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Giddy Justin Baldoni seen with wife hours before releasing bombshell Blake Lively video amid their lawsuits

Giddy Justin Baldoni seen with wife hours before releasing bombshell Blake Lively video amid their lawsuits

Justin Baldoni spent the day unwinding with his family before his team released 10 minutes of raw footage of him and Blake Lively awkwardly interacting on the It Ends With Us set.

Just 24 hours before his lawyer shared footage of them filming a romantic dancing scene, in an attempt to refute her Sєxual harᴀssment claims, the actor, 40, enjoyed some quality time with his wife, Emily, and their two children while in Hawaii. 

The couple appeared unbothered by the legal drama between Baldoni and the 37-year-old Gossip Girl star as they took their daughter, Maiya, and son, Maxwell, to the park.

Their trip appeared to be the perfect escape from all the drama back home as they played soccer and goofed around a playground, seemingly without a care in the world.

Both Baldoni and his wife were also seen smiling at each other and cracking jokes with friends as they sat on the bleachers. 

At one point, he squeezed in some various different exercises, including doing a ᴅᴇᴀᴅ hang on a pull-up bar before going off to kick around a soccer ball with Maiya.

Justin Baldoni spent the day unwinding with his family before his team released 10 minutes of raw footage of him and Blake Lively awkwardly interacting on the It Ends With Us set

Justin Baldoni spent the day unwinding with his family before his team released 10 minutes of raw footage of him and Blake Lively awkwardly interacting on the It Ends With Us set 

Baldoni kept a low profile in a black t-shirt, cargo shorts and a backwards baseball cap.

Emily, who married Justin back in 2013, wore a white blouse, matching pants and her blonde hair styled back in a low bun. 

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Their sighting came one day before Baldoni’s lawyer released a bombshell video showing his client and Lively on the Ends With Us set on Tuesday. 

The explosive video exclusively released by DailyMail.com, showed all three takes of a dance scene between Lively, 37, and Baldoni, 40 – revealing the pair were on apparent great terms before the actress accused him of Sєxual harᴀssment.

Lively in turn hit back at the clip’s release, saying it proved that she was uncomfortable during the scene.

Lively’s legal team told DailyMail.com that ‘Justin Baldoni and his lawyer may hope that this latest stunt will get ahead of the damaging evidence against him, but the video itself is damning.’ 

Her team claims the video ‘shows Mr. Baldoni repeatedly leaning in toward Ms. Lively, attempting to kiss her, kissing her forehead, rubbing his face and mouth against her neck, flicking her lip with his thumb, caressing her, telling her how good she smells, and talking with her out of character.’ 

‘Every frame of the released footage corroborates, to the letter, what Ms. Lively described in Paragraph 48 of her Complaint.’ 

Just 24 hours before his lawyer shared footage of them filming a romantic dancing scene, in an attempt to refute her Sєxual harᴀssment claims, the actor, 40, enjoyed some quality time with his wife, Emily, and their two children while in Hawaii

Just 24 hours before his lawyer shared footage of them filming a romantic dancing scene, in an attempt to refute her Sєxual harᴀssment claims, the actor, 40, enjoyed some quality time with his wife, Emily, and their two children while in Hawaii 

The couple appeared unbothered by the legal battle between Baldoni and the 37-year-old Gossip Girl star as they took their daughter, Maiya, and son, Maxwell, to the park

The couple appeared unbothered by the legal battle between Baldoni and the 37-year-old Gossip Girl star as they took their daughter, Maiya, and son, Maxwell, to the park 

Their trip appeared to be the perfect escape from all the drama back home as they played soccer and goofed around a playground, seemingly without a care in the world

Their trip appeared to be the perfect escape from all the drama back home as they played soccer and goofed around a playground, seemingly without a care in the world

Lively’s lawyer also added that none of the intimacy shown in the video from the film — which Baldoni directed and starred in alongside Lively — was choreographed.

‘Every moment of this was improvised by Mr. Baldoni with no discussion or consent in advance, and no intimacy coordinator present.’

‘Mr. Baldoni was not only Ms. Lively’s co-star, but the director, the head of studio and Ms. Lively’s boss.’

Lively’s legal team claims that her ‘leaning away’ from Baldoni during the scene was not acting, and that the clips shows her ‘repeatedly asking for the characters to just talk.’

‘Any woman who has been inappropriately touched in the workplace will recognize Ms. Lively’s discomfort.’

