Justin Baldoni seems to have despatched Blake Vigorous a prolonged voice notice apology in the course of the making of “It Ends with Us” by which he tells his costar that he “fucked up” in his dealing with of rewrites she proposed for one of many movie’s pivotal scenes.
In an almost seven-minute audio clip that TMZ revealed Monday that’s purportedly from the time of the movie’s manufacturing, Baldoni appears to handle a conflict he and Vigorous had over script modifications for a romantic rooftop scene within the 2024 Colleen Hoover e book adaptation.
HuffPost has been unable to confirm when the voice notice was recorded and has reached out to each Vigorous’s and Baldoni’s groups for clarification.
“I want to start with an apology,” Baldoni is heard telling Vigorous, who has since accused him of sexually harassing her in the course of the making of “It Ends with Us.”
Baldoni, the movie’s director and lead man, adopted Vigorous’s accusations with a $400 million countersuit in opposition to her and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, alleging defamation.
Within the voice notice, which Baldoni describes as a 2 a.m. message initially of the audio, he refers to a textual content trade that can be included in Baldoni’s authorized filings.
Texts attributed to Vigorous in Baldoni’s 179-page criticism element her disappointment in his preliminary response to the scene modifications she proposed and point out that Reynolds and the couple’s shut good friend, pop star Taylor Swift, loved her edits.
“Man, reading the second part of your message, my heart sank and I’m really sorry. I, for sure, fell short and you worked really hard on that,” Baldoni says within the audio, including that Vigorous’s response took a “lot of trust and vulnerability.”
“I feel really grateful that you feel safe enough to tell me that that’s how you feel and share that with me,” he continues. “And I’m really sorry. I fucked up. That is a fail on my part.”
Baldoni continues, “I am far from perfect. I’m a very flawed man, as my wife will attest, and I’m gonna fuck up. I’m gonna say the wrong thing. I’m gonna put my foot in my mouth.”
“I’m gonna piss you off, probably, but I will always apologize and then find my way back to center,” the audio continues. “That is one thing I can assure you of. And I’m sorry I made you feel that way, that must have felt terrible.”
Taylor Hill by way of Getty Photos
Addressing Reynolds and Swift’s intervention, Baldoni provides, “Damn right you’ve got great friends if that’s how you felt and they knew that. We should all have friends like that; aside from the fact that they’re the two most creative people on the planet.”
“I’m excited to go through the whole movie with you,” Baldoni says later within the audio. “I’m just excited to spend time with you.”
The authorized battle between Baldoni and Vigorous started in December when the “Gossip Girl” actor lodged a criticism with California’s Civil Rights Division by which she accused the director of sexual harassment and launching a subsequent “smear campaign” by means of a disaster PR staff. Baldoni has adamantly denied any wrongdoing.
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On Tuesday, The Related Press reported {that a} trial date for Baldoni and Vigorous’s dispute has been set for March 9, 2026, in New York. The choose overseeing the circumstances additionally moved up a pretrial convention concerning the battle from mid-February to subsequent week.
Baldoni has additionally filed go well with in opposition to The New York Instances, accusing the paper of libel over a December exposé detailing Vigorous’s allegations that was titled “‘We Can Bury Anyone’: Inside a Hollywood Smear Machine.”
