They DROPPED Everything !!!
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In the middle of all of this, Kristen Bender, Blake Lively's attorney, leaked the entire depositions of Justin Baldoni and Jamie Heath. And guess what she included their home addresses. We get to learn what was said during those conversations, and this is juicy.
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We get to learn what was said during those conversations, and this is really juicy.
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Hi and welcome to Flossom Talk. I'm Jashti Floor, journalist, Hollywood truth teller,
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and your voice of reason in a town built on delusion. Oh my god, I'm so in shock right now.
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First of all, I went to the legal docket this morning and I saw all the new documents that
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were filed late last night and some this morning. There are probably like 40, 50 new documents and
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it's a lot of fighting going on about what should be sealed, what should be unsealed.
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And in the middle of all of this, Kristen Bender, Blake Lively's attorney, just leaked the entire
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depositions of Justin Baldoni and Jamie Heath. And guess what she included? Their home addresses.
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I do not think this is a slip-up. I think this is intentional. And what they're doing right now
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is thinking, hey, we lost anyway, so let's just do as much damage as we possibly can. So of course,
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they're going to come out and say this is a mistake. But in the meantime, they have probably
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sent out press releases to everyone, taking little pieces of both of their depositions out of context
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to create as much damage as possible. This is really cruel. So just think about how much Blake
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Lively has fought for her own privacy and for third parties' privacy. And now she's happily
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telling the world where all these people live? So when they asked Justin in his deposition where he
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lives, he said that he moved from LA to Nashville. And then he's telling his home address, which I'm not
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going to repeat, obviously. But he said that he's not been in LA since this lawsuit was filed. As you
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know, he took his family to Hawaii and stayed there for a really long time. And he has just stayed off
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the grid ever since. There's been a photo here and there, maybe on Instagram, but that's about it.
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The reason for that is obviously because he wanted to protect his family and get away from everything.
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So he took all of them to Nashville and moved there. And guess what? Now everyone can find his
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house. I mean, he has children. There are so many crazy people out there. And it's not like they're
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saying that he lives in this apartment building in New York, which is what Blake Lively does,
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where you have a doorman, where you have security, where you have cameras. He lives in a house with no
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big hedges around it. This is just insane. And I only see this as revenge. There is no reason for
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a seasoned attorney to do a mistake like this. And second of all, there was no reason for her to
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attach the entire depositions. All we've seen from Blake Lively's depositions so far is like a piece,
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like a half a page. While Justin Baldoni, as we learned from this deposition, he was sitting for two
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days. One of the days, they started complaining after 13 and a half hours that he had been sitting
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being interrogated by Blake Lively's team. The next day was he was there for about 10 hours, I think.
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This happened in October, the 6th and the 7th of October. So don't tell me that her attorneys that
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probably charge two to three thousand dollars per hour makes mistakes like this. Also, I wanted to
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quick mention a story I'm going to go through. Hugh Jackman is now taking a step back from Ryan
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Reynolds. Finally, good for him. And also, Colleen Hoover has come out and said that she has cancer.
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She's even saying that this cancer is something that came from her lifestyle, that came from
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bad nutrition and stress. Okay, so let's look into some of these things that we've learned from Justin
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Baldoni's newly released deposition. It's over 300 pages. I think it's 380 pages. It's even
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longer. So I haven't been able to read through all of it, but I have looked through parts that I find
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interesting that I'm going to share with you. There's going to be so much more information
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coming out now. I don't know where to start. As I said, there were about 40 new documents filed
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about the sealing and what should be sealed and unsealed. And of course, now Justin Baldoni's team
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has responded to all of Blake Lively's sealing requests saying that, hey, the public needs to know.
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But let's first go through some of this stuff in the deposition that I haven't heard before.
