Blake Full of life and Ryan Reynolds Are ‘Good Folks,’ Says Company Head Who ‘Fired’ Justin Baldoni

The expertise company government allegedly accountable for “firing” Justin Baldoni from its roster is talking out — and praising purchasers Blake Full of life and Ryan Reynolds.

In a dwell taping for the Freakonomics podcast with host Stephen Dubner, Ari Emanuel, the chief government of WME’s mum or dad firm, Endeavor, spoke of his private relationship with Full of life, 37, and Reynolds, 48, amid the actress’s ongoing It Ends With Us authorized battle with Baldoni, 41.

Baldoni’s former expertise company WME dropped the Jane the Virgin star on Dec. 21, the identical day it got here to gentle that Full of life sued him for sexual harassment and accused him of working a smear marketing campaign in opposition to her.

Emanuel shared that he has identified Full of life and Reynolds for over a decade, and referred to as them “actually unbelievable individuals.”

“They’ve by no means had any unhealthy mojo on the market or handled individuals badly,” Emanuel mentioned.

He added, if all that Full of life’s lawsuit alleges — together with Baldoni sexually harassing her on set and fueling a retaliatory public smear marketing campaign to “destroy” her fame — is true, then these concerned are “actually unhealthy individuals.”

Talking of Full of life and Reynolds, he mentioned, “These are good individuals who have been within the enterprise for many years and have by no means had any unhealthy press about them. And all of the individuals they’ve labored with like them.”

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Later, when talking of Baldoni, Emanuel confirmed, “I fired him,” including, “I’m a ride-or-die.”

Emanuel’s remarks come someday after Full of life and Baldoni rejected mediation, with each events agreeing that settlement talks at this stage can be “inappropriate” and “untimely.”

The authorized dispute between the It Ends With Us costars started in December 2024, when Full of life filed a sexual harassment grievance in opposition to Baldoni, accusing him of misconduct throughout the movie’s manufacturing. She additionally alleged that Baldoni and his associates engaged in a retaliatory smear marketing campaign designed to “destroy” her fame — claims Baldoni has denied.

In January, Baldoni countersued Full of life for $400 million, naming Reynolds and their publicist Leslie Sloane in a lawsuit that features claims of extortion and defamation, amongst different allegations.