Blake Lively is emotionally zapped, but more than eager to get her day in court for the Justin Baldoni case ... where she is confident her facts will overcome his "sideshow."
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00:00To the battle over the Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni court hearing, both sides are claiming victory.
00:08And we may have a little better understanding now of why that is, but Blake Lively's side,
00:15people close to her, are talking about how this has impacted her and her family.
00:22We know that Justin and his family went on vacation last week. They were in Hawaii,
00:26looking very relaxed. And then Blake and Ryan Reynolds are now on vacation.
00:33And I'm not saying they did this as a response to that, but they certainly, they posted some
00:38photos from their vacation, not clear on where they are, but certainly seeming relaxed, right?
00:44We're okay, too, trying to give off that same, we're not bothered by this vibe.
00:48You know what's really interesting about that? Clearly, this is all PR. I mean,
00:51this is what's going on here on both sides. In a way, it's tough to do it,
00:55because you want to smile. On the other hand, you're alleging that it has crushed me emotionally
01:00in the lawsuit and all of those things. And the smile belies that. And so it's confusing
01:07to people who are trying to reconcile the two things, even though you can, it creates that
01:13confusion. Yeah. So what I'm hearing is that they're on vacation, they needed to get away,
01:18but they're zapped. This has been going on now since the start of the movie, when all this
01:23unfolded and it's still happening right now. That said, Blake has a lot of confidence in the facts.
01:29She feels the facts are on her side and that what Baldoni is bringing in the countersuit
01:34is a sideshow. And she is more than ready for her day in court, whether it be next week
01:39or next year in March, she is prepared. It's not going to happen. There's not going to be a trial,
01:45guys. The court date is March of 2026. And the most absurd thing is this thing yesterday that
01:52happened, that the judge said, we're going to enforce the rules of professional responsibility,
01:56which isn't even a court thing. It's a state bar thing. And we're going to say you can't say
02:00things publicly that prejudice the jury. Right. This judge, which is what which is what Blake
02:05had been requesting. Right. This side had been requesting that. But that's they've been asking
02:11the judge to stop Brian Friedman from saying things that they felt, at least that her side felt
02:16was was prejudicial. A jurors. She worked with The New York Times on that story,
02:23which would have prejudiced the jury. Be everything that comes out of a lawyer's mouth
02:31is not to show the truth. It's to influence the public and possibly influence a jury.
02:37I taught this in law school at several law schools. Well, I taught professional responsibility.
02:42It's a ridiculous rule. Everything is designed to prejudice. Well, that's the way the law.
02:49That's the way these sides feels like they got what they wanted because the judge said,
02:53you must stick to this rule that I know you're saying. And Brian Friedman, Justin's lawyer,
02:59says we won because there's no gag order on me and I'm going to still say what I want to say.
03:03And I don't think you're ever going to find out who won this case at all because it is
03:07never going to go to trial. Hmm.
03:09Scary story from Parker, Arizona. So I'm glad that they're smiling and on vacation,
03:15but honestly, I don't think it's going to last. They have a huge legal battle against
03:20Justin Baldoni and that man, he is coming with receipts. Honestly, I'd like to be
03:26a fly on the wall just to hear their conversation. And honestly, I'm glad the judge.
03:33They that he quashed their gag order and that it didn't work.
03:36Can I interrupt you for a second? That's all fine and good. That's an awesome sculpture.
03:41I knew you were going to point out the bus. No, it's a cross between Julius Caesar and
03:46James Dean. And I like it and I like it with my boyfriend's fathers and he painted it and
03:53he's had it for years. I love it.
04:02Yeah.