Justin Baldoni Said Blake Lively Was Using The 'Taylor Swift Playbook' In Shocking Dig At The Actress

Justin Baldoni just took a major dig at Blake Lively amid their feud over his conduct on the set of "It Ends with Us."

The director's latest remarks come as part of court documents detailing his deposition about a meeting he had with Lively earlier in the year.

The actress was called out for "playing the victim" by Justin Baldoni, who also added a disparaging reference to singer Taylor Swift.

New documents obtained by Page Six have revealed details of the aftermath of the January 3 meeting Baldoni had with Lively over the conditions needed for her to return to the "It Ends With Us" set.

At the time, the two were already in a tense situation over Baldoni's alleged on-set conduct, which later escalated into Lively filing a sexual harassment lawsuit against the actor late last year, 2024.

But then, the meeting was held in a bid to resolve their issues, although, according to the new docs, Baldoni found the meetup to be "traumatizing."

Detailed in the doc, the director wrote to a friend group his thoughts, one of which included a remark about Lively having the "nuclear bomb" and a reference to the actress's then-best pal, Taylor Swift.

"If she doesn't promote the movie, she can leak that I'm a bad person or that she felt unsafe with me and all the stuff she has on me. Then she's the victim. It's the Taylor Swift playbook," Baldoni said about his co-star. "So she can ask for whatever she wants because she knows I know."

At the start of the duo's feud going viral, Baldoni has often cited how Lively was seemingly more influential and powerful than him.

One name that appeared many times, and was even going to be deposed until a last-minute change by Baldoni's lawyer, was Taylor Swift.

Past filings from Baldoni even cited the pop star and Lively's husband, Ryan Reynolds, as her "dragons" and said that they were not afraid to make things difficult for the director during the filming of "It Ends With Us."

These concerns were then reiterated during the deposition, when Baldoni was being questioned by Lively's lawyers.

"I think when you are somebody small in the industry like myself, and you're dealing with a titan like Ms. Lively and some of the most powerful people in the world, which are her best friends, and you're in the situation that I was in, I think it's very reasonable, especially at this point, to be concerned about what's possible and what's not. I — I was spinning at this point," he said.

One other piece of bombshell information that arose during the deposition was about Baldoni's discussion with Lively about circumcision during a meeting they had at her New York home in December 2022.

Lively's lawyer, Gottlieb, had asked the actor, "Among other things, you discussed whether Ms. Lively's baby would be circumcised, right?"

Baldoni responded, "Yes," and also issued the same response when asked if he "at any point shared with Ms. Lively whether you were circumcised?"

When the lawyer then further inquired why Baldoni had shared such an intimate detail, the director appeared to deflect by not giving a clear answer.

He also later tried to defend himself during another part of the questioning by saying he doesn't talk about his genitalia with other colleagues.

At the moment, Lively's sexual harassment suit against Baldoni is set to head to trial in March 2026.

Despite a date already being set, Baldoni has continued to fight against the case heading to trial and recently filed a motion for summary judgment, urging the court to toss the lawsuit.

However, Lively, via her attorneys, fired back with an opposing motion in which she asked for her day in court.

"This is not, as Defendants claim, a story of minor annoyances fueled by creative differences, but instead one of a toxic work environment...," the motion read.

The motion further claimed that Baldoni's dismissal antic was like "throwing the kitchen sink at Lively's sexual harassment and retaliation claims," and that his "scattershot theories collapse under the weight of the overwhelming evidence."

Ahead of the 2026 trial, Lively is seeking more than $160 million in damages in connection with the lawsuit.

According to a court filing submitted initially in July and unsealed on November 5, the actress claimed she had suffered severe financial and reputational losses, including damages from past and future acting work, speaking engagements, and other ventures.

Lively's damages claims also include over $56 million in lost earnings and $71 million in lost business profits, linked to her brands, Betty Buzz, Betty Booze, and Blake Brown Beauty.

Additionally, the actress alleges she had suffered $34 million in reputational harm, based on an estimated 65 million negative impressions about her on social media.