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One of them is when Blake Lively's attorney is asking Justin Baldoni about Blake Lively's deceased
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father. As you know, she complained that he spoke to her deceased father. And that was one of those 17
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points that she said that he needed to stop doing for her to return to work. Anyways, it ended up with
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them signing all of this just to get it over with and get done with this movie. Now we know what this
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whole conversation was all about. So Justin is telling here he knew that Blake Lively's dad had
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passed away pretty recent. And he shared with her his faith and what he believed happens to people
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after death. And he's telling their lawyer here that they had a very deep and interesting conversation
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about this. And that Blake Lively seemed interested. And then he added maybe she wasn't because she's an
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actress. She just came off that way. So the next day, Justin told Blake that, hey, I prayed for your
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father and I asked him to bless the movie yesterday. I'm not a big fan of people bringing
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their religion into the public space, but there's no harm here. All he did was try to support her
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and try to make her feel better about losing her dad. But anyway, what's interesting here is
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where this meeting happened, guess where? In the Buckingham Palace. Because that's what Blake
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Lively calls her office in their Tribeca apartments. Listen to this. The attorney is asking,
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who else was there when you had that conversation with Ms. Lively? This was at her, I don't know what
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you call it. She used to call it Buckingham Palace, as she said, because so many celebrities
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walked through there. I think that was her office in her penthouse apartment, which was the place that
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Ms. Lively requested all our meetings to be. It was just her and myself. So she invited him by
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himself to her office. Well, at the same time, she was so scared of him because he was harassing her.
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Anyway, this lawyer says, it's your testimony that Ms. Lively used to refer to that as Buckingham
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Palace. That's what her and Mr. Reynolds would call it. So they're obviously looking at themselves
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as royals here. This is another example of these humongous egos. Who would call their office
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Buckingham Palace? And then Justin adds that they may have said it was something that Taylor Swift
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had said. So maybe Taylor Swift was one who called it Buckingham Palace. And then they adapted that.
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I don't know. But anyways, I just think it says it all, you know, when you refer to your office as
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Buckingham Palace. Anyways, here comes the really interesting part. I didn't know this about that
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GLP-1 medications. Okay, so as we've learned so far, both Justin Baldoni and Jamie Heath, his partner,
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have recorded phone calls. They did that to have some sort of evidence if anything just came up
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later, which was really smart. And of course, now Blake Levy's team is using this against them,
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saying that it's illegal to record a conversation without the other person knowing it. That is a
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rule here in California and in other states as well. And apparently they were in LA when this
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happened. But what's interesting here is that because they're asking them about these illegal
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recording, we get to learn what was said during those conversations. And this is really juicy.
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So here the lawyer is asking, Justin, did you have any understanding from what he said to you or why
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he was telling you? So he's talking about Jamie Heath that had recorded a conversation with WME and the
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agent there. And then he told Justin about this. And Justin responds, I believe we were being,
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we were being threatened. By whom? By Mr. Reynolds and Ms. Lively. Were you on that call? No.
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Do you know who was? I know someone from WME. I presume to be my former agent. I think Jennifer
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Abel was on the call as well. And then they're asking here, to your understanding, how are you
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being threatened at the time by Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds? And he says, my understanding was
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that there were demands being made that I released some sort of public statement that had been drafted
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by Mr. Reynolds and Ms. Lively and given to an agent. We know this statement that Ryan Reynolds
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wrote that's already been public. And in this statement, Ryan Reynolds wrote that the Wayfair
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parties take all responsibility for all the backlash surrounding It Ends With Us for the terrible
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promotion of the movie where Blake Lively talked about her hair products and Bezzy booze instead of
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talking about DV. And he wanted Justin Baldoni to sign that and the Wayfair parties to sign that,
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which would have basically been a disaster. And we've seen text messages now between Jamie Heath
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and someone else I don't remember. But it was clear that it was Emily Baldoni, Justin Baldoni's wife,
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who said to everyone, don't ever sign that statement. F them. So we know they never signed this
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statement. Thankfully. But, and here it continues. And I had been told, says Justin, there were multiple
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calls that were coming, incoming from the agency saying that if Justin doesn't release a statement,
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then they will, Ms. Lively and Mr. Reynolds, leave William Morris. So William Morris Endeavor
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is the agency that represented everyone here, WME. And we know Justin Baldoni got fired from the agency
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the same day the article dropped in the New York Times. It was all planned. I talked about that in
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another episode that they planned the maximum damage surrounding that article and how it could just like
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cripple Justin Baldoni and everyone else involved. So now we know that Ryan and Blake threatened WME
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to leave them unless they threatened Justin Baldoni to sign that statement. And apparently this is in
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that phone call that's been recorded. Oh my God, I can't wait to hear this. And then Justin continues
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to say, I was told that they called, the agency called numerous times. And this evidently was a phone
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call on, on which a statement was read that was prepared by Mr. Reynolds and Ms. Lively. And the only
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other thing I remember about it, that I was in fear that if this wasn't done, the gloves would come
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off. So that's something that they repeatedly had said to them that the gloves would come off
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if WME didn't do as they told them to do. And you know that Blake Lively also pressured Sony.
