More LEAKED Text Messages !!

Summary

The presenter reviews newly unsealed messages connected to Blake Lively’s legal dispute with Justin Baldoni. The documents are part of a broader court-docket unsealing process following the parties’ settlement. The segment focuses on a January 2025 exchange between Baldoni’s crisis-communications representative, Melissa Nathan, and Daily Mail reporter James Vituska.

In the messages, Vituska harshly criticizes Lively, predicts that she and Ryan Reynolds will lose standing in Hollywood, and questions her account of the filming of a dance scene. The presenter finds the exchange striking because Vituska reportedly knew his messages could become public and had been warned by his employer to avoid involvement. She says the messages could complicate Lively’s argument that Baldoni’s public-relations efforts shaped public opinion about her.

The presenter also notes that Vituska had previously retracted a sworn statement, saying he had been pressured to make it. She speculates about why the exchange was sealed but does not establish who requested that it remain sealed or why.

Disputed dance-scene footage

The segment revisits the disputed dance-scene footage. Lively’s attorneys argued that the scene involved improvisation without advance discussion, consent, choreography, or an intimacy coordinator.

The presenter questions the significance of that claim, saying she views the footage as actors performing a scene and asking whether an intimacy coordinator would ordinarily be used for a scene without kissing. These are the presenter’s opinions, not findings about the dispute.

Positivity and Hollywood reaction

The presenter discusses Reese Witherspoon praising a positive-thinking message from comedian and actress Ashley Padilla. She uses the example to push back on the idea that positivity is inherently “toxic” and briefly contrasts Witherspoon’s business success with Lively’s ventures.

The presenter also cites entertainment-news reports and anonymous sources claiming that Lively and Reynolds have faced reputational and professional fallout, and that industry figures may be wary of working with them. She discusses reports that the couple were upset when Baldoni and his family attended Dancing with the Stars as guests of Julianne Hough. The reports portray the couple as feeling abandoned, but the presenter says she cannot verify whether the anonymous sources are genuine.

Deadpool and ongoing litigation

The segment mentions speculation about the budget and reshoots for Deadpool, including whether Reynolds’s changes or the “Nicepool” character contributed. The presenter notes that a proposed subpoena of Disney did not proceed, so the details may remain unknown.

Other litigation connected to the dispute, including the case involving former publicist Stephanie Jones, is still ongoing.

Presenters and contributors

• Kjersti Flaa — Presenter
• Reese Witherspoon — Featured in an Instagram clip
• Ashley Padilla — Comedian and actress discussed in connection with the clip
• Melissa Nathan and James Vituska — Participants in the text exchange discussed in the video