Flaawsome Talk with Kjersti Flaa - This Escalated Fast !! Blake's new jab at Justin !

00:00:00.000 And now Blake is paying tribute to the man built of integrity and kindness.

00:00:11.020 Hi and welcome to Flossom Talk. I'm Tjasti Floor, journalist, Hollywood truth teller,

00:00:15.400 and your voice of reason in a town built on delusion. Okay, so Blake just praised that

00:00:22.580 personal trainer who started the entire fat shaming drama on her Instagram story.

00:00:28.820 He's the reason why Justin was berated for five hours in their apartment.

00:00:34.860 And now Blake is paying tribute to the man built of integrity and kindness.

00:00:41.700 Also, she's saying happy birthday to a woman who allegedly helped her take over another movie.

00:00:49.860 Also, let's talk about how an attorney is guessing how Justin Baldoni's team is going to trap Blake Lively on that stand.

00:00:57.680 And why on earth is Ryan Reynolds back on the list of witnesses?

00:01:02.940 This is such a terrible decision for Blake and is only going to harm her case.

00:01:08.440 And the rumors are still out there.

00:01:10.280 Are Blake and Ryan on the brink of divorce?

00:01:14.280 And is it true that Blake is still hoping and waiting for that wedding invitation from Taylor Swift?

00:01:21.800 Let's get into it.

00:01:23.040 Okay, so Blake Lively posted on Instagram on her story yesterday saying happy birthday to two of her friends.

00:01:31.240 One of them being Don Saladino.

00:01:34.640 I've spoken about him a few times here on my channel before.

00:01:38.860 He's been Blake and Ryan's personal trainer for a long time.

00:01:42.940 And he loved to post pictures of them on his Instagram to promote his business and to get more clients from it.

00:01:49.360 And as we know, Blake recommended Don Saladino to be Justin Baldoni's personal trainer and nutritionist during It Ends With Us.

00:01:58.220 And he is the one that Justin Baldoni asked in confidence about Blake's weight because he was worried about his back issue and he had to lift her up in a scene.

00:02:08.500 Most personal trainers understand confidentiality and have the integrity to keep stuff like that to themselves.

00:02:17.040 But Don Saladino, he called Blake Vively and said, hey, Justin Baldoni is fat shaming you by asking about your weight.

00:02:26.240 This is so outrageous.

00:02:29.280 And Ryan Reynolds was like, what? He fat shamed you like that? We have to have a meeting.

00:02:33.580 And then they invited Justin Baldoni up to their Tribeca loft and Ryan yelled at Justin Baldoni for four or five hours.

00:02:42.240 On top of that Hugh Jackman and Taylor Swift were present at that meeting or they came and they went I don't know exactly the scenario because that's not been revealed yet but this person that Blake Lively called a man built of integrity and kindness that is Dom Saladino.

00:03:02.720 Funny enough, Daily Mail picked this up and said Blake pays tribute to a man built of integrity and kindness as she heaps praise on her personal trainer for making me feel my best in every stage of life amid Justin Baldoni legal battle.

00:03:19.220 Blake claimed that her trainer, Don Saladino, treats her in a way usually reserved for a family member as she thanked him for making her feel great.

00:03:29.280 Well, this is just, again, trying to have a dig at Justin Baldoni for fat shaming her.

00:03:34.700 And of course, he's a family member now because he betrayed one of his client to get closer to Blake and Ryan.

00:03:42.440 And then they're showing the photo that Blake posted on Instagram and saying alongside the image, she wrote,

00:03:48.440 I prefer curls in my hair when I'm in high heels. Happy, happy birthday to a man built of integrity,

00:03:55.040 generosity, grit, kindness, abundance, and the type of care you usually are only lucky enough

00:04:01.640 to feel from a family member. Love you, Don Saladino. Thank you for making me feel my best

00:04:07.660 in every stage of life, pregnancy, postpartum, training for stunt, or just motivating me to

00:04:14.400 keep going no matter what I feel capable of doing or not. Okay so as you know the judge just tossed

00:04:21.440 out those fat shaming claims against Justin saying that you signed up for a movie where a certain

00:04:28.200 aesthetic was required from you and you agreed to that and you even said in text messages to

00:04:35.500 Justin Baldoni that you're doing your best to get into shape and if it was possible to shoot those

00:04:41.100 intimate scenes at the end of the shoot because you wanted to get fit before you did those scenes

