Private text messages sent by Jenny Slate about her experience working with Justin Baldoni on It ends with us have now surfaced, offering a harsher look at the tensions allegedly unfolding behind the scenes of the film.
According to court documents obtained by TMZSlate called the production “troubling” 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 raised concerns about Baldoni’s behavior on set.
“This has been a truly disturbing shoot, and I am one of many people who feels this way,” Slate wrote, according to the documents.
She went on to say, “Justin is truly a false ally and I don’t want to do anything that promotes the image he’s constructing for himself as a ‘male feminist’…like…I honestly have no words to describe what a fraud he is.”
In other messages revealed in the filing, 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 these posts.
During a deposition in September 2025, she was asked about previous texts sent to her agent at the time, in which she said Baldoni and his business partner, Jamey Heath, “creep me out.”
She accused them of telling “strange lies” and described them as “truly unfit”, while adding that although she was not afraid, she felt “repulsed and deeply irritated”.
In those same messages, Slate noted that Blake Lively was treating the situation “on a much more serious level.”
Slate also recalled an incident during filming in which Baldoni allegedly made inappropriate comments about him, saying it was okay because his wife was present.
Lively’s lawyer, Sigrid McCawley, said the newly released evidence includes sworn testimony and real-time messages from several women and argued it showed how concerns were raised as early as spring 2023 and allegedly dismissed.
Baldoni’s legal team has denied the accusations, calling them false. A hearing scheduled for Jan. 22 will determine whether some or all of Lively’s remaining claims will go to trial.
