As Taylor Swift and Hugh Jackman were allegedly present in the New York City penthouse of Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively when the latter confronted Justin Baldoni over his alleged fat-shaming concerns regarding Lively's film "It Ends With Us," a newly unsealed exhibit in the ongoing legal battle has shed light on the events. The document, sent via email from Wayfarer Studios co-founder Jamey Heath's team to Baldoni's publicist in July 2024, revealed that on April 25, 2023, Baldoni had visited the couple's penthouse where Reynolds "unloaded" on him about how "horrible it was" that he would inquire about a woman's weight. They claimed that Baldoni "was fat shaming Blake," and Baldoni was "completely embarrassed, apologized, and even shared some tears."
The recap also mentioned that the famous pals of the couple—Swift, 35, and Jackman, 57—were "also present in the apt at the time" of the meeting. Lively, 38, had sued her costar-director Baldoni, 41, and others in December 2024, alleging sexual harassment and retaliation, which he denies. Their trial is set for March 2026.
Swift and Jackman are among the names of potential witnesses previously listed by Lively's legal team. Jackman had shown his support for Lively by attending the August 9, 2024 premiere of "It Ends With Us" in New York City, posing with the actress and Reynolds, 49. He and Lively also starred together on the cover of Vogue's September 2024 issue.
Swift's name has also come up elsewhere in the ongoing legal battle, and Baldoni's lawyers attempted to subpoena her in May. Swift's representative distanced her from the film at the time, saying in a statement: "Taylor Swift never set foot on the set of this movie, she was not involved in any casting or creative decisions, she did not score the film, she never saw an edit or made any notes on the film, she did not even see 'It Ends With Us' until weeks after its public release, and was traveling around the globe during 2023 and 2024 headlining the biggest tour in history."
"The connection Taylor had to this film was permitting the use of one song, 'My Tears Ricochet,'" her representative added, saying Swift's name was being used "to draw public interest by creating tabloid clickbait instead of focusing on the facts of the case."
TMZ previously reported that during a meeting between Lively, Reynolds, and Baldoni to discuss a rewritten scene, Swift was told by Lively to show up at her penthouse without knowing the circumstances. A source close to Swift said that the singer believed Lively "timed her meeting" to cross paths with Baldoni. "Justin was about to leave after the 2-hour meeting as Taylor walked in, and she was introduced to him for the first and only time," the source alleged to TMZ, who reported that Swift expressed her excitement about the film to Baldoni "because he was her friend's boss."
In her amended complaint, Lively's lawyers accused Baldoni of "finding back-channel ways of criticizing her body and weight" during production of the film. Lively "was humiliated to learn that Mr. Baldoni secretly called her fitness trainer without her knowledge or permission, and implied that he wanted her to lose weight in two weeks," alleged her complaint.
Baldoni's lawyers explained in his $400 million countersuit—which has since been dismissed by the judge—that he contacted Lively's trainer "to ask what Lively weighed so that he could train his back muscles in preparation for a lift scene." Baldoni wanted to "avoid injury" since he "suffered from lifelong back injuries." During the April 2023 meeting, according to Baldoni's complaint, an "angry" Reynolds "screamed at Baldoni and accused him of fat-shaming his wife," allegedly saying to Bald