00:04:46.000 Blake also admitted that she saw this as part of her job to get in shape for her role it's what

00:04:52.140 actors do I mean if you take on a role that you're supposed to play some person who just got out of

00:04:58.340 prison or did a hunger strike or whatever and then you're suing the director because you had to lose

00:05:03.780 weight for the role afterwards I mean yes thankfully the judge saw through this but now

00:05:09.340 Blake is praising this man who caused so much harm to Justin. Anyway Daily Mail missed that

00:05:15.780 whole point that this is the guy behind that whole fat shaming scenario so they didn't actually

00:05:21.260 mention it here. They're just mentioning that Blake is trying to use the Britney Spears comment

00:05:26.940 that Justin made in a video that he hugged her without asking her first as part of her evidence

00:05:34.060 against him and they're also mentioning all the other 800 items she has filed as evidence where 0.98

00:05:40.480 a lot of it is intended to expose Justin as a hypocrite. Yeah we've seen her whole evidence 0.95

00:05:46.620 list now and there are so many links to Justin Baldoni's podcast and when he's talking about

00:05:52.680 toxic masculinity, when he's talking about books that he's written and we know that Blake is going 0.97

00:05:58.280 to try to use that to discredit him and paint him as a hypocrite. 0.89

00:06:03.040 And as you know, there are no defendants left.

00:06:05.240 Justin Baldoni is not a defendant in this case anymore.

00:06:08.940 So why would any of that evidence be relevant to begin with?

00:06:13.240 The fact that they're going for the character assassination card here

00:06:16.900 just tells you how desperate they are.

00:06:18.800 And I doubt that the judge is going to allow that to happen

00:06:22.480 because as I said, Justin Baldoni is not sued personally anymore.

00:06:27.180 Anyways, another person that Blake Lively said happy birthday to on tax day.

00:06:31.840 Tax day is April 15 for those people who live outside the US.

00:06:35.720 Anyways, so she said happy birthday to Reed Morano.

00:06:40.880 Reed Morano is the director or was the director of The Rhythm Section,

00:06:46.800 a movie that Blake Lively did in 2020.

00:06:52.320 And Reed has not worked since 2020.

00:06:55.540 So apparently, this is what happened on that movie.

00:06:59.640 The 2020 film The Rhythm Section faced controversy due to the significant production issues,

00:07:06.460 including a six-month shutdown after Blake Lively injured her hand,

00:07:11.280 and clashes between Lively, director Reed Morano,

00:07:15.360 and producer Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson over the film's creative direction.

00:07:20.960 So Blake started arguing with the James Bond producers.

00:07:26.180 This movie was supposed to be like the next female James Bond.

00:07:29.820 It completely bombed at the box office.

00:07:32.460 And some people blame all the behind-the-scenes drama for that.

00:07:37.240 Looking at Blake Lively saying happy birthday to Reed Morano,

00:07:41.140 it's obvious that Reed was on team Blake during the filming of this movie.

00:07:49.140 and maybe that explains why she didn't work since 2020 as a director.

00:07:54.560 A Reddit post here is showing a photo of Blake and Reed together saying

00:08:01.500 film director Reed Morano was another person who destroyed her career

00:08:05.940 by siding with Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds

00:08:08.680 in their post-production takeover of the rhythm section,

00:08:12.440 which caused the film to bomb.

00:08:14.420 So yeah, these are people in Blake Lively's inner circle that she's saying happy birthday to.

00:08:21.340 Both people who helped Blake take over projects that didn't belong to her.

00:08:26.840 So let's look at one of my favorite attorneys online, not actually Golden.

00:08:31.440 What she is saying might happen on that stand and the strategy that she thinks that Justin Baldoni's team will use when cross-examining Blake.

00:08:42.460 She's been wondering about one thing that I've also been wondering, and I'm guessing you guys have been wondering about yourself.

00:08:49.820 Why did Blake Lively decide to sue Justin Baldoni when the movie did so well at the box office?

00:08:59.240 And she explained it in a really interesting way, and I think she's really spot on.

00:09:04.980 So she's explaining how Blake Lively experienced the amazing success of this movie and she felt

00:09:12.300 that it was all because of her and her effort in taking over every aspect of this movie.

