the end isn't the issue it's the other quotes. I don't get my I don't

00:21:32.920 get why this story is happening. And Sarah says because everyone is writing about this. It's on puck. It's on

00:21:40.560 people. It's everywhere. So Leslie says so is everyone now out a window? Would you already wrote? This is making

00:21:48.900 me want to pull my and then cover. I don't know what she's saying here because her spelling is so bad. And then she

00:21:55.500 says no one reads puck. Interesting that she says no one reads puck because that's where Ryan Reynolds

00:22:01.460 decided to make a statement about his leaked text messages. So yeah anyways Sarah says okay this is not

00:22:08.300 a bad story at all. It's saying that Blake helped shape the film. And then Leslie says all the Justin quotes

00:22:14.540 are manipulative. And she said and Sarah says I took them all out. Can you believe this? Can you believe

00:22:22.300 if Blake had any evidence like this against Justin? What that would look like? I mean no media outlets

00:22:30.700 are picking this up for sure. And here is another conversation that Leslie Sloan had with New York

00:22:37.140 Post and Sarah Nathan. Sarah says call me when free on Kane and what's up and she means on the plane.

00:22:44.580 Leslie's on the plane and Sarah saying hi just checking that he's still not going to London or Denmark

00:22:50.000 talking about Justin and the premiere. This is on August 8th. So just before I guess the European

00:22:55.620 premiere. Just about to talk to editor. How are you feeling? Sarah Nathan is asking Leslie Sloan who says

00:23:01.900 he's not going. I think you should put up a story. Justin's camp called Daily Mail blaming Blake.

00:23:08.100 And Sarah says on it? And Leslie says I need artist sauce. Whole cast isn't speaking with him.

00:23:15.200 And they had spectate screening room at premiere. Everyone but him was with the cast. So this is

00:23:22.680 what Leslie wants New York Post to write about. That he wasn't invited to the premiere and the whole

00:23:28.640 cast basically hates him. And then she adds his cult had their own room. And he says Stephanie is a

00:23:36.420 lying. And then she's using the c-word here. And she's talking about Stephanie Jones here who they 0.79

00:23:41.660 teamed up with later on. This is so. This just says everything about how horrible these people are.

00:23:47.920 So they teamed up as you know with Stephanie Jones because she's the one who got all those text

00:23:52.080 messages from her employee Jennifer Abel's phone and gave it to Blake who gave it to the New York

00:23:57.100 Times. Anyways. And Sarah Nathan is agreeing that Stephanie is a lying c-word. And then Leslie says 1.00

00:24:04.740 Blake is a producer on the film and she has put her heart and soul into this. She said this to

00:24:09.460 everyone. P-G-S find quote. I don't know what she means. The film is so important and needs to be 0.75

00:24:16.080 seen. And Sarah liked that and said I'm trying to hold off for now. Let's see. Thank you. Let me know.

00:24:22.180 Leslie said. Sarah says that she liked that. And Leslie says Daily Mail holding. I scared them.

00:24:28.100 She says. So she threatened Daily Mail to hold an article. And she's admitting they're in a text to New York

00:24:35.640 post. Stephanie. Stephanie is getting a call from studio. She means a call from the studio. So the

00:24:42.040 studio is calling Stephanie Jones to hold back. As we know she said that she was not involved in any

00:24:47.160 of this. And now we know she definitely was. She's also suing Justin Baldoni. You know Stephanie Jones

00:24:53.320 who used to represent him is such a mess. Anyways. Blake works so hard. I want this to work says Leslie.

00:25:00.220 Oh says Sarah Nathan. And then Leslie says Stephanie's really bad. And Sarah says she is a horror show.

00:25:09.000 And Leslie says they know your story and are appreciative you're holding. Oh XX says Sarah.

00:25:16.120 I have you in good light says Leslie Sloan. So you know she's so manipulative. I can't believe Sarah 1.00

00:25:24.140 is actually letting herself be manipulated like this. I bet she talks about her behind her back like

00:25:30.720 everyone does. Then Sarah says let me know when when to go. I was trying my best to hold for Friday

00:25:37.380 night. And honestly Stephanie is the worst. They're saying it again about Stephanie Jones holding for a

00:25:43.580 beat. But I do think Stephanie is going to do something to be annoying. Did I tell you I heard three 1.00

00:25:48.220 things? And Sarah repeats to Leslie Sloan the three things that she heard. And she said Blake felt he

00:25:55.660 looked at her while she was breastfeeding. Two. He lingered too long while kissing her in a scene.

