00:03:54.720Anyways, Rhys with a spoon said this in her acceptance speech.
00:03:59.080um like if you took naked pictures of yourself on your cell phone you hide your face people like
00:04:04.140anyways let's look at these unsealed messages there is a bunch of them i haven't been able
00:04:13.220to go through all of it yet but it looks like most of what's been unsealed so far is from
00:04:20.780stephanie jones if you follow the blake lively legal drama you know that they settled back in
00:04:26.740May of this year, about two weeks before they were expected to go to trial. And now the judge
00:04:31.620has said, hey, I'm cleaning up the court docket here. I want everything to be unsealed. And he
00:04:36.760gave them a deadline to respond to this. And now new documents have started to pop up. I'm sure we
00:04:42.800haven't seen half of it yet, but I'll share with you what I found the most interesting in this
00:04:47.160first batch. So there is a text exchange here between Melissa Nathan, who was hired to do
00:04:54.100crisis management for Justin Baldoni and the Daily Mail reporter James Vitushka. So as you
00:05:02.880might know, if you follow this closely, James Vitushka was fired by the Daily Mail because he
00:05:08.940got dragged into this legal feud and now he's actually suing the Daily Mail for firing him.
00:05:15.560I've talked about that in previous episodes, but anyways, this is interesting on so many levels.
00:05:20.600First of all, I was pretty shocked when I realized the date of these text messages.
00:05:28.240So as you know, Blake Lively sued Justin Baldoni and the Wayfair parties, including
00:05:33.040Miss Melissa Nathan, in December of 2024.
00:05:39.000And Justin Baldoni responded to that lawsuit in January of 2025.
00:05:45.020and then at the same time he released all his evidence on a public website at this point
00:05:52.760text messages from melissa nathan were already printed in the new york times so she obviously
00:06:01.080knew that everything that she put in writing at this point could become public they're even
00:06:08.480talking about that in this text exchange and that's why i'm like what were you guys thinking
00:06:14.340James Tvitushka, the reporter at the Daily Mail, even says here in this text exchange that he's been called into the office to the HR department at the Daily Mail and they're threatening to sue him because he allowed his text messages to appear in the lawsuit.
00:06:33.440He should not be involved in a celebrity lawsuit like this.
00:06:37.520and he's telling Melissa Nathan about that and they were threatening him that if he gets more
00:06:43.020involved you know then he'll get fired and then he sends text messages to Justin Boldon his crisis
00:06:48.980manager about this doing exactly the opposite of what the Daily Mail told him to do if you want to
00:06:55.800keep your job stop getting involved and Melissa Nathan who already had her text messages revealed
00:07:02.360in that New York Times article she's also putting things in writing here and interestingly enough
00:07:08.900this conversation was sealed by Blake Wively and now I'm starting to understand why so this is a
00:07:15.540conversation between Melissa Nathan and James Vitushka after Justin Baldoni had released the
00:07:22.380video from the dancing scene and we could all see that these were two actors and he was in a director
00:07:28.920role directing his actress to do a slow dance and pretend that they're falling in love blah blah blah
00:07:36.280and they win oh my gosh we don't shut up and emily and i have like we have these moments
00:07:42.800staring literally for we've done it for like five minutes it's like i think you would find it
00:07:49.320terrifying it's literally we just literally do each other and like time on a sociotab and time
00:07:54.320stops yeah but like it's that's just how it's been for us from the beginning no we're like oh my god
00:07:58.720And the Daily Mail reporter reacted to this and sent this message to Melissa Nathan.
00:08:15.460He said, and it does not matter anyway.
00:08:23.240Talking about Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds here.
00:08:25.920And then he says, I guarantee you he divorces her over this because I guarantee you she lied to him about what happened.
00:08:35.780So he's talking about how Ryan Reynolds will divorce Blake Lively and that she probably lied to him about what happened on that day on the dancing scene.
00:08:47.100She probably told Ryan, her husband, that Justin was being so inappropriate with her
00:08:53.860because, you know, Ryan Reynolds wasn't there.
00:08:56.260So who knows how Blake actually explained to Ryan what had happened on the set that
00:09:02.240day if she lied about it or if the two of them actually collaborated on this whole SH
00:09:09.380scenario, making it look like Blake Lively was SH'd by Justin Baldoni.
00:09:14.400I'm not sure where the truth lays there
00:09:17.580If Blake Lively made it look like that
00:09:50.680We don't know if Ryan actually believed that his wife was in danger1.00
00:09:56.680because she was being S-H'd on this set every day.1.00
00:09:59.920A part of me is saying that he actually believed it0.99
00:10:02.940because otherwise, why would he go so strongly out against Justin?
00:10:08.280It just doesn't make any sense that he would get so furious with Justin
00:10:13.720if he didn't believe that he was being inappropriate with his wife.