00:09:20.640 She was a producer of the movie at that time and she was like, I did all of this. This is all thanks

00:09:27.580 to me this success is amazing and it's the first time she produced a movie and got that producer

00:09:35.320 title on the movie and it was a major success it made so much money and at the same time her

00:09:43.780 reputation crumbled she got so much backlash from everywhere from sony and from the public as well

00:09:53.360 and she could not understand why that was happening so she had to blame it on someone else

00:10:01.020 because she was like hey here i am making this amazing movie that everyone loves and everyone

00:10:06.040 goes to watch it it doesn't make any sense that people don't like me and not actually golden is

00:10:12.300 saying here in this video on tiktok predicting a scenario when blake lively is on the stand and

00:10:18.680 she's being asked about her highest highs and her lowest lows. And she says that one direction

00:10:26.040 Justin's lawyers might take is to ask Blake Lively, do you think any of the backlash that

00:10:34.260 you experienced during the It Ends With Us promo tour was your own fault? Did you say anything

00:10:41.340 that could have harmed yourself and as this attorney says if she says no to that that just

00:10:48.740 shows how delusional she is in front of the jury so she can't really say that nothing is her fault

00:10:56.780 I mean she can but obviously that wouldn't be so smart but if she admits that some of it was her

00:11:04.400 fault, then she's also in trouble. So this is really a catch-22 scenario for Blake. What is

00:11:10.960 she going to say? Is she going to choose to look completely delusional in front of the jury that

00:11:16.160 she lives in some kind of deluded world? Or is she going to admit that some of the things that

00:11:24.020 she said and did during this promotion that she was in charge of and Ryan Reynolds was in charge

00:11:30.100 of was her own fault. And if they get her to admit that it was partly her fault, then they can keep

00:11:37.000 pushing in that direction. Nagos thinks it's going to be a woman who cross-examines Blake.

00:11:43.680 I've also been thinking about this jury a lot, because if you think about these jury members,

00:11:49.440 they're just regular people. Most people like you and me, anyone can be called for jury duty. You

00:11:56.500 can be even a doctor, a nurse, a teacher, anyone. So if you're sitting there as a jury member and

00:12:03.220 you're like a single mom from Queens who work two jobs and live from paycheck to paycheck and you

00:12:08.960 have to sit there and only get paid $50 a day to listen to Blake Lively explain why she deserves 1.00

00:12:17.420 to get millions of millions of dollars from someone she believes ruined her reputation. 0.99

00:12:24.220 How on earth are you going to feel any sympathy towards that woman?

00:12:29.700 And that's, of course, one of the reasons Blake asked the judge to exclude any evidence of Ryan Reynolds' worth.

00:12:36.620 Because you know he's worth about $400 million, and I think she's worth about $30 million.

00:12:42.520 So why would any regular Joe or Jane sitting in that jury think that she deserves to get a lot of money?

00:12:50.300 While they're sitting there getting $50 a day.

00:12:53.140 Also an interesting thing to remember is what she said in that statement when she said,

00:12:58.340 don't be distracted by the digital soap opera.

00:13:01.520 The constant packaging of this lawsuit as a celebrity drama is not only irresponsible,

00:13:07.680 but it's by design to keep you from seeing yourself in my story.

00:13:13.300 Do you think any of those jury members are going to see themselves in Blake Wively's story?

00:13:19.180 I don't think so.

00:13:20.780 And the audacity to ask these jury members to take three to four weeks out of their lives and lose a lot of money from, because most people make more than $50 a day, to serve her, to sit and listen to this and feel sympathy for her.

00:13:39.320 And then for them to want the Wayfair Party's tag or it ends with us movies LLC to pay damages to Blake Lively who's already a multi-millionaire.

00:13:53.400 And also during that trial I'm sure the jury is going to learn about how she tried to take over this movie and why most of her case was tossed out.

00:14:03.140 Yeah good luck to Blake on that stand.

00:14:05.340 Okay, so let's look at how Ryan Reynolds being a witness for Blake Lively is a disaster

00:14:10.980 and also the divorce rumors that won't let go.

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00:16:09.540 this video. All right, let's get back into it. So women.com did a story saying Blake Lively and

00:16:15.840 Ryan Reynolds can't dodge divorce rumors. I have a feeling that they kind of live separate lives 0.96

00:16:22.660 these days and I think they made the most out of that situation when they were together watching

00:16:27.540 soccer games a couple of weeks ago when they were like look at us we're kissing in public and

00:16:33.260 everyone's watching us and then they posted a bunch of pictures of that and of course the

00:16:38.080 paparazzi picked it up and that's what they wanted because that's what people do when their

00:16:42.800 relationship is not going strong they keep proving it by posing together and I feel like Ryan Reynolds

00:16:49.040 He lives his own life in the UK, while Blake Lively is here with her kids doing everything on her own.

