Director Justin Baldoni is asking for prayers of “safety” towards his “It Ends With Us” costar Blake Vigorous. The 2 have been engaged in a bitter back-and-forth battle that’s culminating in a trial set to be held later this yr, except the 2 events in some way attain a settlement first. Current unsealed courtroom paperwork revealed non-public textual content messages from Baldoni, who requested his well-known associates for “safety” amid the media whirlwind.

In December 2024, the “Gossip Lady” actress filed a lawsuit towards Baldoni, accusing him of sexual harassment on the set of “It Ends With Us” and alleging that he orchestrated a smear marketing campaign towards her.

In a single unsealed courtroom doc, Baldoni despatched a message to a gaggle chat saying that he and colleague Jamey Heath had been going to satisfy with Vigorous and different producers for a “huge assembly” following her allegations of unsafe conduct on set.

“First time we’ve got seen one another in individual since her security allegations,” Baldoni wrote, in response to Us Weekly. “Would respect any prayers for cover and power/calm.”

In response to Baldoni’s message, “The Workplace” alum Rainn Wilson responded, “sitting now for some prayers.” Afterward, he despatched Baldoni a personal message to comply with up on how the director was feeling. Baldoni responded by saying that he had suffered by way of “one of many hardest nights” of his complete life.

“It’s laborious to explain what occurred precisely. The one method to describe it was an ambush. I had no phrases I couldn’t formulate sentences. My mind was making an attempt to defend itself after they had been needing me to apologize for all the methods I’ve f-cked up and made her really feel unsafe,” Baldoni claimed.

He went on to say that Vigorous’s husband, “Deadpool” star Ryan Reynolds, “was speaking to me like a five-year-old and scolding me, They basically stated that Jamey and I should not who we claimed to be and that for us to have a podcast is unsafe as a result of it makes individuals really feel like we’re secure.”

Baldoni reportedly went on to state that his remarks had been taken “utterly out of context” and wasn’t positive how to answer the state of affairs.

“The phrase creepy and abuse had been utilized in reference to me in my habits. I used to be then given the phrases of what to say, and needed to apologize which I used to be unable to do as a result of my mind was making an attempt to grasp what was occurring,” he continued. “I used to be in shock and principally went into feeling like I used to be a seven-year-old once more after I bought house final evening. I used to be emotionally paralyzed.”

Baldoni went on to say that he was so “embarrassed” by the state of affairs that he was “unable to even formulate the right phrases to apologize” and felt “like a nasty individual.”

After a couple of extra lengthy messages, Baldoni apologized for the “vulnerability dump,” and added, “This is among the few secure areas I’ve proper now. I really like you all and thanks to your prayers.”

Wilson stated that he was “surprised” by the allegations levied towards the director. “Oh my God. I can’t consider it. You had been arrange and ambushed and personally attacked. I’m surprised. I utterly relate to you being surprised, like a deer within the headlights,” he wrote, in response to the courtroom paperwork.

“In all probability higher that you simply didn’t instantly simply begin apologizing,” Wilson continued. “So grateful that Jamey is your companion, and will step in diplomatically as wanted. Onwards brother. Make an important and essential and entertaining piece of storytelling. That’s all you are able to do now. So sorry for what you went via.”