Justin Baldoni claims Blake Lively improvised kiss…
It doesn’t end with them.
Justin Baldoni has claimed in a contemporary legal submitting that Blake Lively went rogue on the set of “It Ends with Us” and improvised a kiss that wasn’t in the script.
The clip in query reveals Lively, 38, and Baldoni, 41, sharing a fast smooch during a scene that Baldoni’s crew claims she added herself, according to the new legal submitting submitted by Baldoni’s Wayfarer manufacturing company on Nov. 13.
Justin Baldoni claims Blake Lively went rogue and improvised a kiss that wasn’t in the script while filming “It Ends with Us.”
Lively as Lily Bloom and Baldoni as Ryle Kincaid in “It Ends with Us.” ©Sony Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
Baldoni’s attorneys wrote that the “Gossip Girl” star “added [the scene] to the script, in which her character kissed Baldoni’s character in every take, although there was no kiss in the script,” per People.
The footage, which was said to be filmed in May 2023 and lasts just over a minute, reveals Lively’s character Lily Bloom stumbling upon Baldoni’s neurosurgeon character Ryle Kincaid as he works.
Lily apologizes for the interruption and plants a transient kiss on his lips. But on her approach out, she casually tells him that she “happen[s] to love him too.”
Lively and Baldoni in another intimate scene from last 12 months’s “It Ends with Us.” ©Sony Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
Baldoni and Lively’s characters kissing during another scene from “It Ends with Us.” ©Sony Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
Baldoni’s character appears on in shock before tossing his telephone and saying, “Alright, cut.”
The Post has reached out to Lively’s rep for remark.
Baldoni’s latest submitting comes amid an already messy legal battle between the previous co-stars.
Lively first sued Baldoni in December 2024 and accused the director of inappropriate harassment and retaliation.
Lively attends the Chanel Tribeca Festival Artists Dinner in New York City on June 9, 2025. WireImage
Baldoni attends the premiere of “It Ends with Us” in New York City on Aug. 6, 2024. REUTERS
Baldoni denied the allegations and countersued the actress and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, in January for $400 million. That lawsuit, however, was later dismissed by a choose.
Lively, in her unique grievance, claimed that Baldoni staged “improvised physical intimacy that had not been rehearsed, choreographed or discussed with Ms. Lively.”
After a January 2024 assembly with Reynolds and producers, Wayfarer agreed to deliver in an intimacy coordinator, promising that there could be “no more improvising of kissing,” according to Lively’s submitting.
Baldoni and Lively behind the scenes of “It Ends with Us” on Jan. 11, 2024. Christopher Peterson / SplashNews.com
Baldoni and Lively taking pictures “It Ends with Us” on Jan. 11, 2024. Christopher Peterson / SplashNews.com
But Baldoni’s crew beforehand said that only scripted kissing scenes have been filmed before the Hollywood strikes, and that this newly flagged unscripted kiss was filmed before the strikes started on May 13, 2023.
“Lively also complains that there was inappropriate and improvised kissing during the first period of filming, before the strike break,” Baldoni’s dismissed grievance read, according to People.
“But in fact, the only two kissing scenes filmed during the initial filming period were both scenes that included kisses as written in the script,” it continued, per the outlet. “These kissing scenes were not improvised.”
Baldoni and Lively on the set of “It Ends with Us” on Jan. 12, 2024, in Jersey City, NJ. GC Images
Lively and Baldoni sharing yet another kiss while filming “It Ends with Us.” GC Images
The legal drama, meanwhile, also prolonged past the film set. Alleged texts between Baldoni and writer Colleen Hoover, who wrote the unique “It Ends with Us” novel, surfaced on Wednesday.
Hoover allegedly said she “felt forced to choose” between Lively and Baldoni during the pair’s feud, and later admitted that she was “disappointed” in Baldoni, per the 2024 messages.
Lively’s lawsuit against Baldoni is presently scheduled to go to trial in March 2026.
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