Justin Baldoni was allegedly dropped by expertise company WME over the agency’s alliances to “good folks” Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds.
Ari Emanuel, the chief govt of WME’s dad or mum firm, Endeavor, appeared on the “Freakonomics” podcast on Wednesday, February 12, and mentioned the continuing authorized saga.
“I imply it’s a f—ed up, dangerous state of affairs with what Baldoni … is doing,” Emanuel mentioned throughout the dwell recording. “[He was my client] till I fired him.”
When requested if Emanuel particularly fired Baldoni, he succinctly quipped, “I’m a trip or die. And they’re good folks.”
Gotham/GC Photos Justin Baldoni is already coping with main fallout days after Blake Energetic filed a lawsuit towards him. The New York Occasions reported on December 21 that Energetic filed a lawsuit on December 20 during which she accused him of sexual harassment and launching a “social manipulation” marketing campaign towards her to “destroy” her repute […]
Baldoni, 41, and Energetic, 37, have been each repped by WME till he was dropped late final 12 months following Energetic’s lawsuit. After they filmed It Ends With Us, Lively sued Baldoni in December 2024 for sexual harassment and making an attempt to destroy her repute. Baldoni, who costarred and directed the 2024 movie, denied the claims earlier than filing a defamation suit towards Energetic, additionally naming Reynolds, 48, within the movement. The married couple, in the meantime, denounced the accusations.
Justin Baldoni. Gotham/WireImage
“It’s probably not honest,” Emanuel mentioned on Wednesday. “I’ve identified Ryan and Blake for over a decade. They’re actually unbelievable folks. In Hollywood, they’ve been extremely profitable. Individuals work with them, they’ve by no means had any dangerous mojo on the market or handled folks badly.”
He added, “They’re charitable — we assist them with their basis [and] they’ve given tons of cash away.”
Emmanuel additionally doesn’t imagine Baldoni’s account of what transpired on the movie set.
Blake Energetic, Ryan Reynolds. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Photos
“If what’s alleged in her lawsuit [and] what occurred on social media is true, simply because she complained to the studio that issues have been unhealthy on the set, and that he was director and this man was the producer, and so they did to her what’s being alleged, they’re actually dangerous folks,” he mentioned. “I do know Blake, I do know Ryan; they’re good folks. Social media is a very good factor at instances as a result of it lets stars join with their followers, however these two guys [Baldoni and his team] used it in an evil manner if that’s true.”
Emanuel additional burdened that Baldoni’s camp “ought to simply cease since they assume they’re harmless.” (Baldoni’s legal professional, Bryan Freedman, has been vocal within the media about his consumer’s model of occasions, even launching a website that paperwork the alleged proof.)
“Let the method play itself out,” Emanuel argued. “These are good folks which have been within the enterprise for many years, and have by no means had any dangerous press about them and all of the folks they work with like them. So, if it’s true what they’re saying in that allegation, these are two dangerous guys.”
Us Weekly has reached out to Baldoni’s group for remark.
Justin Baldoni was allegedly dropped by expertise company WME over the agency’s alliances to “good folks” Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds.
Ari Emanuel, the chief govt of WME’s dad or mum firm, Endeavor, appeared on the “Freakonomics” podcast on Wednesday, February 12, and mentioned the continuing authorized saga.
“I imply it’s a f—ed up, dangerous state of affairs with what Baldoni … is doing,” Emanuel mentioned throughout the dwell recording. “[He was my client] till I fired him.”
When requested if Emanuel particularly fired Baldoni, he succinctly quipped, “I’m a trip or die. And they’re good folks.”
Gotham/GC Photos Justin Baldoni is already coping with main fallout days after Blake Energetic filed a lawsuit towards him. The New York Occasions reported on December 21 that Energetic filed a lawsuit on December 20 during which she accused him of sexual harassment and launching a “social manipulation” marketing campaign towards her to “destroy” her repute […]
Baldoni, 41, and Energetic, 37, have been each repped by WME till he was dropped late final 12 months following Energetic’s lawsuit. After they filmed It Ends With Us, Lively sued Baldoni in December 2024 for sexual harassment and making an attempt to destroy her repute. Baldoni, who costarred and directed the 2024 movie, denied the claims earlier than filing a defamation suit towards Energetic, additionally naming Reynolds, 48, within the movement. The married couple, in the meantime, denounced the accusations.
Justin Baldoni. Gotham/WireImage
“It’s probably not honest,” Emanuel mentioned on Wednesday. “I’ve identified Ryan and Blake for over a decade. They’re actually unbelievable folks. In Hollywood, they’ve been extremely profitable. Individuals work with them, they’ve by no means had any dangerous mojo on the market or handled folks badly.”
He added, “They’re charitable — we assist them with their basis [and] they’ve given tons of cash away.”
Emmanuel additionally doesn’t imagine Baldoni’s account of what transpired on the movie set.
Blake Energetic, Ryan Reynolds. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Photos
“If what’s alleged in her lawsuit [and] what occurred on social media is true, simply because she complained to the studio that issues have been unhealthy on the set, and that he was director and this man was the producer, and so they did to her what’s being alleged, they’re actually dangerous folks,” he mentioned. “I do know Blake, I do know Ryan; they’re good folks. Social media is a very good factor at instances as a result of it lets stars join with their followers, however these two guys [Baldoni and his team] used it in an evil manner if that’s true.”
Emanuel additional burdened that Baldoni’s camp “ought to simply cease since they assume they’re harmless.” (Baldoni’s legal professional, Bryan Freedman, has been vocal within the media about his consumer’s model of occasions, even launching a website that paperwork the alleged proof.)
“Let the method play itself out,” Emanuel argued. “These are good folks which have been within the enterprise for many years, and have by no means had any dangerous press about them and all of the folks they work with like them. So, if it’s true what they’re saying in that allegation, these are two dangerous guys.”
Us Weekly has reached out to Baldoni’s group for remark.