‘They will recognize her attempts at levity to try to deflect the unwanted touching. No woman should have to take defensive measures to avoid being touched by their employer without their consent.’

Both Baldoni and his wife were also seen smiling at each other and cracking jokes with friends as they sat on the bleachers

Both Baldoni and his wife were also seen smiling at each other and cracking jokes with friends as they sat on the bleachers 

At one point, he squeezed in some various different exercises, including doing a ᴅᴇᴀᴅ hang on a pull-up bar before going off to kick around a soccer ball with Maiya

At one point, he squeezed in some various different exercises, including doing a ᴅᴇᴀᴅ hang on a pull-up bar before going off to kick around a soccer ball with Maiya

Her team claims that releasing the video to the media ‘is another example of an unethical attempt to manipulate the public’ and ‘a continuation of their harᴀssment and retaliatory campaign.’

‘We are continuing our efforts to require Mr. Baldoni and his ᴀssociates to answer in court, under oath, rather than through manufactured media stunts,’ her lawyer stated.

It was one of the biggest bombshells in a lawsuit packed full of them – that Baldoni Sєxually harᴀssed Lively while filming a dance scene by dragging his lips down her neck and telling her ‘it smells so good’.

In her civil rights complaint filed last month, the actress insisted nobody overheard the comment because the romantic montage was silent and the microphones were switched off.

But DailyMail.com exclusively obtained an explosive video where Baldoni’s sound equipment was switched on, showing all three takes.

The tapes show how friendly the two stars were before it all went so wrong. They laugh and joke around – even joshing about the size of Baldoni’s nose and talk about how they spend their time with their spouses.

Baldoni kept a low profile in a black t-shirt, cargo shorts and a backwards baseball cap

Baldoni kept a low profile in a black t-shirt, cargo shorts and a backwards baseball cap 

Emily, who married Justin back in 2013, wore a white blouse, matching pants and her blonde hair styled back in a low bun

Emily, who married Justin back in 2013, wore a white blouse, matching pants and her blonde hair styled back in a low bun 

Baldoni looked focused as he did a  ᴅᴇᴀᴅ hang on a pull-up bar

Baldoni looked focused as he did a  ᴅᴇᴀᴅ hang on a pull-up bar

Despite his legal battle, Baldoni smiled as he spoke with friends and others at the park

Despite his legal battle, Baldoni smiled as he spoke with friends and others at the park

They include a complete record of the conversation in question at around the seven-minute mark that makes clear the comment about her smelling so good was in response to Lively talking about her spray tan as they film a romantic dance.

Baldoni tells Lively he’s probably getting his beard on her and she responds by saying she’s probably getting spray tan on him. Then he quips back ‘it smells good’ before both laugh and she tells him the scent actually comes from her body makeup.

And while the montage does indeed show Baldoni nuzzling Lively’s neck as part of the scene in which they play lovers, the conversation between them is all business with the pair spending most of it talking about lighting and their other halves.

The clip, which is raw footage sH๏τ while filming It Ends With Us, comes complete with audio and was pᴀssed to DailyMail.com by the actor’s production company Wayfarer and his lawyer Bryan Freedman who has previously said Baldoni has ‘nothing to hide’.

DailyMail.com’s exclusive footage is the latest revelation in a lengthy saga that began with rumors of rancor behind the scenes of It Ends With Us when it was released last August.

It then exploded into a legal fight just before Christmas when the glamorous blonde sued Baldoni for Sєxual harᴀssment.

At the same time, the New York Times released a story based on Lively’s legal filing that accused him of orchestrating a negative publicity campaign against her and put the smell claim front and center.

In turn, Baldoni sued the Times for defamation and, last week, launched a $400m lawsuit against Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds that accused her of using her celebrity power to hijack his film and attempt to torpedo his career.

The actor looked relaxed as he got his mind off his ongoing high-stakes legal battle against Lively

The actor looked relaxed as he got his mind off his ongoing high-stakes legal battle against Lively

Baldoni talked with a man after enjoying a  friendly game of soccer at sunset

Baldoni talked with a man after enjoying a  friendly game of soccer at sunset

Baldoni has been enjoying a family vacation to Hawaii

Baldoni has been enjoying a family vacation to Hawaii 

The new clip, which Lively had previously insisted has no audio, begins with the pair discussing the scene with the actress telling Baldoni ‘I’m off my mark’.

