Jane the Virgin alum Brett Dier is weighing in on former costar Justin Baldoni’s ongoing authorized drama with Blake Energetic.
“It’s a very intense state of affairs,” Dier, 35, advised Fan Mail in an interview revealed on Thursday, Could 22, confessing, “I most likely shouldn’t say a lot, however I’ll say this: I at all times liked Justin.”
Dier shared that Baldoni, 41, has “at all times been a tremendous good friend to me.” He famous, “I’m simply hoping all the pieces resolves in time.”
Baldoni and Dier have been mates since they costarred on The CW’s Jane the Virgin from 2014 to 2019. Dier performed Gina Rodriguez’s first husband, Michael Cordero, whereas Baldoni performed her character Jane Villanueva’s different romantic love curiosity, Rafael Solano.
Justin Baldoni’s working relationships together with his Hollywood colleagues have been below a microscope after Blake Energetic accused him of misconduct on the set of 2024’s It Ends With Us. Energetic sued Baldoni for sexual harassment in December 2024, claiming that he triggered her “extreme emotional misery” and fostered a “hostile work surroundings” whereas they costarred […]
Dier confirmed on Thursday that despite the fact that the present ended six years in the past, he stays linked with a “good quantity” of his former castmates from the collection, which he recalled being a “wild journey.”
Though Dier didn’t establish Baldoni — or anybody particular from the solid — as somebody he’s shut with, he beforehand supported the actor when his film It Ends With Us hit theaters.
Dier and Yael Grobglas, who performed Baldoni’s first spouse on Jane the Virgin, went to the theaters collectively in August 2024 to see the movie. “Our genius good friend @justinbaldoni made an outstanding movie,” Grobglas, 40, wrote by way of Instagram on the time. “I cried an embarrassing quantity and tried to cover it however most likely failed.”
Justin Baldoni believes Blake Energetic had an affect on how his It Ends With Us costars handled him. In line with Baldoni’s new $400 million lawsuit obtained by Us Weekly on Thursday, January 16, Energetic allegedly “induced the opposite solid members to shun Baldoni, in an early try to provide followers the impression that Baldoni had […]
She shared a photograph with Dier contained in the theater after the exhibiting, including, “I’m so happy with you, and I really like you good friend !!!!”
Whereas Baldoni — who was the director and one of many film’s stars — obtained reward from his former castmates, the venture has since been a supply of rivalry. Baldoni has been embroiled in a messy authorized battle together with his It Ends With Us costar Energetic, 37, since December 2024 when she filed a sexual harassment grievance in opposition to him.
Baldoni has denied all accusations made in opposition to him in Energetic’s lawsuit, which included accusations of him making a hostile work surroundings and inflicting her “extreme emotional misery” whereas making the movie.
It looks like Hollywood’s longest recreation of he mentioned, she mentioned. Over the summer time, studies of rigidity between It Ends With Us lead Blake Energetic and her director and costar, Justin Baldoni, dominated headlines as they promoted the venture. Then, in late December 2024, Energetic filed a bombshell authorized grievance in California claiming Baldoni had […]
Baldoni later filed his personal $400 million lawsuit in opposition to the Gossip Lady actress, her husband, Ryan Reynolds, and Energetic’s publicist Leslie Sloane. He accused the trio of attempting to “destroy” him, his workforce and their respective corporations by “disseminating grossly edited, unsubstantiated, new and doctored info to the media.”
Energetic and Reynolds, 48, have denied the allegations and filed to dismiss the movement utterly.
“Everything of Mr. Baldoni’s case seems to be primarily based on Mr. Reynolds allegedly privately calling Mr. Baldoni a ‘predator,’ however right here is the issue, that isn’t defamation except they’ll present that Mr. Reynolds didn’t imagine that assertion to be true,” Reynolds’ attorneys Mike Gottlieb and Esra Hudson mentioned in an announcement shared with Us Weekly in March. “The grievance doesn’t allege that, and simply the other, the allegations within the grievance recommend that Mr. Reynolds genuinely believes Mr. Baldoni is a predator.”
Justin Baldoni celebrated his forty first birthday together with his household by his facet amid ongoing authorized drama. “Completely satisfied birthday, my love,” the actor’s spouse, Emily Baldoni, wrote by way of Instagram on Friday, January 24. “Celebrating the person, husband and father that you’re. I’d select you many times.” Emily, 40, additionally uploaded a photograph of the […]
The assertion continued, “Mr. Reynolds’ spouse has accused Mr. Baldoni — privately and in a number of complaints — of sexual harassment and retaliation, and as identified by Mr. Reynolds’ movement, Mr. Baldoni has additionally overtly spoken about his previous of mistreating girls and pushing the boundaries of consent. Mr. Reynolds has a First Modification proper to specific his opinion of Mr. Baldoni, which ought to be comforting to a gaggle of people that have repeatedly referred to as Ms. Energetic and Mr. Reynolds ‘bullies’ and different names over the previous yr.”
Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman advised Us in an announcement on the time that Reynolds was allegedly actively concerned within the state of affairs “far past simply being a ‘supportive partner.’”
Freedman claimed, “Mr. Reynolds was a key participant within the scheme, defaming Justin round Hollywood, strong-arming WME into dropping Justin as a shopper, and attempting to destroy Justin’s profession nevertheless attainable. His fingerprints have been throughout this smear marketing campaign in opposition to Justin and the Wayfarer workforce since day one.”
Energetic and Baldoni’s trial is scheduled for March 9, 2026.