India, Nov. 15 -- New details have emerged about Justin Baldoni's clash with Blake Lively. Variety revealed that Baldoni's legal team submitted private group chat messages into evidence. The texts show Rainn Wilson stepping in with support during a tense stretch of the It Ends With Us shoot. The thread - dated January 5, 2024 - included Baldoni, Travis Van Winkle, Andy Grammer and producer Jamey Heath.

Wilson kicked off the exchange with a simple check-in: "Any update, Brothers?" What followed was Baldoni walking his friends through what he described as a brutal night and a conversation with Ryan Reynolds that left him rattled.

Baldoni wrote that the situation spiralled the moment Reynolds stepped in. "Ryan was talking to me like a five...