00:10:20.260Anyways, this text exchange continues here
00:10:22.480when Melissa Nathan is sending James Futushka at the Daily Mail a TMZ article
00:10:27.600where Blake lively comes out and defends herself
00:10:31.620against this leaked dancing scene footage.
00:10:36.000And this is so funny, I'm just going to repeat what they said in their defense of what really happened in that dancing scene.
00:10:43.560So her attorneys came out and say, well, it might seem like they were merely actors acting out a scene that's supposed to depict them falling in love.
00:10:52.220Blake's team points out none of the intimacy was discussed or choreographed, as they put it.
00:10:59.780Every moment of this was improvised by Mr. Baldoni with no discussion or consent in advance
00:11:07.020and no intimacy coordinator present. Mr. Baldoni was not only Miss Lively's co-star but the director,
00:11:13.780the head of studio and Miss Lively's boss. After everything we learned and after watching this with
00:11:21.000our own eyes everyone saw what happened and also it's so funny how they mention an intimacy
00:11:26.080coordinator. No one in Hollywood has an intimacy coordinator on set when two actors are going to
00:11:32.980pretend they fall in love with not even kissing. They weren't actually kissing. And then James
00:11:39.800Vituska, the reporter, continues to say, effing kidding me. There's not one person on earth that
00:11:45.320believes this. She's an idiot. She should stop while she's ahead. Does she not realize that in1.00
00:11:51.100court. If you get caught in one lie, everything you say is irrelevant. Just one lie. And that's
00:11:58.840coming from James Svituska, who signed a sworn statement that he later retracted, admitting that
00:12:07.940he was pressured into telling something that wasn't true. So that's really interesting that
00:12:12.800it's coming from him. But anyway, I believe this is one of the reasons that Blake Lively did not
00:12:17.280want this to become public. Because here you see a reporter who has made up his own mind about
00:12:23.920Blake Lively. He does not like her. He does not believe that she has a case. He believes that she
00:12:30.900is lying. He personally believes that. He is not influenced by Justin Baldoni's crisis PR manager
00:12:39.820to have those opinions, which goes totally against what Blake Lively's team has been trying to0.99
00:12:46.380convince us and he continues to say that Blake just makes herself look stupid now and then James0.71
00:12:52.880goes on to say that he is super excited about testifying and they talk about what he's going to0.73
00:12:58.080wear and then he says court of public opinion of everyone on planet earth doesn't believe her at
00:13:06.080all outlets now printing hunky Baldoni beach pics he does look hotter once you look at him more he
00:13:14.240he says. And then he says this, and this is why I believe that like liveless attorneys wanted to
00:13:20.120keep this sealed. Maybe it is attorneys trying to milk them for money. They're not stupid. They
00:13:26.780can't possibly think they have a case. Now I don't get it. It makes no sense at this point.
00:13:32.940It's just give up. And then Melissa says, I'm super exhausted. And he says, I'm sure
00:13:38.620it's over soon i can feel it i'm a psychic he's saying well it was far from over we know that now
00:13:45.400so james vituska is not a psychic but i do find this whole text exchange so astonishing on so
00:13:52.220many levels as i said why on earth would they continue sending text messages like this to each
00:13:59.500other did they want these text messages to become public because they knew the chances of that
00:14:05.680happening was pretty big and James is just sitting here trashing Blake Lively when seeing this
00:14:12.700exchange from it was on January 21st of 2025 between the two of them now I'm thinking did
00:14:21.500Melissa just want to lure James into saying all these horrible things about Blake because she knew
00:14:28.080that that might become public and that's why she's saying to him hey it's all organic you know
00:14:34.280we didn't do anything she's not sharing as much as he is sharing here yeah so who knows but i'm
00:14:42.680sure brian friedman her attorney told her not to put any more in writing that they did not want to
00:14:49.640become public at this point yeah let me know what you think about this these two people having this
00:14:55.640conversation after both parties had filed their lawsuit don't you find that pretty astonishing
00:15:02.420And why do you think that Blake's attorneys wanted to keep this sealed?
00:17:05.540And the headline says Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds face fresh Hollywood backlash.
00:17:10.440I don't know how fresh it is, but let's see.
00:17:13.320It says that Blake and Ryan were once Hollywood storybook couple,
00:17:17.160But now they're finding themselves on the outside looking in as their legal war, leaked text and wrecked celebrity relationships have poisoned them with former pals.
00:17:27.680And then there's a sourcer saying that two years ago, having Blake and Ryan at your party made you look important.
00:17:33.700Today, having them there might make people uncomfortable.
