Private text messages sent by Jenny Slate about her experience working with Justin Baldoni It ends with us has now surfaced and offers a harsher look at the tensions that allegedly played out behind the scenes of the film.
According to court documents obtained by TMZSlate described the production as “disturbing” and accused Baldoni, who starred in and directed the film, of presenting a false public image.
In messages dated 2023, Slate told a Sony production executive that she and co-star Blake Lively had both expressed concerns about Baldoni’s behavior on set.
“This has truly been a disturbing recording, and I am one of many who feel that way,” Slate wrote, according to the documents.
She went on to say, “Justin is truly a false ally and I am unwilling to do anything that furthers the image he creates as a ‘male feminist’ … which … frankly, I have no words to describe what a fraud he is.”
In other messages revealed in the archive, Slate said she had never met anyone like Baldoni before, calling him “the biggest clown and the most intense narcissist.”
The recipient of these texts has not been publicly identified.
Slate’s concerns reportedly extended beyond those messages.
During a September 2025 deposition, she was questioned about previous texts sent to her then-agent in which she said Baldoni and his business partner, Jamey Heath, “are freaking me out.”
She accused them of telling “weird lies” and described them as “really unfit,” while adding that while she wasn’t scared, she felt “repulsed and deeply annoyed.”
In the same announcements, Slate noted that Blake Lively handled the situation “on a much more serious level.”
Slate also recalled an incident during filming in which Baldoni allegedly made inappropriate comments about her, saying it was acceptable because his wife was present.
Lively’s lawyer, Sigrid McCawley, said the newly released evidence includes sworn testimony and real-time messages from multiple women and argued it shows how concerns were raised as early as spring 2023 and allegedly dismissed.
Baldoni’s legal team has denied the allegations, calling them false. A hearing scheduled for Jan. 22 will determine whether some or all of Lively’s remaining claims will proceed to trial.