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There's a lot of text messages of evidence of that, that they pressured them to do a lot of things.
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And then the attorney is asking, were you scared of things that Blake Lively or Ryan Reynolds might
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do? And he says, I was terrified of Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively in general, especially considering
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they had just threatened us and said they were taking the gloves off if I didn't release the
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statement. What did you understand taking the gloves off to mean? The attorney says, again,
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I didn't know. I know what they were able to. I know somehow they were able to take my movie from
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me. So I didn't know what they were capable of. Is that what you believe happened that they took
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the movie from you? Yes. And then they keep asking him what he was scared of. And he's saying here that
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I was afraid, honestly, of lies coming out about me. And then the lawyer says about your behavior on
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set. And he says, well, it was one of the things lies in general. I didn't know. I mean, at this point,
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I was already made aware that her team was pitching stories that I was in a cult. And I had already
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been told that Mr. Reynolds had told agents that I was a predator of some kind. So there was,
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I was made aware that there were done, that there was damage that they were trying to do to me already.
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And I didn't know what they were capable of. Yeah. I remember that story in the Hollywood Reporter.
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It was all about the Baha'i faith and how that, um, and how that was so evident on the set of It Ends
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with us. And people were accusing Justin of creating a culture of toxic positivity and a
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culture of hugging. These were the things that were mentioned. It's so ridiculous. But anyways,
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the Hollywood Reporter jumped on that and created this story that made it seem like Baha'i is a cult.
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So we know that's true. And who planted that story? I mean, come on. Then they talk about this
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credit that was removed from the poster. So here is obvious that Blake Lively pressured Sony to remove
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a film by credits on the movies. So Justin Baldoni wouldn't have his name on the movie as a director.
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And what they're doing here is just so twisted. So they're trying here to make it sound like
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Justin just wanted this credit there because he's so vain. So they're saying, would you want to have a
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credit that's known as a vanity credit? And then they mention a lot of Hollywood directors, big time
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Hollywood directors don't want their name as a film by on any poster anymore because so many more
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people are involved in the project and they don't want to take the attention away from everyone else.
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So what they're saying here is that would you want a credit that's known as the vanity credit
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to be something you sought on a film written by a woman with a screenplay written by a woman with many
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women acting on it? Would you want a credit that's known as the vanity credit attached to your name?
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So they obviously tried to make him look like a sexist because he wanted his name on his own movie
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that he produced, that he directed, and that he acted in, and that he owns the right to.
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Then they talk about how Blake tried to remove him from the trailer as well. I didn't know that
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she tried to remove him from the trailer. Obviously, she didn't succeed in that. But what would the
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movie be without the main character, the main male character? And then they're asking him here,
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do you believe Blake Lively had the approval authority over the final trailer that was released
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for the film It Ends With Us? Justin is responding, very smart here. He's saying,
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from my understanding, in many ways, that's what she claimed in her letter to the producer's guilt of
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America. So he's using her own actions against her here. I love this. As you know, she wants that
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letter to be sealed. She doesn't want us to see all the things that she bragged about that she was
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responsible for on this movie because that makes her look like a bad victim. I spoke about this
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yesterday as well. This letter that she forced both the Wayfair parties and Sony to sign so she could
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get that producer mark. And now he's saying that she claims in that letter as well that she was
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responsible for the trailer of the movie. I mean, how are these lawyers going to present
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any of this in front of a jury? It's just like mind-boggling to me. Anyways, as I said, I haven't
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been able to read through everything in these depositions. A lot of it has been unsealed before,
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but I will definitely go through everything to keep you guys posted here. I also wanted to mention
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this letter that the Wayfair parties wrote to the judge about unsealing the conversation between
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WME and Ryan Reynolds. Because as you know, Blake Lively filed another letter yesterday,
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which was way past deadline, where she's desperately asking this letter to stay sealed or this evidence
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to stay sealed. And here the Wayfair party is saying that this evidence that Ryan Reynolds spoke to
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WME about Justin Baldoni. And obviously now, as we know from the deposition here, that he probably
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threatened WME that him and Blake would leave their agency if they didn't get Justin to sign that
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statement. And this is probably what this text message or this communication is about. And it looks
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awful on Ryan Reynolds, obviously. And Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are desperate to keep it sealed.
