Justin Baldoni’s texts detail his ‘traumatic’ meeting with Blake Lively’s ‘angry husband’ Ryan Reynolds

Justin Baldoni claimed in a new court filing that he was deeply rattled by an alleged encounter with Blake Lively’s husband, Ryan Reynolds.

In an exhibit found in legal documents obtained by People on Thursday, the “It Ends With Us” director wrote in text messages that he was “emotionally paralyzed” after being “ambushed” by Reynolds at his and Lively’s New York City apartment back in January 2024.

“Ryan was talking to me like a five-year-old and scolding me,” Baldoni wrote in the text to Rainn Wilson, recalling what he claimed took place one night prior.

“They essentially said that Jamey [Heath] and I are not who we claimed to be and that for us to have a podcast is unsafe because it makes people feel like we are safe.”

Per People, Baldoni claimed the “Free Guy” actor, 49, listed allegations — “taken completely out of context” — from a phone during the encounter.

“It’s hard to feel so much of what they believe about me is false because they are so convinced that it’s real. … I was emotionally paralyzed, which is something I haven’t experienced in years,” he wrote in the texts.

“My brain was struggling because what I wanted to say and do was run and blow this whole movie up because I feel this was so unjust,” the actor continued.

“And yet, the only path forward was to acknowledge her and Ryan’s feelings and apologize and take the wrath of an angry husband — yeah, I couldn’t even do that correctly. I prayed and prayed and prayed for the words and they didn’t come, so I felt abandoned by God in that moment — even though I know that’s not what happened.”

Baldoni also wrote that the allegations included a description of his behavior on the domestic violence-themed movie as “abuse.”

“We were told this was the worst experience of her life,” he wrote of his co-star. “And others have witnessed this behavior… the behavior on our set was creepy.”

Reps for Lively and Reynolds did not immediately respond to Page Six’s requests for comment.

Lively, 38, sued Baldoni, 41, for alleged sexual harassment and retaliation in December 2024, seeking millions in damages for emotional distress.

Denying wrongdoing in the matter, Baldoni filed a $400 million countersuit against Lively, Reynolds, and others in January. However, it was thrown out by a judge in June. A trial is set in New York for March 2026.

The meeting between the “Deadpool” star and Baldoni was previously included in Baldoni’s January complaint.

In it, Baldoni claimed that the “Just Friends” star “launched into a tirade” in what Baldoni recalled as a “traumatic” exchange.

Baldoni has claimed the confrontation occurred after he asked a trainer for Lively’s weight for a scene in which he’d have to lift her, because he suffered from back issues.

Lively heard about the query from the trainer, and subsequently alerted her husband, leading to the alleged tense confrontation.

Baldoni’s lawyers wrote at the time that the alleged “berating” by Reynolds was “inappropriate and humiliating” and that it occurred “as other celebrity friends were coming in and out of their penthouse” in New York.

Baldoni’s attorney Bryan Freedman told Page Six in January that Reynolds’ alleged rebuke was “stern,” “impassioned” and “angry,” but emphasized that Reynolds did not “aggressively berate” Baldoni.

“The definition of berate is to scold or criticize angrily,” Freedman told us.