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Jameela Jamil After she texted her about Blake Lively made headlines claiming her name was not redacted to “cause her as much trouble as possible” while defending her remarks.
Lively’s legal action against her It all ends with us director and co-star Justin Baldoni It is about to enter the trial stage, and the results of the case have been brought Recently unsealed testimony Lights from the film’s cast and crew.
This includes Lively’s text exchange with Taylor Swift Emails to Ben Affleck, messages to Sony Pictures executives, and private text messages exchanged in August 2024 between Jamil and her publicist Jennifer Abel, who also represented Baldoni.
At the time, Jamil and Abel were apparently responding to TikTok’s criticism of Lively. It all ends with us Considering the film is about domestic abuse, the press conference seemed unserious.
“She is now a suicide bomber,” Jamil, 39, texted, adding: “I have never seen such bizarre villain behavior before.”
The messages came four months before Lively sued Baldoni in December 2024, accusing him of sexual harassment and orchestrating an online smear campaign against her in retaliation for her complaints. She is seeking about $500 million in damages.
Baldoni denies all accusations. The actor-director launches $400 million countersuit fired last year.
On Thursday (January 22), Jamil shared a video in which she clarified her belief that being a feminist does not exclude someone from having personal differences with other women.
There is no specific mention of Lively or It all ends with us OK, but then published articles focusing on her text.
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In another video posted the next day, the British actor, host and activist directly responded to her comments about Lively, saying she was “ready to say something,” including that her text messages were sent before she knew about Lively’s lawsuit.
She said: “I find it very strange that my private text messages from 18 months ago are suddenly being made public and my name has been deliberately withheld to cause me as much trouble as possible, even though they have nothing to do with the case.”
She said of the text messages themselves: “I don’t know anything about this stuff, I was just purely venting my feelings to my friends about the press conference for that f*cking terrible movie. [It Ends With Us]”.
Jamil said she disliked the press campaign for the film because she grew up with domestic violence in her home and became a victim of it in her twenties: “It offended me. Did I choose to vent publicly? No… I personally know what it’s like to be a woman on the front lines of the media.”
“So I brought it to the group chat,” she said. “I was talking to my friend about it, and he happened to be treated very badly by some very powerful, wealthy celebrities, some of whom were involved.”
Jamil said she “gets angry” when she thinks someone treats her friend badly: “We whine, gossip, affirm each other, support each other… it’s part of the joy of being a woman.”
She called it a “victimless crime” because “no one should have seen these text messages” and concluded by saying “the fact that I was involved in this felt very sinister, my name was not redacted, it all felt very targeted and very strange and an attempt to throw me under the bus”.
Jameel said she felt it was “inappropriate” to comment on the lawsuit itself, adding that she was more concerned about what was happening in places like Palestine, Sudan, Congo, the United Kingdom and the United States.
“We are all tired of hearing about this boring movie that has gotten more media coverage than all genocides combined,” she said.
If Lively and Baldoni are unable to reach an agreement in court-ordered settlement talks next month, the trial will begin on May 18.
This week, Baldoni’s lawyers urge federal judge to dismiss Lively’s lawsuitarguing that her case amounted to nothing more than a “minor slight.”
Lawyers representing Lively deny that characterization, claiming Baldoni and the other defendants created a sexually charged work environment that marginalized women and assaulted Lively after she raised concerns.