Justin Baldoni Drops Video, Alleges Blake Lively Improvised A Kiss Scene

New footage from “It Ends With Us” shows Blake Lively allegedly improvising a kiss with Justin Baldoni, which his lawyers claim was unscripted.

The clip of the deleted scene comes after the actress sued her co-star for sexual harassment, with a major allegation that Baldoni improvised sexual scenes that left her feeling uncomfortable.

Blake Lively is currently seeking over $160 million for lost earnings, business profits, and reputational harm, plus punitive damages, attorneys’ fees, and emotional distress.

Newly revealed footage from “It Ends With Us” has sparked fresh legal debate, as Baldoni’s attorneys assert that Lively improvised a kiss that was not part of the original script.

The clip, just over a minute long, was submitted as part of the Wayfarer parties’ motion for summary judgment filed on November 13. It shows Baldoni and Lively, portraying Ryle and Lily, in a hospital scene where a brief kiss occurs.

According to People Magazine, Baldoni’s legal team claimed that Lively personally “oversaw” this scene in May 2023, noting that she “added to the script, in which her character kissed Baldoni’s character in every take, although there was no kiss in the script.”

When “It Ends With Us” was set to resume production in January 2024 after the Hollywood strikes, Lively reportedly met with Baldoni and producers with a list of conditions for returning to work, including a strict rule against improvising any further kisses.

Baldoni’s attorneys now contend that Lively’s lawsuit should be dismissed as the newly unveiled hospital scene predates that meeting and shows that Lively also partook in the act of improvising kiss scenes, an allegation she used against the director.

In a $400 million suit filed by Baldoni in January, which was later dismissed, his legal team maintained that all kissing scenes filmed before the strike adhered strictly to the script.

They now claim this hospital scene, shot on May 19, 2023, represents the only instance of an unscripted kiss.

“Lively also complains that there was inappropriate and improvised kissing during the first period of filming, before the strike break. However, in fact, the only two kissing scenes filmed during the initial filming period were both scenes that included kisses as written in the script. These kissing scenes were not improvised,” Baldoni’s lawyers wrote in the January 2025 filing.

The case is scheduled to go to trial in March 2026, with both actors expected to testify. On November 13, Baldoni and the Wayfarer parties requested that Judge Lewis J. Liman grant summary judgment, potentially resolving the dispute without a trial. A ruling has not yet been issued.

Meanwhile, Lively’s legal team claims they possess “extensive evidence” that she faced retaliation, alleging that “negative content about her that was amplified, boosted, perpetuated, planted, and/or otherwise manipulated by the Wayfarer Defendants and the Wallace Parties.”

Baldoni’s attorney, Bryan Freedman, stated on November 4 that the defense is concentrating on Lively’s claims and is committed to “pursuing the truth through every legal and factual avenue” in court.

Lively is seeking more than $160 million in damages in connection with the lawsuit.

In a court filing originally submitted in July and unsealed on November 5, she claimed to have suffered substantial financial and reputational losses, including damages from past and future acting work, speaking engagements, producing, appearances, and other ventures.

The damages breakdown includes over $56 million in lost earnings and $71 million in lost business profits, linked to her ventures Betty Buzz, Betty Booze, and Blake Brown Beauty.

Additionally, the filing estimates $34 million in reputational harm, based on roughly 65 million negative impressions about Lively circulated on social media.

These figures are preliminary and will be subject to expert verification, through expert testimony, according to the filing.

Beyond financial losses, Lively is also pursuing compensation for punitive damages, attorney’s fees, and emotional distress.

The filing states she has endured “pain and suffering, physical pain, and humiliation,” and claims damages for these harms “in the range of $250,000 to $400,000.”

Lively previously spoke publicly about the personal toll of the lawsuit in a June 9 Instagram Stories post, following the dismissal of Baldoni’s countersuit.

She wrote, “Like so many others, I’ve felt the pain of a retaliatory lawsuit, including the manufactured shame that tries to break us.” She added, “While the suit against me was defeated, so many don’t have the resources to fight back.”

The actress further emphasized her commitment to advocacy, stating she is now “more resolved than ever to continue to stand for every woman’s right to have a voice in protecting themselves, including their safety, their integrity, their dignity, and their story.”