00:26:01.160 Three. Told her she smelled good. I forgot about that. That she smelled good. Yeah that was another

00:26:07.920 accusation. All a bit creepy says Sarah Nathan. What's creepier saying someone smells good anyways?

00:26:14.220 All a bit creepy says Sarah. Let's speak when you land. My sister is going to call you when you land.

00:26:20.300 She's now been brought it in by Jen Abel who reps Justin. She hates hates Stephanie with a passion. 1.00

00:26:27.880 So we know that Stephanie Jones and Melissa Nathan hated each other. And we've seen that through so many

00:26:33.800 text messages as well. She wants to chat says Sarah. Fans have proof of huge feud between Blake Lively

00:26:40.720 and Justin Baldoni. She sends to her later in that day. And she's sending Leslie some. And she's sending

00:26:47.660 Leslie a link here. And Leslie says why? Because they didn't press. He was there edgy. She was there

00:26:53.520 because to the end she came with her family. I don't know what they're talking about here. Then let's go to

00:26:59.180 the Daily Mail and James Wytushka. Remember that reporter who actually filed a statement, a sworn statement

00:27:06.380 to the judge, and then withdrew the statement afterwards. His story has been changing the entire

00:27:12.780 time. He's not a trustworthy witness. And here is a conversation that he had with Leslie Sloan.

00:27:19.400 So of course she's calling all the outlets. That's what she spent her most of her day doing.

00:27:25.520 James says, have to talk about some stuff that came in from reporters regarding Blake and her new

00:27:30.100 movie drama. And then he says, well, it's a lot of, and Leslie's on the plane again. And James says,

00:27:36.680 well, it's a lot to text, but it's regarding props on the set involving her and Justin Baldoni and

00:27:42.220 followed over that with Blake being labeled difficult and a power struggle. And Leslie says,

00:27:48.720 your info is totally off. James says, there is clearly something going on because it's called from

00:27:55.780 three, because it's called from three reporters and none of them are me. And he says, I'm just the

00:28:02.200 only one not afraid to reach out to you. Lol. All the others are afraid of Leslie Sloan. And I can see

00:28:08.860 why. And Leslie says, you have it all wrong. You reporters are so wrong. And then James says, okay,

00:28:16.820 I'm just being straight up with you because that is how I roll. Always. I'm coming to you because I

00:28:22.120 actually like Blake. Not true. And don't want Daily Mail to F her. One of them said that Blake

00:28:29.300 and Ryan insisted on rewriting the movie and another that she got very opinionated over

00:28:34.360 directorial issues. Do you want to ring me when you land and I'll tell them that they need to hold

00:28:40.400 off on everything, anything for a few because her rep is unavailable and need to at least get to connect. 0.97

00:28:47.000 No one knows that we speak just that you would read emails from me and respond. Like I said,

00:28:52.800 though, the reporting is that there were issues between her and Justin as well as others. And

00:28:57.160 then Justin found it difficult to work with her. One of the reporters known is close with Stephanie

00:29:03.780 Jones because they used to always get Tom Brady Giselle shit and Steph reps him, I believe. I told

00:29:09.980 them she's awful and not to rely on anything she says. So he also hates Stephanie Jones. Everyone

00:29:17.040 hates Stephanie Jones here. James continues. So they want to run something based on this reporting and I

00:29:22.820 want to shut it down, but need something to shut it down with. I know she's a liar. I just need to get

00:29:28.120 my editor on board because she has three reporters feeding her BS, two from LA. So James is here

00:29:34.820 saying to Leslie Sloan that they're in conversation with Stephanie Jones, another source. This is such

00:29:42.520 a no-no. You should never tell another source that you're speaking to this source, as I said.

00:29:48.060 I mean, this is so unprofessional. I can't believe they're getting away with this. And he's also saying

00:29:54.080 that he's trying to kill this story. Leslie says, I promise she's lying talking about Stephanie Jones.

00:30:00.800 This will not look good for your sight, which is a threat. James says, can you give me anything at all

00:30:07.580 on what the issue is then if it's not her and it's him? And Leslie says, no, I'm on a plane and this

00:30:13.640 needs to hold. James said, sounds good. I'd like to clear this up. And Leslie says, he went on the Today

00:30:19.180 Show talking about Justin and praised her this a.m. this morning. How dumb are you people and Stephanie? 1.00

00:30:25.300 How dumb are you people and Stephanie? Okay. And James says, give me a ring when you can. And then

00:30:32.880 Leslie says, thank you. Did they see the Today Show? And James said, I made them aware of that.

00:30:38.620 Are you still flying? Leslie says, for 45 more minutes. And here is a text exchange that Leslie

00:30:45.100 Sloan had with a marketing executive over at Sony. So she's saying to Dani, gel is about to open.

