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Amid all of the scandal surrounding Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively, there is no denying that It Ends With Us has taken on a sour note for fans. With even Colleen Hoover’s reputation having taken a hit from all the speculation, what was once a celebrated work has become a symbol of a very public controversy.

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni in It Ends with Us | Credits- Sony Pictures

With this, many past interactions between Lively and Baldoni have also become ironic in a sense, as fans reel at the evident lies that they were spouting during the film’s press tour. One specific clip is resurfacing of Baldoni speaking highly of Lively before tragedy struck, which seems almost painful to watch again.

Justin Baldoni had nothing but nice things to say about Blake Lively

Through the evidence that Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have been putting out, fans...

Justin Baldoni’s issues with Blake Lively have started affecting his career. According to a source, Baldoni may lose three potential projects, including a live-action Pac-Man. The It Ends With Us actor and his Wayfarer Studios were involved in the live-action version of the popular arcade game from 2022. Amidst the drama in August 2024, reports about the film resurfaced.

After months of speculation about a feud between the lead actors on It Ends With Us, Lively accused co-star Baldoni of creating a hostile work environment in a civil rights complaint filed on December 21. Baldoni filed a countersuit, claiming damages worth $400 million for charges including civil extortion and defamation.

Justin Baldoni with Blake Lively in It Ends With Us | Credits: Sony Pictures Releasing

However, Lively’s complaint had done some damage to Baldoni’s career. He and his studio were both dropped by WME, the talent agency. While Baldoni has strong support from a section of fans,...

Justin Baldoni is widely recognized for playing Rafael Solano in Jane the Virgin. He’s also a filmmaker and social activist who has used his influence to bring important issues to attention. Lately, he has been in the headlines for his feud with Blake Lively, which has already led to legal filings.

Justin Baldoni in It Ends with Us | Sony Entertainment Pictures

But amid all this noise, a lesser-known lawsuit from his past has resurfaced. Baldoni, who has positioned himself as an advocate for inclusivity has been accused of racial discrimination by an ex-employee. So, let’s take a closer look at all the claims from this legal battle.

Justin Baldoni and his company reportedly breached an employee’s contract Justin Baldoni in It Ends with Us | Sony Entertainment Pictures

The lawsuit in question has been filed by a Black man, whom Justin Baldoni and entrepreneur Steve Sarowitz had hired...

Actor/director Justin Baldoni is receiving support online from his mom as she recently took to Instagram to wish her son a happy 41st birthday. The birthday tribute comes as Baldoni is embroiled in a legal battle with his It Ends with Us co-star Blake Lively.

Baldoni’s mother, Sharon Baldoni, on her son’s birthday on Jan. 24, wrote a tribute on Instagram that included a few pictures of the two of them. “Happy Birthday Justin ~ remembering a wonderful moment after the final ending of 'Jane The Virgin' - a moment where joy and love permeated the set, where friendships and family were born and kindness and integrity permeated the hearts of all the actors and crew, where sadness only entered because it was the final scene of a wonderful journey ~ and the beginning of the rest of our lives.”

Baldoni played Rafael Solano in all 99 episodes of Jane the Virgin,...

Ever wondered how Justin Baldoni transformed from a struggling actor into one of Hollywood’s most influential multi-hyphenate talents? You’re not alone!

This versatile star has captured hearts not just through his acting chops, but also through his groundbreaking work behind the camera and his powerful advocacy for social causes.

Justin Baldoni | Credits: Instagram @justinbaldoni

From melting hearts as Rafael Solano to directing tear-jerking films that leave audiences speechless, Baldoni’s journey is nothing short of inspiring. Let’s dive into the five game-changing moments that turned this passionate creative into the powerhouse we know today. Trust us, his story is way more fascinating than you might think!

5. Launch of Wayfarer Entertainment (2013) Justin Baldoni | Credits: Instagram @justinbaldoni

Before he was Rafael Solano, Justin Baldoni made what might be the smartest move of his career – founding Wayfarer Entertainment. This wasn’t just another production company churning out content; it was...

Justin Baldoni’s high-profile litigator Bryan Freedman has been on the warpath to defend his client in the evolving drama over It Ends With Us. Weeks after filing a $250 million libel suit against The New York Times for allegedly conspiring with the film’s star Blake Lively and her PR team to advance an “unverified and self-serving narrative” using “cherry-picked and altered communications stripped of necessary context,” the attorney’s firm on Jan. 21 highlighted a chunk of unedited footage featuring the actors in the hope of debunking claims of sexual harassment.

Yet Freedman, one of the entertainment industry’s most divisive attorneys (in a 2024 Hollywood Reporter profile he explained: “If you fuck with my client, you get what you get”), has gone after Baldoni, too. In a previously unreported 2021 case that’s since been settled, he represented a person with cystic fibrosis who’d appeared on the Baldoni-produced and -hosted docuseries My Last Days,...