00:16:54.700 As you know, Ryan didn't even show up at the meeting where they were talking about settlements.

00:16:59.500 Blake showed up by herself.

00:17:01.300 Both Justin Baldoni and Jamie Heath both brought their wives to that meeting,

00:17:06.280 but Ryan was nowhere to be seen, and a lot of people reacted to that.

00:17:10.840 So this article saying that still they've been subject to plenty of divorce rumors along the way

00:17:16.300 with red flags in Lively and Reynolds' relationship,

00:17:19.760 serving as fuel for speculation.

00:17:22.120 As we know, we've seen a lot of reports lately

00:17:24.240 that Ryan is desperate for Blake to settle.

00:17:27.700 And he's also desperate to get out of this

00:17:30.420 because he's now starting to see how this is really ruining his career and his brand.

00:17:36.840 And, you know, he's got a lot of businesses

00:17:38.640 and all his brands are directly connected to him and his personality.

00:17:44.920 So if Ryan's reputation is damaged, his brand automatically gets damaged as well.

00:17:51.300 Everyone knows the companies that Ryan are involved in.

00:17:55.200 T-Mobile, Aviation Gin, Maximum Effort, Rexham, that sailing team that he bought with Hugh Jackman.

00:18:03.360 Because he's the face of everything.

00:18:05.580 Anyways, it says here that Lively's ongoing legal dispute with her former co-star and director Justin Baldoni

00:18:11.280 has similarly given pop culture fans room to gossip.

00:18:15.060 Lively filed a complaint, blah, blah, blah. 0.93

00:18:17.080 While she made appearances and statements about the ongoing legal proceedings,

00:18:21.540 Ryan has been notably quiet despite his initial involvement and support.

00:18:27.040 Outlets suggested a growing distance between the duo and the Deadpool actor broke tradition

00:18:32.020 by skipping out on a birthday post for his wife back in August of 2025.

00:18:37.840 They also made headlines when Lively attended a settlement hearing alone in February 2026.

00:18:44.020 Internet users have been quick to speculate about what these facts mean for the Hollywood marriage,

00:18:49.480 but Lively and Reynolds don't seem too concerned.

00:18:52.320 I mean, they're just doing what everyone else is doing when they're in a crisis in Hollywood.

00:18:56.860 They are pretending that everything is okay.

00:19:00.320 And Ryan keeps posting on Instagram random stuff every single day.

00:19:05.420 And all the support that he's showing her is by liking her posts on Instagram.

00:19:11.220 what a supportive husband he is and of course we can't forget when he stood up at the SNL 50

00:19:17.400 anniversary and joked about this whole scenario oh hey Ryan Reynolds how's it going great

00:19:27.980 why what have you heard I guess in Ryan's world that's being supportive mocking this entire

00:19:37.080 situation that his wife allegedly was S-aged and retaliated against worldwide and was the victim

00:19:46.260 of digital violence. He's making a joke about that. Anyways, let's look into what could happen

00:19:51.920 if Ryan Reynolds takes that stand because he was recently added to the witness list. He was not

00:19:57.940 supposed to be a witness and people said that it's a very smart move because he's not going to be a

00:20:03.760 good witness for Blake. And there are several reasons for that. I'm sure they're adding him

00:20:08.440 to the list to show confidence. We also have Ryan Reynolds, who is going to sway that jury

00:20:15.380 because he's so charming and he's so popular. So maybe they're trying to do that to put pressure

00:20:21.200 on the Baldoni side here. I don't know what they're thinking. So what could happen if Ryan

00:20:26.380 is taking the stand here is that they could actually use all these text messages and emails

00:20:31.320 that he has his name on against him.

00:20:35.100 This evidence doesn't necessarily have to be shown

00:20:37.820 unless Ryan is there himself.

00:20:39.840 But when he's there, it's a golden opportunity

00:20:42.680 to introduce all this evidence to the jury.

00:20:46.980 And that makes Ryan look like a real bully.

