The explosive feud between actress Blake Full of life and filmmaker Justin Baldoni over their film “It Ends With Us” has taken yet one more stunning flip. What began as a inventive conflict has spiraled into considered one of Hollywood’s ugliest authorized wars, now dragging movie star blogger Perez Hilton straight into the courtroom highlight. This Thursday, August 28, a Las Vegas federal court docket will hear arguments over a subpoena issued to Perez Hilton, born Mario Lavandeira Jr., demanding he hand over non-public communications and work product associated to his protection of the case.

Full of life’s authorized workforce alleges Hilton revealed greater than 500 adverse items about her, many utilizing mocking nicknames, whereas siding with Baldoni. The actress claims Hilton’s reporting suits into an “untraceable smear marketing campaign” that she says was orchestrated by her former co-star.

However Perez Hilton insists he is performed nothing unsuitable, and that Full of life’s subpoena is an overreach that might have chilling penalties for journalists throughout the nation.

Forward of his August 28 court docket date, Hilton informed The Blast solely that in the first place, he naively thought the subpoena can be “enjoyable” as a result of he “loves consideration” and believed the regulation was on his aspect. However actuality rapidly set in.

“Now that this has been happening for over 5 weeks, I can reveal I used to be painfully mistaken,” Hilton admitted. “This has been such a distraction from my work and my life. It has taken me away from my youngsters and actually change into all-consuming. I can not cease serious about all of it. Even within the bathe!”

Representing himself with out an lawyer, Hilton says he is poured dozens of hours into getting ready for Thursday’s listening to. “I am in my Elle Woods period. I really feel like Kim Kardashian learning to change into a lawyer,” he joked, including that hiring his high-priced authorized workforce would have already value him greater than $50,000.

Perez Hilton argues that the subpoena is overly broad, reaching again to Could 2024, and that Full of life is making an attempt to pressure him to disclose confidential sources, one thing he says each federal and Nevada “protect legal guidelines” are meant to guard.

“This is not nearly me,” he pressured. “It may doubtlessly affect journalists all around the nation, particularly as extra depart conventional media and go digital solely. Blake Full of life is arguing I am not a journalist as a result of I am not with a newspaper or TV community. That is ridiculous.”

Hilton believes Full of life’s actions go far past his state of affairs. “Blake Full of life has gone arduous in opposition to critics, not simply me. She issued subpoenas to over 107 creator-journalists,” he mentioned.

In keeping with Perez Hilton, the actress sees anybody who questions her narrative as a part of a coordinated smear marketing campaign. Nevertheless, he insists that his reporting was primarily based solely on the paperwork and proof filed in court docket, not on speaking factors or incentives from Baldoni’s camp.

“I believe it is preposterous to suppose I would want encouragement to cowl this story,” Hilton defined. “I did that every one alone, primarily based on Blake’s personal actions and filings. And I believe numerous what she’s been doing in 2025 is injury management. She believed the general public can be on her aspect. Nevertheless it seems the general public is totally in assist of Justin Baldoni. And he or she just isn’t happy.”

When requested why this combat has escalated to such extremes, Hilton believes it is much less in regards to the movie and extra about public notion.

“Blake Full of life wouldn’t have filed this litigation if Justin Baldoni had agreed to place out the assertion that she and Ryan Reynolds wrote for him to launch. However he refused,” Hilton informed The Blast.

The blogger identified that Baldoni’s billionaire enterprise companion, Steve Sarowitz, has been footing the authorized payments for the director and Wayfarer Studios, whereas Full of life and Reynolds have their very own huge sources.

“Either side care in regards to the fact as they see it, however simply as a lot about public notion,” Hilton mentioned. “I believe there’s nonetheless a excessive chance this settles earlier than trial in 2026, identical to FKA Twigs and Shia LaBeouf’s case. However for now, Justin Baldoni has already received the court docket of public opinion.”

Nonetheless, Perez Hilton famous {that a} jury verdict in opposition to Full of life might be catastrophic for her profession. “If a jury determines there was no harassment, that she misrepresented the info, that might be extra damaging than what’s already occurred.”