{"id":2155577,"date":"2025-11-14T03:09:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T03:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2155577"},"modified":"2025-11-14T03:09:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T03:09:12","slug":"justin-baldoni-claims-blake-lively-improvised-kiss-in-it-ends-with-us-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/justin-baldoni-claims-blake-lively-improvised-kiss-in-it-ends-with-us-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Baldoni claims Blake Lively improvised kiss in &#8216;It Ends with Us&#8217; scene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F11%2Fnewspress-collage-h3oumaajz-1763089416098.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall%261763071441\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t end with them.<\/p>\n<p>Justin Baldoni has claimed in a fresh legal filing that Blake Lively went rogue on the set of \u201cIt Ends with Us\u201d and improvised a kiss that wasn\u2019t in the script.<\/p>\n<p>The clip in question shows Lively, 38, and Baldoni, 41, sharing a quick smooch during a scene that Baldoni\u2019s team claims she added herself, according to the new legal filing submitted by Baldoni\u2019s Wayfarer production company on Nov. 13.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Justin Baldoni claims Blake Lively went rogue and improvised a kiss that wasn\u2019t in the script while filming \u201cIt Ends with Us.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Lively as Lily Bloom and Baldoni as Ryle Kincaid in \u201cIt Ends with Us.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Sony Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Baldoni\u2019s attorneys wrote that the \u201cGossip Girl\u201d star \u201cadded [the scene] to the script, in which her character kissed Baldoni\u2019s character in every take, although there was no kiss in the script,\u201d per <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/justin-baldoni-accuses-blake-lively-improvising-kiss-deleted-scene-11848993\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">People<\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The footage, which was said to be filmed in May 2023 and lasts just over a minute, shows Lively\u2019s character Lily Bloom stumbling upon Baldoni\u2019s neurosurgeon character Ryle Kincaid as he works. <\/p>\n<p>Lily apologizes for the interruption and plants a brief kiss on his lips. But on her way out, she casually tells him that she \u201chappen[s] to love him too.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Lively and Baldoni in another intimate scene from last year\u2019s \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-large\"><figcaption>Baldoni and Lively\u2019s characters kissing during another scene from \u201cIt Ends with Us.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Sony Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Baldoni\u2019s character looks on in surprise before tossing his phone and saying, \u201cAlright, cut.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Post has reached out to Lively\u2019s rep for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Baldoni\u2019s latest filing comes <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/08\/entertainment\/blake-lively-scores-two-wins-in-justin-baldoni-legal-battle-as-judge-rules-to-keep-deposition-transcript-under-wrap\/\">amid an already messy legal battle<\/a> between the former co-stars.<\/p>\n<p>Lively <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/12\/21\/entertainment\/blake-lively-sues-it-ends-with-us-co-star-justin-baldoni-for-sexual-harassment-campaign-to-destroy-reputation\/\">first sued Baldoni in December 2024<\/a> and accused the director of sexual harassment and retaliation. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Lively attends the Chanel Tribeca Festival Artists Dinner in New York City on June 9, 2025. <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Baldoni attends the premiere of \u201cIt Ends with Us\u201d in New York City on Aug. 6, 2024. <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Baldoni denied the allegations and countersued the actress and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, in January for $400 million. That lawsuit, however, was later <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/09\/entertainment\/justin-baldonis-400m-countersuit-against-blake-lively-ryan-reynolds-dismissed\/\">dismissed by a judge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lively, in her original complaint, claimed that Baldoni staged \u201cimprovised physical intimacy that had not been rehearsed, choreographed or discussed with Ms. Lively.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>After a January 2024 meeting with Reynolds and producers, Wayfarer agreed to bring in an intimacy coordinator, promising that there would be \u201cno more improvising of kissing,\u201d according to Lively\u2019s filing.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Baldoni and Lively behind the scenes of \u201cIt Ends with Us\u201d on Jan. 11, 2024. <span class=\"credit\">Christopher Peterson \/ SplashNews.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Baldoni and Lively shooting \u201cIt Ends with Us\u201d on Jan. 11, 2024. <span class=\"credit\">Christopher Peterson \/ SplashNews.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But Baldoni\u2019s team previously said that only scripted kissing scenes were filmed before the Hollywood strikes, and that this newly flagged unscripted kiss was filmed before the strikes began on May 13, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLively also complains that there was inappropriate and improvised kissing during the first period of filming, before the strike break,\u201d Baldoni\u2019s dismissed complaint read, according to People. <\/p>\n<p>\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,\u201d it continued, per the outlet. \u201cThese kissing scenes were not improvised.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Baldoni and Lively on the set of \u201cIt Ends with Us\u201d on Jan. 12, 2024, in Jersey City, NJ.  <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Lively and Baldoni sharing yet another kiss while filming \u201cIt Ends with Us.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The legal drama, meanwhile, also extended beyond the movie set. Alleged texts between Baldoni and author Colleen Hoover, who wrote the original \u201cIt Ends with Us\u201d novel, surfaced on Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p>Hoover allegedly <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\/\">said she \u201cfelt forced to choose\u201d between Lively and Baldoni<\/a> during the pair\u2019s feud, and later admitted that she was \u201cdisappointed\u201d in Baldoni, per the 2024 messages.<\/p>\n<p>Lively\u2019s lawsuit against Baldoni is currently scheduled to go to trial in March 2026.<\/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 celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It doesn\u2019t end with them. Justin Baldoni has claimed in a fresh legal filing that Blake Lively went rogue on the set of \u201cIt Ends with Us\u201d and improvised a kiss that wasn\u2019t in the script. The clip in question shows Lively, 38, and Baldoni, 41, sharing a quick smooch during a scene that Baldoni\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2155578,"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":[25174],"tags":[25078,21751,304753,350799,21741,274219],"class_list":["post-2155577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gossip","tag-blake-lively","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrity-feuds","tag-celebrity-lawsuits","tag-entertainment","tag-justin-baldoni"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Justin-Baldoni-claims-Blake-Lively-improvised-kiss-in-It-Ends.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2155577","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=2155577"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2155577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2155579,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2155577\/revisions\/2155579"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2155578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2155577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2155577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2155577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}