Justin Baldoni, Blake Lively
Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images; Gotham/WireimageJustin Baldonilawyer, Brian Friedmanrespond to Ari EmanuelThe alleged reasons for the dropping out of the director as a client.
– Mr. Ari Emanuel is more special one of the best agents and apparently the most loyal in Hollywood, “Friedman told The Daily Mail On Friday, February 14th. “Maybe the perspective of Ari would be different if they had ever met in the half -season, they were the clients of his agency.”
Emanuel is the CEO of WME, Endeavor and recently recently claimed to have “fired” Baldoni41, as a loyalty client to Blake lively and her husband, Ryan ReynoldsS (In December 2024, news emerged that WME stopped representing Baldoni shortly after Lively’s sexual harassment case made titles.)
“I want to say that this is AF – ED Up, a bad situation with what Baldoni … does,” Emanuel said during the Freakonomics podcast live in February in February. “(He was my client) until I fired him.”
When pressed, if he actually fired Baldoni, Emanuel briefly said, “I am a ride or die. And (lively and Reynolds) are good people. “
Lively, 37, He filed a case against Baldoni in December 2024. for sexual harassment and promoting a “hostile work environment” when they were filmed Ends with us together. She also claims that Baldoni, who both participated and directed the photo, tried to destroy her reputation. Baldoni, meanwhile, denied the allegations before Filing a slander suit Against the lively. He also baptized Reynolds at 48 in the movement. Meanwhile, the married couple has condemned the charges.
“This is not really honest,” Emanuel said in the episode of Wednesday, February 12th. “I’ve known Ryan and Blake for more than a decade. They are really amazing people. In Hollywood, they were incredibly successful. People work with them, they have never had a bad Mojo there or have treated people badly. “
He added: “They are charity – we help them with their base (s) that they have given tons of money.”
Emanuel also had a hard time to believe Baldoni’s eventsS
Cindy Ord/Getty Images of former Justin Baldoni Agency, WME, insists that Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively have nothing to do with them that release the actor and the director. The Talents Agency cut the 40 -year -old Baldon as a client last month just one day after the 37 -year -old, 37 -year -old, filed a complaint with the California Civil Rights Department, blaming Baldoni for (…)
“If what is alleged in her court case (s) what happened on social media is true just because she complained to the studio that things are unhealthy on the set and that he is a director and that man is a producer and they have done her unhealthy what is being said, they are really bad people, “Emanuel said. “I know Blake, I know Ryan; They are good people. Social media is a really good thing at times because it allows the stars to contact their fans, but these two boys (Baldoni and his team) used it in an evil way, if that is true. “
In addition, Emanuel recalled the Baldoni camp to “just stop as they think they are innocent.” Baldoni’s lawyer, Friedman, has been Vocal arguing the perspective of his client, even Starting a website This documented the alleged evidence of their team.
“Let the process be played,” Emanuel stressed on Wednesday. “These are good people who have been in business for decades and have never had a bad press for them and all the people they work with. So, if it’s true what they say in this statement, these are two bad guys. “