Ironically, at one point the pair are heard debating whether it is better to talk or kiss during the montage, with Lively arguing that chatting is ‘more romantic’ which Baldoni acquiesces to and then, when she wonders whether anyone will discover what they’re really talking about, quips ‘They’re never going to find out’.

Conversation then turns to their other halves, with Lively saying she and Reynolds talk ‘all the time’ while Baldoni says he and wife Emily stare at each other ‘for 10, literally like we’ve done it for five minutes’.

Lively then bursts into laughter as he tells her ‘I think you would find it terrifying’. When Lively continues to tell him about how she can’t stop talking to Reynolds, Baldoni compliments: ‘Oh, I think that’s cute. You guys are really cute.’

Awkwardly, she replies ‘I think it’s more than cute’ which he hastily agrees with, adding ‘I think you guys are amazing.’

Baldoni, who directed as well as acted in It Ends With Us, then says he wants them to be filmed almost kissing, at which Lively then continues to talk – insisting its more romantic to chat and not give the audience the smooch she says they want.

She continues to talk before saying ‘heads together’, prompting both to lean their foreheads against each other.

At that point, Lively begins talking about noses, telling Baldoni: ‘I feel so nosey. It’s just noses’.

Their sighting came one day before Baldoni's lawyer released a bombshell video showing his client and Lively on the Ends With Us set (Lively seen last year)

Their sighting came one day before Baldoni’s lawyer released a bombshell video showing his client and Lively on the Ends With Us set (Lively seen last year)

The explosive video exclusively released by DailyMail.com, showed all three takes of a dance scene between Lively, 37, and Baldoni, 40 - revealing the pair were on apparent great terms before the actress accused him of Sєxual harᴀssment (Baldoni pictured in August 2024)

The explosive video exclusively released by DailyMail.com, showed all three takes of a dance scene between Lively, 37, and Baldoni, 40 – revealing the pair were on apparent great terms before the actress accused him of Sєxual harᴀssment (Baldoni pictured in August 2024)

Baldoni then tells her ‘my nose is so big’ to which she bursts into laughter, exclaiming: ‘Yes. I was hoping we could address this. Just got to shut down, gotta call an insurance month and just deal with that. Just kidding.’

The clip then continues into the second take, with Baldoni heard giving instructions to the crew and discussing the scene with Lively.

Then, just over seven minutes in, comes the critical conversation that appears to be the source of Lively’s accusation which begins when Baldoni asks ‘if I’m getting beard on you’.

She laughs and says ‘I’m probably getting spray tan on you’ to which he replies ‘it smells good’ and they both laugh.

Lively then tells him: ‘Well it’s not that, it’s my body makeup.’

As the extras erupt in cheers, Baldoni shouts ‘cut!’ and tells her they have enough for a 17-minute reel.

The final take, which focuses on their feet, includes audio of Baldoni telling Lively that ‘I’m going to let you direct this’ with the actress then insisting her heels aren’t cropped out ‘because of the sparkle’.

DailyMail.com’s explosive new clip comes less than five days since Baldoni’s lawsuit was filed and two weeks after the actress was accused of serving the actor and his team papers as they evacuated during the Los Angeles wildfires.

Lively in turn hit back at the clip's release, saying 'it proved that she was uncomfortable during the scene and called 'the video itself damning' (seen filming It Ends with Us last year)

Lively in turn hit back at the clip’s release, saying ‘it proved that she was uncomfortable during the scene and called ‘the video itself damning’ (seen filming It Ends with Us last year)

In Baldoni’s suit, Lively is accused of failing to read the novel on which the book is based until long after filming had begun and orchestrating a negative publicity campaign of her own with the connivance of her own publicist Leslie Sloane and the New York Times.

During one incident, according to the legal filing, Lively attempted to intimidate Baldoni by pointing to her famous husband and close friend Taylor Swift then comparing herself to Game of Thrones character Khaleesi and telling him ‘I have a lot of dragons’.

The actress and her team are also accused of doctoring text conversations between Baldoni’s publicists to make them look damning and as if they’re plotting a smear campaign against her – which led to both being subjected to social media abuse when the edited texts were published.

Baldoni’s cross-complaint also revealed that he and his family had been forced to spend the premiere of It Ends With Us sitting in a basement because Lively refused to allow him to be in the same room as her.

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