00:30:52.780 Page six is going as they know about Daily Mail. Supposedly, Stephanie Jones is planting stories

00:30:58.160 against Blake, supposedly. So Leslie Sloan is saying here that Stephanie, she's accusing Stephanie

00:31:04.300 Jones of planting stories about Blake when all she does is plant stories about Justin. And Dani says,

00:31:09.940 no, they're going today. Yeah. Like now, Leslie says, shit, says Dani. Stephanie says,

00:31:16.460 Leslie says, Stephanie has been calling around saying Blake stuff. So she's accusing Stephanie of saying

00:31:22.560 Blake stuff. This is so funny because this is really going to harm Stephanie Jones case against 0.97

00:31:28.380 Jennifer Abel. Because as you know, she's also suing her former employee, Jennifer Abel, who was also

00:31:33.560 representing Justin Baldoni when she worked for Stephanie Jones. And Stephanie Jones has said that

00:31:39.540 she had nothing to do with any of this stuff in the press or anything. And now it's all coming out

00:31:44.940 and she looks bad and everyone hates her. Dani says, what's the Daily Mail story? I haven't seen it.

00:31:49.960 And Leslie says, not up yet, but saying that Blake and Ryan insisted on rewriting the movie. And

00:31:55.500 another, that she got very opinionated over directorial issues and that Justin found her

00:32:02.220 difficult. Blah, blah, blah. It's all true. Page six is now going as they heard about this. I'm so

00:32:08.780 pissed. Oh, Justin posted the trailer. Like why wouldn't he post the trailer of his movie?

00:32:14.020 Anyways, as she continues, I still have page six holding. Please call Stephanie and tell her to cut

00:32:20.560 it out. As if Daily Mail runs, it will not be good. I texted Josh to shut, get down as well. I mean,

00:32:27.960 her text messages are just all over the place. She can't put together a sentence, but she's talking

00:32:34.020 about Josh, another person from Sony here. Josh Greenstein, I think his name is. I told him too,

00:32:40.020 says Dani. My existence now is having page six on hold. Stephanie is an asshole, says Leslie Sloan. 1.00

00:32:47.360 And Dani says, huge asshole. Everyone is hating on Stephanie Jones. How's it going,

00:32:54.460 says Leslie to Dani. And he says, good, late, but not unbelievable. And Leslie says, okay, I just got

00:33:00.380 Daily Mail to hold. I'm losing my mind. So it's in her power to get these outlets to hold their

00:33:07.340 articles. Dani says, you're doing the Lord's work. And Leslie says, lol, I want him to feel,

00:33:14.580 I want this film to work. Why is she running cats, food or outfits? Did we make up the ones we lost 1.00

00:33:21.160 in New York? She said, I don't know what she's talking about here. Dani says, glam and talking

00:33:27.340 delayed us. Well, yes, clothes, but not as much food today. She's totally fine making it work. 0.99

00:33:33.720 Leslie says, not clothes and food, lol. How's Jamie doing as she's not used to this? The best. I asked

00:33:40.700 Josh to call Stephanie and say, I would just say you were informed that she has been speaking with

00:33:46.020 sites about the bad blood between Justin and Blake's. Say, this will hurt the film if true. And that you

00:33:54.780 were sure it's just a rumor, but your team is totally on top of this. You can't yet scare her with

00:34:01.680 kindness and manipulation. Says Leslie Sloan. And Dani says, and I called to, we talked to Justin

00:34:09.320 publicist Jen. They were shocked that Stephanie would have been involved since she knows nothing

00:34:14.140 about the campaign at all. And Leslie says, weird, as off the record, her friends ratted her out.

00:34:21.380 So they're saying that Justin's team ratted out Stephanie. At this point, they had it with Stephanie

00:34:27.400 Jones. And as you know, Jennifer Abel was leaving that company if she hadn't left already. So, but

00:34:33.580 everyone is riding each other out here. It's such a horrible environment. And Dani says, well, Jen

00:34:39.600 sounded like she often goes rogue as, and she was pissed. And Leslie says, well, she did. I told it was

00:34:46.580 her, but won't reveal which publication. So Stephanie Jones went out on her own, trying to plant positive

00:34:53.860 stories about Justin. And the Wayfair parties and Justin's team told her not to do anything. And she

00:35:01.300 wouldn't listen. We've seen that in separate text message exchange before. And then she denied that she

00:35:07.920 talked to the Daily Mail. So this is such a mess. Everyone blaming each other. And Leslie says, how many

00:35:14.660 people are on set when Blake shot the intimate scenes? Page six has intel. And Dani says, I agree on

00:35:20.860 something. And Leslie says, she mentioned these three things that she was just told by another

00:35:25.620 reporter of the things that Blake Lively has been accusing Justin, which is Blake felt he looked at

00:35:31.680 her while she was breastfeeding. I haven't heard that since. That's not one in her complaints at all.

