Ryan Reynolds compares Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni situation to Johnny Depp case in private text messages

Ryan Reynolds compared Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively's fallout to Johnny Depp and Amber Heard in newly released August 2024 text messages about "It Ends With Us" legal drama.

"You can sort of feel the Baldoni stuff coming to a head online," he began his text thread to Warren Zavala. "Twitter and TikTok are inexplicably blaming Blake at the moment. But I can't imagine details won't come out because Baldoni and Jayme Heath offended, harassed or violated too many people. And the internet is obviously looking for answers and obviously seeing how every cast member and key crew member (including Colleen) won't be in the same room as the guy. All of them have at some point, over the last six months, unfollowed him on social media. Not one person has said Justin's name out loud in any interview at any time. At what point do Justin and Jayme not take a moment to step into the light and say, ' ... maybe it's us.'?"

Hours later, Zavala replied — claiming the online narrative targeting Lively seemed to be originating from bots. The two then began to discuss Baldoni's possible PR strategy, comparing it to Depp after Heard accused him of verbal and physical abuse.