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And here the Wayfair parties are making some really good points saying like, there's no reason
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there's no reason why this evidence should stay sealed. Ryan Reynolds is not a nobody here. He
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inserted himself into this situation. He has been a big part of all of this, especially what's been going
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on behind the scenes of the taking over of the movie. And they're also pointing out here, the reason for
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sealing things is basically privacy interests. You don't want to reveal personal information like
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Blake Lively's team just did with Justin Baldoni and Jamie Heath. You don't want to do that. And
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that's the only reason why some parts should be sealed. And there's no personal information here
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that's at risk. And they're also saying the information that this contains really helps Justin's defense.
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So they're asking the judge, release it. Anyways, the Enquirer is writing today that
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Hugh Jackman is avoiding Ryan Reynolds amid Justin Baldoni drama. Mutual Pals says that they feel the
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tension. Of course, why would Hugh Jackman still want to be friends with Ryan Reynolds? Ryan is going
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down and he's trying to bring as many people as possible with him. And I think Hugh Jackman sees that
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now. And it says here that Hugh doesn't want to be caught in the middle of it. He's loyal,
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but he has limits when it comes to messy legal battles. Another source confirms there's a sense
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Hugh's stepping back for his own sanity. As you know, he's going through a messy divorce himself.
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He has a new girlfriend. And as I spoke about the other day, I do believe that Sutton Foster,
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his new girlfriend, is not a fan of Blake Wively. Who would be? So I'm guessing also she's the one
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saying to him, you know, stay away from Ryan. It's bad news. We're getting married. We're about
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to start a new life together. Why would we want those toxic people to be a part of it? It also
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says here that meanwhile, Ryan reportedly keeps reaching out. He's texting, calling, even trying
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to lock in plans, as source reveals. But Hugh hasn't been returning his calls. Just like Taylor Swift
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and Blake Wively, it seems like just, it seems like Ryan Reynolds has lost his best friend. It says
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here that it was subtle at first, a missed text here, a cooler response there, but people close to
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them can feel the tension. Yes, I don't think we're going to see any photos of these two people together
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anytime soon. And Ryan didn't show up to support his pal in any of his latest premieres of the movie
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Sing Song Blue, which has been competing for awards this season. And I'm sure that it wasn't
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because Ryan didn't want to. I think Hugh is just like, I don't want you there. Anyways, Colin Hoover,
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the author of It Ends With Us, has come out and said that she has cancer. She just finished radiation.
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We know that she has been really dragged into this whole mess by Blake Wively, and she chose
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his side early on. And then she obviously later regretted it. And she ended up deleting her entire
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Instagram with two million followers. And then when she came back on again, like two weeks later,
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she had deleted all posts with Blake Wively and Justin Baldoni. And we know that she has changed her
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story many times here. And she's even been quoted saying that she's no longer proud of this book from
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because of everything that happened with this lawsuit and after this movie came out.
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So it says here on NBC News that Hoover gave some insight into her cancer journey in a Facebook
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post on Friday, in which she explains that results from genetic testing told her the cancer did not
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come from family genes and that it also didn't come from the two main causes of cancer, which is HPV
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or excessive hormones. She's saying this means it was more than likely environmental lifestyle,
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which is lack of exercise, poor diet and stress. There is no doubt that this lawsuit has caused so
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many people so much stress. And I think that this is a result of that. Yeah, there's no doubt that
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stress can cause cancer. And we know that Colleen Hoover has not handled this situation very well.
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We've seen her posting very cryptic, weird stories and things on her Instagram that seemed like she
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was a bit off and she had some issues. And now we know that this obviously hasn't been easy for her.
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I wish her all the best though. I wish her good health, but I hope at one point she can come out
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and apologize for what she did as well. And maybe, you know, I think that's good for your health
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to apologize. It's a very good thing to do. Anyways, that's it for me, you guys. I hope
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