Justin Baldoni’s Alleged Circumcision Comment to Blake Lively Resurfaces in New Court Docs

Newly released court documents are pulling back the curtain on a private conversation between It Ends With Us director Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively — and the details are raising eyebrows.

According to filings obtained by People, Baldoni, 41, stopped by Lively’s New York City apartment in December 2022 while she was pregnant with her son Olin. At some point during the visit, the topic of circumcision allegedly came up.

During an October deposition, Lively’s attorney, Michael J. Gottlieb, questioned Baldoni about the encounter and whether the two discussed whether Lively’s unborn baby would be circumcised. Gottlieb then asked, “Did you at any point share with Ms. Lively whether you were circumcised?” Baldoni responded, “Yes.”

When pressed on whether Lively, 38, directly asked him that question, Baldoni said, “Directly, no.”

Gottlieb followed up by asking who was present “at the moment when you relayed to Ms. Lively that you were circumcised?”

Baldoni described a busy household: “There were people going all around. Mr. [Ryan] Reynolds was in and out of the conversation. She had, I think, two nannies. I felt like there was a housekeeper there. Her assistant was walking around. I think she had two assistants there. Her and I were sitting on the couch, but there were people all around.”

He was also asked whether he’d ever shared information about his genitalia with other colleagues. Baldoni replied, “I don’t talk about my genitalia, so no.”

In Lively’s amended complaint filed in January, she elaborated on earlier allegations, claiming she was one of the “women or two” Baldoni “one million percent” made “uncomfortable” on set. The filing said Lively “was disturbed by the fact that Mr. Baldoni ‘described his own genitalia,’” among other accusations.

Her legal team is arguing that the It Ends With Us case should move forward to trial. Baldoni’s lawyers filed for summary judgment in November, asking Judge Lewis J. Liman to dismiss the lawsuit and avoid the trial currently scheduled for March 2026.

On Thursday, December 4, Lively’s attorneys filed their opposition to his motion, urging the judge to deny the request and allow the case to proceed.

Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman previously told TMZ in June that Baldoni “wants to be vindicated, and that’s all that he cares about.”

“He knows who he is. He knows what he’s done; he knows what he hasn’t done. And he wants the truth to come out, and he wants to do that in the appropriate way,” Freedman said. “… He’s waiting for his day in court, where he can speak out to tell the truth.”