{"id":2244202,"date":"2026-01-21T17:37:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T17:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2244202"},"modified":"2026-01-21T17:37:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T17:37:11","slug":"shocking-email-blake-lively-sent-ben-affleck-about-justin-baldoni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/shocking-email-blake-lively-sent-ben-affleck-about-justin-baldoni\/","title":{"rendered":"Shocking email Blake Lively sent Ben Affleck about Justin Baldoni"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u2018He and everyone he had on the movie is in a cult\u2019<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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New court documents have been released that reveal some alleged emails and texts Blake Lively sent to various famous people<\/a> about Justin Baldoni amid their feud, including Ben Affleck.<\/p>\n

After they starred in the film adaptation of Colleen Hoover\u2019s It Ends With Us, Lively sued Baldoni in 2024<\/a>, accusing him of sexual harassment and starting a smear campaign against her. He has strongly denied these claims, and it\u2019s set to go to trial in May.<\/p>\n

Everything went quiet on the lawsuit<\/a> for a while\u2026 until now. According to the new court documents obtained by The Tab, Blake reached out to huge actor and filmmaker Ben Affleck for advice on 17th May 2024.<\/p>\n

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Credit: Sony Pictures Releasing<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

In the alleged email, Lively asked Affleck to watch the movie and give her any \u201cideas or notes,\u201d but said there\u2019s \u201czero pressure\u201d. She didn\u2019t name Justin Baldoni, but said some things which appear to be about him, the BBC reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m writing with a zero pressure ask. I\u2019ve just come out the other side (well almost) of the most upsetting experience I\u2019ve ever had on a movie. The making of doc of this film would be more interesting than the movie could ever be. It\u2019s like if Wild Wild country, Fyre Festival and Going clear had a baby with The Room \u2026 Room also works though,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

The Gossip Girl actress appeared to refer to Baldoni as the \u201cchaotic clown \u2018director\u2019\/actor\/producer\/financier\/studio head at the center\u201d and said: \u201cHe and everyone he had on the movie is in a cult.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Credit: Image Press Agency\/NurPhoto\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Here\u2019s the full alleged email Blake Lively sent Ben Affleck about Jason Baldoni<\/h2>\n

Ben,<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Blake. Don\u2019t hang up.<\/p>\n

I hope life is treating you beautifully. Ryan was going on and on about you recently amongst all that ___ chaos. He was blown away by you. Though he was equally effusive about your Dunkin\u2019 commercial. so know you have a Canadian fan club in my house. And a Burbank one too.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m writing with a zero pressure ask. I\u2019ve just come out the other side (well almost) of the most upsetting experience I\u2019ve ever had on a movie. The making of doc of this film would be more interesting than the movie could ever be. It\u2019s like if Wild Wild country, Fyre Festival and Going clear had a baby with The Room \u2026 Room also works though.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I ended up rewriting and restructuring the entire script, I also ended up having to direct the movie via the chaotic clown \u201cdirector\u201d\/actor\/producer\/financier\/studio head at the center. Yes that\u2019s all the same person. oh and did I mention he and everyone he had on the movie is in a cult. If I would\u2019ve just formally directed it, it would\u2019ve been much easier, but having to troubleshoot through his taste, ego and preexisting decisions made it so difficult and that\u2019s not even touching on any of the wild HR issues and beyond. Anyway, now I\u2019m in a bake off with him in the edit. He\u2019s been editing since, I kid you not, July, and they gave me 10 days to do my own pass. We have a bake off in 12 days. But I have a friends and family preview in NY on Saturday in the meantime so I can get one round of notes or feedback before we duke it out.<\/p>\n

If you have 1:58 of free time at any time in the next few days, would you be willing to watch the movie and give me any ideas or notes. I will pix it to you. You can literally text me a voice memo so you don\u2019t have to formally write thoughts. If your wife or kids are around, I\u2019d love their opinion also (fyi it does cover domestic violence so no one is caught off guard). I\u2019m such a fan of Jennifer\u2019s, I\u2019ve told her as much every time I\u2019ve met her, and it would be an honor to have her take.<\/p>\n

Again, zero pressure. I just really want this to work after all I\u2019ve put into it. This movie nearly killed me. And I can think of very few people who would be as prescriptive and insightful as I know you would be.<\/p>\n

Ryan asked Matt to watch also so I think he\u2019s watching this weekend. Good men showing up. I\u2019m beyond grateful for that. Also. can you believe Jason Bourne is watching my movie!?!?! I\u2019ll get you an autograph one day. Don\u2019t worry.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re still reading this, whoa. You\u2019re not nearly as busy as you think. or you\u2019re a very nice person.<\/p>\n

Sending you all the best always.<\/p>\n

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B \u201987<\/p>\n

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Credit: Image Press Agency\/NurPhoto\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Justin Baldoni hasn\u2019t responded at the time of writing this. The Tab has reached out to him and Blake Lively for comment.<\/p>\n

For more like this,\u00a0<\/i>like The Tab on Facebook<\/a><\/i><\/b>.<\/i><\/p>\n

Featured image by: Image Press Agency\/NurPhoto\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source thetab.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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