00:17:38.760Can you imagine if you were another celebrity and Blake Lively's at the party walking over to you and she has her cell phone with her like,
00:17:46.480hey let's take a selfie oh my god i can't imagine anyone want to find themselves in that situation
00:17:52.160and then they talk about her legal feud here and ryan reynolds who just turned 50 and that his
00:17:57.800text messages pressuring sony were just unsealed and made public and that's really uncomfortable
00:18:04.740for him and here they have a source close to ryan reynolds who says that it's no secret that the
00:18:10.160actor was trying to protect his wife, who he believed was being targeted by a crisis PR team
00:18:16.760hired by Boldoni. Yes, that's no secret anymore that he was trying to do that. And then they're
00:18:22.920saying here the messages were meant to be private, but industry insider said they're an embarrassing
00:18:28.520reminder that nobody wants their own behind the scenes chatter dragged into the next Hollywood
00:18:33.960courtroom circus. Reynolds' fiery defense of Lively isn't the only headache. It says here that
00:18:41.420insiders said the couple feels unfairly abandoned and remains convinced Lively's allegations deserve
00:18:47.840to be taken more seriously. Yeah, as I reported on last week, she's even become a term, a horror term
00:18:55.300in Hollywood now. We have a Blake Lively situation. Remember that article last week where Jennifer
00:19:01.720Lopez was accused of doing a Blake Lively. Yeah, that is going to be Blake's legacy from now.
00:19:08.700Anyways, it continues there. Still, insiders said their social and professional stock in Hollywood
00:19:13.660has plunged, with insiders warning that powerful players are increasingly wary of the complications
00:19:20.900that come with working with them. And here's another insider talking about Ryan, saying the
00:19:26.800controversy has left a stain on his reputation and marketability. Hollywood's loyalty has never
00:19:32.160been about friendship, fairness or principle. It follows the money. Right now Blake and Ryan are
00:19:37.920discovering just how quickly the winds can change. And there is another article talking about how
00:19:45.780Blake and Ryan are furious with Disney because Justin Baldoni and his lovely wife Emily all of
00:19:54.600a sudden showed up as audience members at Dancing with the Stars. And according to Page Six,
00:20:01.020Justin and Emily and their children were invited to attend as special guests by Julian Hough,
00:20:09.220who is a longtime family friend. I'm sure you saw the videos and photos of them being amongst
00:20:14.880the audience, and everyone was going crazy, like, look who's there. Anyways, of course,
00:20:20.240Blake and Ryan did not like that when Justin and Emily showed up somewhere, everyone was super
00:20:25.760excited about it. And it says here that Lively and Reynolds are reportedly furious over Baldoni's
00:20:31.680appearance at Dancing with the Stars. The hit dance competition airs on ABC, which is owned by
00:20:37.360Disney, the same company that helped make Reynolds a superhero superstar. And it says here, Ryan made
00:20:44.860Disney, hundreds of millions with Deadpool, and this is how they repay him? They expected loyalty,
00:20:50.840not a front row welcome for the man they've been fighting. According to the source, Lively and
00:20:55.800Reynolds claimed Baldoni's appearance felt like a slap in the face, and now they want Hollywood to
00:21:00.820choose sides. They see this as betrayal. In their world, you cannot be friends with Justin and still
00:21:08.280be loyal to them. And they continue here saying another insider noted that Lively and Reynolds'
00:21:13.120biggest fear is Baldoni being welcomed back into the industry with open arms while Lively is
00:21:18.740struggling to repair her own reputation. And they say Justin is on ABC smiling with his family while
00:21:25.440they're furious behind closed doors. That's what really stings. And then the source said that Lively
00:21:32.040might eventually need dancing with the stars more than Justin does. So true. I don't know if all
00:21:39.120these insiders here exist but I'm sure that this is how Blake and Ryan felt when they saw that
00:21:46.720Justin and Emily was on Dancing with the Stars can you imagine if Blake and Ryan showed up there
00:21:51.240what the comment sections would look like and talking about Deadpool there was an article in
00:21:55.600Forbes the other day talking about how Deadpool the movie went so dramatically over budget they
00:22:02.620ended up making a lot of money on it anyways but of course people are asking was that because
00:22:08.580Ryan Reynolds made so many changes to the script and maybe also because he added nice pool at the
00:22:15.220end and needed to reshoot a lot of stuff because he wanted to add a character in there to mock
00:22:21.180Justin Baldoni publicly I don't know we haven't got the breakdown from that yet remember the
00:22:27.560Wayfair parties and Justin wanted to actually subpoena Disney over what had happened when they
00:22:33.960created the nice pull character that never happened unfortunately so we might never find out
00:22:41.520yeah the aftermath of this legal drama never ends as you know there is still other lawsuits going on
00:22:50.020one of the bigger one is the one with justin baldone's former publicist stephanie jones who's
00:22:56.360suing everyone as well and they're suing her back and it's a big mess yeah i'll try to keep you
00:23:01.560posted on the most important stuff that's happening in this case as well as reporting on other things
00:23:07.400that I find interesting in Hollywood. Anyway that's it for me today you guys thank you so much for
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00:23:35.360So I won't be posting anything on Wednesday, but I'll be here tomorrow.
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