Hey there, fellow entertainment enthusiasts! Let’s talk about Justin Baldoni, who you probably know best as the charming Rafael Solano from Jane the Virgin. But trust us, there’s so much more to this incredible guy than his unforgettable role in the hit series.

Justin Baldoni in Jane the Virgin | Credits: The CW

From his early days as a star athlete to becoming a groundbreaking filmmaker and advocate for social change, Baldoni has built quite an impressive career that might surprise even his biggest fans. So, grab your favorite beverage, get comfortable, and let’s dive into five fascinating facts about Mr. Baldoni that’ll make you see him in a whole new light.

5. Justin Baldoni: From track star to television star Justin Baldoni | Credits: Instagram @justinbaldoni

Here’s something that might blow your mind: before Justin Baldoni became the actor we all know and love, he was actually...

What Is It Ends With Us Star Justin Baldoni’s Net Worth? ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

Actor and filmmaker Justin Baldoni has been mired in controversy ever since the release of his hit film It Ends with Us. After the news of his alleged feud with his co-star Blake Lively, the actress has accused him of sexual harassment.

Justin has been working in the entertainment industry for two decades and has accumulated a decent amount of wealth along the way. However, his net worth might take a dip following the lawsuit by Blake Lively, as his talent agency WME has already decided to drop him.

Justin Baldoni’s Net Worth

As per the website Celebrity Net Worth, Justin Baldoni has a net worth of $4 million, which is quite less than Blake Lively’s estimated net worth of $30 million. Justin shot to fame by playing Rafael Solano in The CW show Jane the Virgin...

Justin Baldoni knows how to direct romance. His years of playing Rafael Solano on "Jane the Virgin" have equipped him with skills that give him an eye for intimacy, a full-bodied embrace of well-worn tropes guaranteed to make a Mother-Daughter movie night overflow with tears, and choosing actors who can make even the most nonsensical dialogue feel lived in. His previous films, "Five Feet Apart" and "Clouds," fall under the same teenage illness romance umbrella, but "It Ends With Us" is only arguably an adult story, as author Colleen Hoover seemingly wrote the book in the format of "YA romance, but this time they're adults!" Baldoni's biggest canvas yet gives the massive challenge of adapting one of the most popular books of the decade for a major studio, all while co-starring as the male lead and juggling the trickiest subject matter of his career.

Blake Lively stars as aspiring florist Lily Blossom Bloom,...

Although Jane the Virgin ended with Jane Villanueva and Rafael Solano getting their happily ever after, there are many fans who rooted for the original dream team: Jane and Michael. Before she lived a life with Rafael, Jane was happily married to Michael Cordero.

Related: Jane The Virgin 5 Characters Who Got Fitting Endings (& 5 Who Deserved More)

The couple had their struggles, but they always pulled through until the day Michael (allegedly) died. Jane and Michael shared their burdens with one another and encouraged each other to follow their dreams. They would have made a great long-term team if their time hadn't been cut short. Here are 10 times Jane and Michael were relationship goals.

From 2014 until 2019, Jane the Virgin told the story of Jane Villanueva, a Latina, a writer, a young woman, a daughter, a granddaughter and a virgin who was artificially inseminated after a unique series of events (making her a mother as well).

Related: Jane The Virgin: All Of Jane's Romantic Interests, Ranked

While this rom-com series made fans laugh, cry and gasp over and over, one of the best parts about it was the love story. Throughout a good portion of the series, Jane was involved in a love triangle with Rafael Solano and Michael Cordero Jr. It's time to look at five reasons Jane should have ended up with Michael and five that it should have been Rafael.

Warning: spoilers for Jane the Virgin below!

If there's anything we can expect after five seasons of Jane the Virgin, it's a proper telenovela ending. As our well-loved narrator explains at the beginning of the series finale, "Chapter One Hundred," all telenovelas wrap up with a wedding, and fans have been waiting ages to see Jane Gloriana Villanueva and Rafael Solano tie the damn knot. Well, rest assured, "Jafael" fans, the wedding does occur. But in true Jane the Virgin fashion, there are some unexpected bumps in the road before the two take their romantic walk down the aisle!

Related: Jane the Virgin Ends on a Sweet Note - Here's What Happens to All Your Favorite Characters

"Chapter One Hundred" begins with our final look back at a young Jane as she, Xiomara, and Alba watch the closing minutes of their favorite telenovela. "Our Jane never loved endings," the narrator...

