Their continuous legal battle has painted them as mortal enemies in public interest, but early exchanges between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni point to a completely different, flirtatous start of their Saga.
A DailyMail.com -Analysis of the series of texts and messages burying in hundreds of pages with spar legal archives in the annoying words war raises an elusive question: who just flirted with whom?
“I feel the same. It is such a good feeling to get work done that we are proud of. And to do it together, 'Lively, 37, Teder wrote to Baldoni in such an exchange.
“It just clicks when we find it.”
Their adjustment from 2024 of the acclaimed novel Van Colleen Hoover and exploring domestic violence and emotional abuse was a surprise success at the cash register, with a budget of $ 25 million $ 351 million.
But it has also produced several lawsuits and controversial court applications that show a confusing, hate-loving relationship between his two biggest stars.
SMS messages in legal files show that Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni enjoyed a 'friendly chatter' that was somewhat flirty, before things hired an ugly set
Before the battle became filthy, the two flirty SMS messages sent to unmistakable chemistry, so questions were raised about where things went wrong
According to the 40-year version of Baldoni's events, his working relationship with lively 'grew close' is at the point where the two stars would text each other every day.
They 'shared stories and photos from their lives, pity with family diseases and exchanged jokes and memes', his lawyers write.
The handsome actor-director and the wife of Hollywood-Megastar Ryan Reynolds enjoyed a 'friendly chatter' and a 'comfortable dynamic' that the work should have made easy.
“I love sentimental blake,” Baldoni replied above the aforementioned text, so that Lively joked: “Never meets her.”
He joked: “I also like a ** hole blake … don't worry.” The gossip girl Aluin responded with self -removing humor and wrote: 'I met her. So have my suppositories'
Relations were cozy in the same way in May 2023 on the eve of filming for their hit film about a fairly young florist who falls in love with a charming but offensive neurosurgeon.
Messages from the start of the film process show that their exchanges were borderline flirty, with lively even crazy, self -removing jokes in response to Baldoni who say that on 11 May 2023 he loves 'a ** gat blake'
The actress expressed admiration and gratitude towards the director when production started for the first time. In this text of 15,2023 May she tells him that his note 'means so much for me' and thanks him 'for taking care of so much'
In another exchange later that month, Baldoni Lively says: “You were great today”, to which she answered: “You were great. I am proud of everything we have done today, but really every day '
“I'm excited to start tomorrow. But it's just one piece of the trip. We started months ago ', Purred Lively. She met husband Reynolds on the set of Green Lantern months prior to his December 2010 divorce of Scarlett Johansson and married him two years later.
'I am grateful for everything we have built so far. Thank you for ensuring that much and that you have done every bit of you to show it, “she continued via e -mail.
About a week later Baldoni, a married father of two, a message with a message to say: 'I'm not going to tell you that you were great because you tease me because you were so sentimental but you were great today.
'Thank you, I appreciate it. I'm just a ball -buster, but it means a lot to me. I care a lot. And always want to deliver, “Lively wrote back.
She flowed: 'You were great. I am proud of everything we have done today, but really every day. '
The love-in, as the world now knows, did not last.
DailyMail.com This week also obtained exclusive audio in which Baldoni gives an emotional apology to lively after she felt disappointed by his reaction to her rewriting of the crucial roof scene of the film (photo)
According to the legal files, relations would soon be sour, because it is said that it was all about Baldoni fought for more artistic control and claimed that she was starting to feel uncomfortable during their intimate scenes
Dulling lawsuits have since revealed how relationships acidified as lively against Baldoni fought for more artistic control and began to feel uncomfortable during their intimate scenes.
She hired her own editor to produce her own version of the film independently of Baldoni and the couple reportedly refused to do together.
Baldoni even claims that he and his family were forced to view the prime minister in a basement, because Lively refused to be in the same room as he was.
Lively was the first to Sue and claimed in a California Civil Rights complaint that Baldoni came in her trailer while she was topless, her graphic video showed his wife who sucked the birth and bite and on her lips during an improvised kiss scene.
She accused him of conspiracy to lubricate her reputation.
Her claims of sexual harassment made worldwide headlines thanks to the near-simultaneous publication of a New York Times that revealed the title 'Inside a Hollywood Smear Machine' that extended to 4,000 words and was highly quoted from the complaint.
Baldoni claims that he was also 'excluded from the official after-party of celebrities, even though it is an event that is ultimately paid by Sony and Wayfarer'; Lively with her other co-star Brandon Sklenar and husband Reynolds
He claims that he and his family were forced to look at the prime minister in a basement, because Lively refused to be in the same room as he
Then the opposing party came: Baldoni complained Lively and Reynolds for defamation, which made the story turned upside down by claiming that it was lively the team of Lively and asked for $ 400 million compensation.
He accused her of turning the meaning of his texts and e -mails and together with Leslie Sloane, a powerful Hollywood publicist, to plant harmful stories about him in the media.
It was all a trick, argued Baldoni, to rebuild the reputation of Lively after she came in for criticism because she was spiky and difficult in interviews and promotional events.
Every negative publicity around his blonde -leading lady was “organic”, claims his suit.
De Vee took another explosive turn on Tuesday when DailyMail.com previously published unseen Raw video images of Baldoni and filmed a romantic dance scene as their characters Lily Bloom and Ryle Kincaid.
The suit of Lively claims that Baldoni leaned forward and slowly dragged his lips off her ear and dragged through her neck as he said, it smells so good 'during interaction.
The film in the heart of De Veke, based on the Bestseller of 2016 by Colleen Hoover, was released in August and was a cash register. It follows Lily Bloom, a florist played by Lily, who falls in love with a charming but offensive neurosurgeon played by Baldoni, who was also the director of the film
In the images obtained by DailyMail.com, the couple are seen who is concerned with what seems playful, but professional chatter between Takes.
At the crucial moment Baldoni Lively asks if he gets 'beard' on her. “I probably get spray tan on you,” she replies. That asks Baldoni to say 'it smells good' before they both laugh.
Baldoni's lawyer Bryan Freedman marked the images as proof that his client behaved in the right way and 'had nothing to hide'. It went vividly that it confirmed her claims of intimidation.
“Justin Baldoni and his lawyer may hope that this newest stunts for harmful evidence against him, but the video itself is damn,” her legal team shared in a statement with DailyMail.com.
They claim that the video shows that Mr. Baldoni leans in repeatedly to Mrs. Lively, in an attempt to kiss her, kiss her forehead, rub his face and mouth to her neck, rock her lip with his thumb, stroking her and told her How good she smells and talks to her out of character. '
It was reported hours later that Lively and Reynolds had asked the court to take a protective order to Baldoni's lawyers to stop making 'intimidating and retaliation' comments on the media.
Sources in the vicinity of Freedman say that he will resist the Takedown because it is 'coarse unfair' to bring Baldoni to Bar Baldoni to bring his side in the public domain weeks after Lively used the New York Times to present herself.
