Ryan Reynolds isn’t apologizing for his unsealed texts blasting Justin Baldoni.
After Reynolds’ texts were exposed as the court battle between the actor’s wife, Blake Lively, and Baldoni rages on, his rep defended him, noting Reynolds was sticking up for Lively.
“Yes, Ryan got involved — what husband wouldn’t support his wife and the mother of his children?” a rep for Reynolds told Puck News in response to the outlet’s article titled, “Is Blake Really Unhireable — and Can Ryan Escape the Blast Radius?”
“He saw his wife fighting daily to stand up against sexual harassment in a private and respectful way, only to face retaliation for doing so,” the statement continued. “If anything, Ryan feels like he wasn’t angry enough.”
His rep concluded, “He passionately believes in and will stand up for the basic right to a safe workplace free of harassment and retaliation for his wife and others. Then, now and always.”
Reynolds’ unsealed texts included the “Deadpool” star bringing up Johnny Depp’s infamous defamation court battle with Amber Heard while messaging with his talent agent, Warren Zavala, in August 2024.
Zavala allegedly wrote of Baldoni in documents obtained by TMZ, “I hope this fraud s–t weasel is exposed. I just want to protect our downside. The movie working is everything. Let’s see if the noise subsides.”
Along with a link to media coverage over the “It Ends With Us” stars battling over a final cut to the movie, Zavala wrote, “This is all spin. I think we let it burn.”
Reynolds then responded, “How’d that work out for Depp??”
Zavala wrote that the case “Cratered both of them ultimately” before reportedly slamming Baldoni as an “egotistical s–t weasel with a god complex” and Reynolds labeling the director a “human rounding error.”
More unsealed texts from July 2024 also included Reynolds, 49, allegedly calling Baldoni, 42, a “thoroughbred, predatory fraudster”and an “inexplicably toxic mess.”
Despite all the drama, Baldoni was spotted in good spirits celebrating his birthday surfing in Costa Rica on Sunday.
In pics obtained by Page Six, Baldoni’s seen smiling and laughing with his wife, Emily, and their two kids: Maiya Grace, 10, and Maxwell Roland-Samuel, 8.
Lively, 38, sued Baldoni in December 2024 for allegedly sexually harassing her on the set of “It Ends With Us,” which Baldoni has repeatedly denied.
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