In Alleged Leaked Audio, Justin Baldoni Claims He Got ‘Sent to the Basement’ by Blake Lively at ‘It Ends With Us’ Premiere: She ‘Didn’t Want Me Anywhere Near’

variety.com:

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Justin Baldoni‘s lawyer Bryan Freedman appeared on an episode of “The Megyn Kelly Show” where the former Fox News host played an alleged voice message Baldoni sent to his team in which he claims he was “sent to the basement” during the “It Ends With Us” premiere because Lively allegedly did not want him anywhere near the movie’s cast.

The “It Ends With Us” premiere was held at New York City’s AMC Lincoln Square Theater on August 6, 2024. Baldoni did not take any photos with Lively or the “It Ends With Us” cast at the event, which is what originally escalated rumors online of an apparent feud between Baldoni and Lively. “On what could have been one of the most beautiful nights of my life career-wise, I literally was sent to the basement with all my friends and family for over an hour because I wasn’t allowed to be seen, she didn’t want me anywhere near her or the rest of the cast,” Baldoni is heard telling his team in the alleged voice message. “So they ushered me off the carpet and sent us down to the basement, we were down there together, my friends and family, the people that love me the most,” he continues. “We start laughing because of the ridiculousness of this whole thing and I realize like on a night that was supposed to be so materialistically joyful, I was in the basement with the people that love me the most and we were all joyful and laughing cause none of that shit matters, none of it.

He concludes, “That’s not why we’re in the business … to attend a premiere and be celebrated like that, we’re in it because we’re artists and we believe in what we do and because we want to create art that touches people’s souls and can move people.