Justin Baldoni On Why Blake Lively Calls Her Home Office ‘Buckingham Palace’

The actress’s home has come up a number of instances of their standoff and was additionally the placement the place the director advised her that he was circumcised whereas she was pregnant.

Justin Baldoni and Blake Energetic have been locked in a authorized battle since she accused him of sexual harassment on the set of “It Ends With Us.”

Baldoni sat for a deposition as a part of his ongoing battle with Energetic on October 6, 2025, in Los Angeles.

In transcripts obtained by People Magazine, the actor claimed that Energetic refers to her New York condominium house workplace as “Buckingham Palace,” due to the variety of well-known celebrities who come there.

“She used to name it Buckingham Palace, as she stated, as a result of so many celebrities walked via there,” Baldoni stated. “I believe that was her workplace in her penthouse condominium, which was the place that Ms. Energetic requested all of our conferences be.”

The pair have gone forwards and backwards at one another with a number of accusations because the “Gossip Woman” actress sued him for sexually harassing her on the set of “It Ends With Us,” and likewise launching a smear marketing campaign towards her, which he denies.

He countersued her, accusing her and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, of defamation and extortion, however a decide has since dismissed the go well with.

Energetic’s penthouse house has turn into a recurring determine within the authorized showdown as references have been made to it a few instances.

In a earlier submitting, Baldoni claimed it was the placement the place Reynolds “berated” him for allegedly “fats shaming” his spouse as they filmed “It Ends With Us,” per Individuals.

The Manhattan penthouse was additionally the placement Baldoni talked about to a pregnant Energetic that he was circumcised throughout a time they talked about her child on the best way.

In response to the transcript from Baldoni’s deposition, Energetic’s lawyer, Michael J. Gottlieb, requested him, “Did you at any level share with Ms. Energetic whether or not you had been circumcised?” and he replied, “Sure.”

He was then requested if the actress requested him such a query, to which he replied, “Immediately, no.” Gottlieb went additional to ask him who else was current within the room when he made the remark.

Baldoni replied, “There have been folks going throughout. Mr. Reynolds was out and in of the dialog. She had, I believe, two nannies. I felt like there was a housekeeper there. Her assistant was strolling round. I believe she had two assistants there. Her and I had been sitting on the sofa, however there have been folks throughout.”

Not too long ago unsealed texts present how Baldoni grew annoyed working with Energetic and accused her of setting him up by refusing a physique double in intercourse scenes.

The actor despatched the textual content to his former agent at William Morris Endeavor Leisure (WME), Danny Greenberg, including that he had a “actually, actually dangerous week” coping with her.

He famous that she advised they’ve a gathering at her house earlier than taking difficulty with how the movie’s romantic scenes could be shot.

Baldoni claims she “refused” to make use of a physique double through the intimate scene, prompting Sony executives and producer Todd Black to step in.

“That is simply setting me up for a lure,” he wrote, additionally sharing that she wished a physique double for use in his place.

Baldoni, in his alleged textual content message to his former agent, expressed displeasure at how Energetic pushed to have them each clothed whereas they filmed intimate scenes.

The actor labeled the entire association “a huge clusterf-ck” and famous within the textual content that he was giving Energetic “95% of what she needs for peace.”

Nonetheless, Baldoni stated that the expertise of working with “an actress who’s rewriting the author and director” had been “very draining” and “time-consuming” for him.