{"id":2155439,"date":"2025-11-14T01:35:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T01:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2155439"},"modified":"2025-11-14T01:35:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T01:35:09","slug":"watch-the-blake-lively-justin-baldoni-kiss-he-claims-she-improvised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/watch-the-blake-lively-justin-baldoni-kiss-he-claims-she-improvised\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch the Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni kiss he claims she improvised"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Justin Baldoni claimed in a new legal filing that Blake Lively improvised an off-script kissing scene during the filming of \u201cIt Ends With Us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An exhibit filed by Wayfarer and others on Nov. 13 included a brief clip in which Lively and Baldoni \u2014 who co-starred in the movie \u2014 share a light kiss while passing in a hallway in a hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Per People, attorneys for Baldoni <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/justin-baldoni-accuses-blake-lively-improvising-kiss-deleted-scene-11848993\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">alleged in documents <\/a>that the \u201cGossip Girl\u201d alum, 38, \u201cadded [the scene] to the script, in which her character kissed Baldoni\u2019s character in every take, although there was no kiss in the\u00a0script.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\">The footage from May 2023 \u2014 which is just over one minute long \u2014 shows Lively, who plays Lily, come across Baldoni, who plays neurosurgeon Ryle, as he works at the hospital.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>An exhibit filed by Wayfarer and others on Nov. 13 included a brief clip in which Blake Lively gave Justin Baldoni an alleged unscripted kiss on the set of \u201cIt Ends With Us.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Sony Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The scene took place in a hospital. <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Lily approaches a confused Ryle in the hallway, apologizing for interrupting his day and planting a quick kiss on his lips. <\/p>\n<p>She then leaves Ryle, telling him she \u201chappen[s] to love him too\u201d on the way out. <\/p>\n<p>Baldoni\u2019s character watches her exit with a bemused expression, tossing his phone before saying, \u201cAlright, cut.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A rep for Lively did not immediately respond to Page Six\u2019s request for comment on the deleted scene. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Attorneys for Baldoni alleged in documents that the \u201cGossip Girl\u201d alum \u201cadded [the scene] to the script, in which her character kissed Baldoni\u2019s character in every take, although there was no kiss in the\u00a0script.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Sony Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The footage shows Lively\u2019s character Lily give a light kiss to Baldoni\u2019s character Ryle.  <span class=\"credit\">Christopher Peterson \/ SplashNews.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lively, 38, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/12\/31\/celebrity-news\/blake-lively-sues-justin-baldoni-over-it-ends-with-us-feud\/\">sued the film\u2019s director<\/a> Baldoni, 41, for alleged sexual harassment and retaliation in December 2024. <\/p>\n<p>Baldoni denied wrongdoing and hit back with a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/01\/16\/celebrity-news\/justin-baldoni-drags-taylor-swift-into-it-ends-with-us-legal-battle-as-he-sues-blake-lively-ryan-reynolds-for-400m\/\">$400 million countersuit\u00a0<\/a>against Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds, as well as others, in January, though it was later\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/06\/09\/celebrity-news\/judge-tosses-justin-baldonis-400m-lawsuit-against-blake-lively-ryan-reynolds\/\">dismissed by the judge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lively\u2019s original complaint accused the director of alleged \u201cimprovised physical intimacy that had not been rehearsed, choreographed or discussed with Ms. Lively.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>After a January 2024 meeting between Lively and Reynolds, as well as producers, Wayfarer agreed to employ an intimacy coordinator and stated that there would be \u201cno more improvising of kissing,\u201d per Lively\u2019s complaint.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><figcaption>In the scene, Lily also tells Ryle she loves him. <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Lively sued Baldoni for alleged sexual harassment and retaliation in December 2024.  <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100% \" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.nypost.com\/protected-iframe\/7243f1477b3245f2f0745dd957e58dbc\" scrolling=\"auto\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"\" allow=\"camera; fullscreen;\"><br \/>\n\t<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Baldoni\u2019s legal team had previously claimed only scripted kissing scenes were filmed before the Hollywood strikes. <\/p>\n<p>However, they also claimed the alleged new unscripted kissing scene was filmed prior to the industry strikes on May 13, 2023. <\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_21-0\">\u201cLively also complains that there was inappropriate and improvised kissing during the first period of filming, before the strike break,\u201d Baldoni\u2019s since-dismissed complaint read, per People. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Baldoni filed a countersuit, which has since been dismissed.  <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Baldoni has denied wrongdoing.  <span class=\"credit\">Christopher Peterson \/ SplashNews.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_21-0\">\u201cBut in fact, the only two kissing scenes filmed during the initial filming period were both scenes that included kisses as written in the script. These kissing scenes were not improvised.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, alleged texts between Baldoni and the film\u2019s source material author, Colleen Hoover, emerged as well. <\/p>\n<p>The \u201cIt Ends With Us\u201d author <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/11\/13\/celebrity-news\/this-is-us-author-felt-forced-to-choose-between-justin-baldoni-and-blake-lively\/\">allegedly wrote that she \u201cfelt forced to choose\u201d <\/a>between Lively and Baldoni amid their feud and that she was \u201cdisappointed\u201d in the director, in alleged communications from 2024. <\/p>\n<p>The alleged texts were filed by Wayfarer on Nov. 10. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Justin Baldoni claimed in a new legal filing that Blake Lively improvised an off-script kissing scene during the filming of \u201cIt Ends With Us.\u201d An exhibit filed by Wayfarer and others on Nov. 13 included a brief clip in which Lively and Baldoni \u2014 who co-starred in the movie \u2014 share a light kiss while [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2155440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[25538,25078,350799,24003,362822,274219,21912,21913],"class_list":["post-2155439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-actors","tag-blake-lively","tag-celebrity-lawsuits","tag-celebrity-news","tag-courts","tag-justin-baldoni","tag-movies","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Watch-the-Blake-Lively-Justin-Baldoni-kiss-he-claims-she.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2155439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2155439"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2155439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2155441,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2155439\/revisions\/2155441"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2155440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2155439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2155439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2155439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}