00:20:51.080 And it also shows his involvement in taking over the movie

00:20:55.400 and how he engaged on every level of this film

00:20:59.200 And also that his company was behind the disastrous PR campaign that cost his wife her reputation.

00:21:08.660 And the risk of Ryan saying something up there that he will regret and that will be used against him,

00:21:15.520 that will be picked up by the media and will be spun by the media,

00:21:19.660 it is going to harm his own reputation even more.

00:21:23.860 And of course, all the brands that he's involved with as well.

00:21:26.900 He is probably thinking that this looks like I'm a husband who is supporting and defending my wife.

00:21:33.180 And it shows that I am loyal to her.

00:21:35.880 And that's the only little thing that maybe can help Blake that her husband supports her.

00:21:40.560 But apart from that, they can also use all the things that Ryan has said in previous interviews,

00:21:47.480 public messages, these things that he joked about.

00:21:50.840 Of course, the nice pool situation could come up as well.

00:21:54.320 and that is only going to harm Blake even more.

00:21:58.740 She was a big part of that nice pool joke. 1.00

00:22:00.780 Her character was the one who assassinated nice pool.

00:22:05.680 Also, we could even get to learn more about what Ryan Reynolds did behind the scenes.

00:22:11.080 Maybe we don't even know half of that yet.

00:22:13.660 So putting him on that stand is a huge risk.

00:22:18.600 Okay, so Rob Shooter did a report here saying that

00:22:21.780 Blake Lively still expects Taylor Swift's wedding invites. She's sure it's coming and a source is

00:22:28.780 telling him here. By the way Taylor Swift's wedding is not going to be on June 13th as a lot of media

00:22:35.660 outlets reported previously. It is going to be on July 3rd and people have already started receiving

00:22:43.360 save the dates. Here it says Blake is staying positive. Maybe a little too positive. Sources

00:22:49.740 tell Rob that Lively remains convinced she'll be invited to the wedding of Taylor Swift and

00:22:55.000 Travis Kelsey even as an insider said the odds are not good. Blake is totally optimistic one

00:23:01.440 source says she's acting like the invite is already in the mail and in her mind there's a reason for

00:23:07.200 that confidence. She keeps going back to the beginning the insider explains she was around

00:23:13.180 when Taylor and Travis first got together she feels like she's part of their story. That belief

00:23:19.660 hasn't waved she sees herself as an inner circle the other source adds not optical essential and

00:23:26.780 he adds here but outside her orbit a very different view yeah as we know Blake is a bit delusional so

00:23:33.300 maybe she's still hoping who knows that's going to be a rough day for her July 3rd 2026 is going

00:23:39.960 to remind Blake again everything she sacrificed to take Justin Baldoni down her best friend

00:23:46.260 her marriage, all her connections in Hollywood, her career, the mental health of herself, her

00:23:53.320 husband and their children as well. That is a lot of sacrifice to mend your own ego. Anyways before

00:23:59.660 I go I have to mention this. I'm in OK Magazine. This is so funny. They picked up the interview

00:24:05.680 that Billy Bush did with me a few days ago. They're saying Blake Lively interviewer reveals why she

00:24:12.360 exposed horrific actress in infamous viral clip. It wasn't something I really thought through.

00:24:19.560 It says here that Shasti Flo is opening up about the moment she decided to share her now viral

00:24:24.880 2016 interview with Blake Lively and why she chose to release it years later. Yeah and then

00:24:32.060 they go through some of the things that I said. It's funny because I've been asked so many times

00:24:36.180 why did you post that interview when you did and I always feel like I should really have a better

00:24:40.680 answer than I do like I didn't really think it through that much I kind of did it on a whim you

00:24:47.120 know I've been posting interviews here on my YouTube channel for over 15 years and it wasn't

00:24:52.260 something that crossed my mind that would have such a ripple effect so I was like okay I'll just

00:24:57.540 post it and see what happens and so when people are asking me about it I was like oh I should

00:25:02.260 have had a better answer but I really don't but anyways it was funny that OK Magazine picked it

00:25:07.960 up. Anyways, that's it for me today, you guys. I hope you enjoyed this episode and thank you so

00:25:12.240 much for watching. And if you haven't subscribed yet, please do hit the notification bell and like

00:25:17.420 and share and comment and hype and all that good stuff. And I'll see you tomorrow.

Flaawsome Talk with Kjersti Flaa - April 17, 2026

This Escalated Fast !! Blake's new jab at Justin !

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