00:35:38.500 So that was obviously a lie. And then he lingered too long while kissing her in a scene. That's also

00:35:45.240 kind of just disappeared now, what we see in the video, because there's video evidence of that.

00:35:50.420 And then told her she smelled good, which also just kind of disappeared. I don't know what happened

00:35:55.640 to that smell good thing. Justin's version of that was that Blake said that I just had a spray tan

00:36:01.380 and I smell awful. And he said, no, you smell good. So anyways, that didn't, I don't think that made it

00:36:07.700 into her amended complaint. Leslie Sloan says, I didn't know this breastfeeding. Jesus, Dani, 1.00

00:36:13.980 no one knew this breastfeeding thing because it didn't happen. And Leslie says, Justin's tea

00:36:19.320 just brought in a crisis consultant. At least she's a friend of mine. Sad I do that too, but this will

00:36:26.280 be interesting. So she's saying that, so she's basically saying that Melissa Nathan is a friend

00:36:31.640 of hers here. Interesting. And as you know, she was just talking to Sarah Nathan, Melissa Nathan's

00:36:38.240 sister in that other text exchange that I just shared. Dani says, stop it. Seriously? He really

00:36:44.960 buys into the fact that he thinks Justin hired a crisis team to smear Blake. Leslie says, that means

00:36:52.320 guilt and they are afraid of me. And then she says, and all I want is to make this go away.

00:36:59.080 Not really. Dani says, they should be afraid. And Leslie says, I won't do anything to hurt the film.

00:37:05.500 Everyone worked too hard. I want this to stop. Jennifer thinks Stephanie did it, talking about

00:37:11.060 another piece that was planted. And Dani says, she doesn't know, but Wayfair told her to stand down

00:37:17.120 and shut up. Talking about Stephanie. Leslie says, good. I need a good 38 hours. Film is out and tickets

00:37:24.040 bought. Exactly. Almost. Blah, blah, blah. And then it ends. Anyways, as I just read,

00:37:29.080 in one of these text exchanges, Leslie Sloan is calling Justin Baldoni an animal. And she was

00:37:36.000 asked about that in her deposition. So the attorney is referring to that text exchange that I just spoke

00:37:42.500 about when she's calling Justin Baldoni an animal. And she's saying, how was anything in this text going

00:37:48.700 to hurt Blake? Talking about that article that was going to be published. And Leslie says, again,

00:37:55.540 I cannot recall. It's so funny how their memory is so selective here. And the attorney is asking,

00:38:01.180 do you see where you wrote, you are airing an animal? Yes. Who is the animal you're referring to?

00:38:07.520 I think I previously stated that it was Justin Baldoni, she says. What basis did you have to call him an

00:38:13.900 animal? I think I also say that that was my take on him. And I had the right to my own opinion.

00:38:20.140 The attorney says, so I'm asking what basis you had to call him an animal. And she says,

00:38:27.140 I felt like it. And then he says, OK, why? I felt like it, she repeats. Then this thing is cut off.

00:38:36.560 But I mean, what kind of person is Leslie Sloan? And there's a long conversation in this testimony

00:38:43.260 where she where she's asked why she thinks that Justin Baldoni created a smear campaign against

00:38:49.920 Blake Lively. What are the basis of her stating that as fact? And she says, because he hired Melissa

00:38:57.360 Nathan. She says she doesn't need any more proof than the fact that he hired Melissa Nathan, who is a

00:39:04.440 crisis management expert. So that automatically makes him guilty. That is what she's stating in

00:39:14.240 her testimony. So I wonder how Leslie Sloan would defend this, keeping in mind that her company,

00:39:20.420 her PR company was financially backed by Harvey Weinstein. Does that make her automatically guilty

00:39:30.780 of the things that he represented? According to herself? Yes. Anyways, that's it from you guys.

00:39:40.380 Thank you so much for watching. I really appreciate all your support, all your comments, all your emails,

00:39:47.360 all your DMs on Instagram. Sometimes it's a little overwhelming. So I am taking so I can't really

00:39:53.580 respond to everyone straight away. So thank you for your patience as well. And again, thank you for all

00:39:59.220 your sweet words and how you're and how respectful you are towards me and to each other. And yes,

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Flaawsome Talk with Kjersti Flaa - January 29, 2026

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