Justin Baldoni has revealed a painful rumor as he breaks his silence on the Blake Lively feud.

Actor Justin Baldoni and his wife Emily mourned the loss and pain their family has suffered in their first public appearance since their long-running legal battle with co-star Blake Lively.

In May, Lively and Baldoni He filed a lawsuit It ends with us after the 2024 film, which ends the controversial lawsuit. The lawsuit alleges that he sexually harassed her on the show and launched a retaliatory smear campaign.

“There have been a lot of painful things that have come into existence in the last two years,” Baldoni said in a video this week.

A judge dismissed Lively’s harassment claim. They settled her revenge lawsuit. Lively said the case highlighted the respectful treatment on set.

Baldoni and his wife smiled and laughed in a five-minute video posted on Instagram on Wednesday.

“For the better part of the past two years, we haven’t spoken publicly, and it’s not because we didn’t have anything to say,” Baldoni said. “Because the Lord knows that we have.

Emily added: “It’s taken a toll on us to move around in the family, which makes it hard to talk.

The settlement of the case seemed like the right time, she said.

“Truth and facts speak for themselves and here we are,” she said.

“We had to wrestle with a lot of things and try to understand a lot of things, like how could something like this happen? Let alone simulate a women’s fight.”

Lively filed a lawsuit against Baldoni and his production company, Wayfarer Studios, in December 2024.

Baldoni has filed a $400m (£298.5m) counterclaim against Lively and her husband, actor Ryan Reynolds, alleging defamation and fraud.