Rafael Solano, owner and operator of the Marbella Hotel, father to Mateo, Anna, and Elsa, and on-again-off-again partner of Jane, might be the most complex character in Jane the Virgin. A playboy hustler in remission for cancer, Rafael’s arc goes from scumbag to sweetheart and back again at the drop of a hat. Because of his complicated moral compass, he’s got a lot of moments where he’s a great and loving partner to Jane, or to his ex-wife Petra, as well as many moments where his ego and anger get the better of him.

Related: 10 Things That Need to Happen Before Jane the Virgin Ends

At his core, Rafael is a good guy, but a good guy with so many divots in the road it’s hard to keep a straight line of where he’s at. With half of the final season left to go, there...

After five seasons of melodrama and gasp-inducing twists, I’ve come to expect the unexpected from Jane the Virgin.

Jane is a heartfelt and joyful show about strong independent women, the power of family, and has even given a voice and platform to the Latinx community. But there’s no denying that at its core, it’s a telenovela.

It’s easy to forget or overlook those telenovela undertones because Jane does such a good job at inserting real and relatable emotions into impossible plots.

There’s been plenty of moments that make you go holy crap throughout the show’s run: evil twins, buried skeletons on the beach, and kidnapping attempts are all high up on the list.

But, as viewers know, even being aware of Jane’s track record with telenovela tropes couldn’t prepare us for the mammoth reveal at the end of Jane the Virgin Season...

A tearjerking romance is only as great as its two leads, and the subgenre has seen many pairings rise to the occasion over the years, be it Ali MacGraw and Ryan O’Neal in “Love Story” or Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort in “The Fault in Our Stars.” Next year, indie favorite Haley Lu Richardson and “Riverdale” star Cole Sprouse will try their hand at a romantic weepie with “Five Feet Apart,” and anyone familiar with the young performers know they shouldn’t have a problem tugging at the heartstrings.

“Five Feet Apart” stars Richardson and Sprouse as a pair of teenagers with cystic fibrosis who meet at a hospital and fall in love, despite the fact they aren’t allowed to be closer than five feet due to their illness. The romance is the feature directorial debut of Justin Baldoni, who is best known for playing Rafael Solano on...

Spoilers for the Jane the Virgin season 4 finale ahead

The Jane the Virgin season 4 finale, “Chapter Eighty-One,” ended on a major cliffhanger with Michael Cordero, Jr. (Brett Dier) seemingly returning from the dead, but is he really alive? When Jane the Virgin first kicked off, Jane Villanueva (Gina Rodriguez) was dating Michael. While the show spent much of its early seasons chronicling their love story, especially as it intersected with Jane’s relationship with her son’s father Rafael Solano (Justin Baldoni), Michael died partway through season 3.

Delia Harrington Mar 25, 2019

Jane the Virgin Season 5 will be a big finale for the beloved TV show. Here's what we know about the season premiere!

Ok friends, first the good news: Jane the Virgin Season 5 has been officially renewed by The CW. Now the not so good: this is the show’s final season.

The show just released a touching, joyful tribute to the final season, with the cast weighing in on what to expect from the show's final outing. Check it out...

Video of Jane The Virgin | The Final Chapter Begins | The CW

Here’s everything else we know for now, including some major story details about the Season 5 premiere...

Jane the Virgin Season 5 Release Date

When will Jane the Virgin Season 5 return? The show will return on Wednesday, March 27th at 9pm Et with a premiere directed by Gina Rodriguez herself. Gina first directed an episode in season...

Is a name change in order for “Jane the Virgin”? That’s not likely for the second-year CW show–but co-star Justin Baldoni, who plays Rafael Solano, thinks that the show’s leading lady may not warrant her titular description for too much longer. “I think in Season 2, you can expect a lot of drama,” he said. “It’s Jane the Virgin, but hopefully by the end of the season it’ll just be Jane, and the Virgin will be scratched out.” But is his comment a guess or a spoiler about Gina Rodriguez’s Jane Villaneuva, who at the end of the first season.

Wrapping up its most watched season in seven years, The CW Network presented its 2015-16 broadcast schedule today to advertisers, affiliates and national media at New York City Center in New York City. The indie-pop band Of Monsters and Men kicked off the presentation with a live performance of their latest single "Crystals," and their international hit song "Little Talks." Here's what CW's Mark Pedowitz had to say in a statement.

"This has been a terrific season for The CW, and is a result of a strategy we set in motion a few years ago to broaden out and grow our audience. We had our most watched season, and our highest-rated season among men, in seven years. We launched The CW's most watched series ever with The Flash, and with The Flash and Jane the Virgin, we received more critical acclaim than ever before. The CW is heading into...

The cast of “Jane The Virgin” felt at home tackling illegal immigration in the magical realism of the CW’s telenovela. The series’ mid-season premiere Jan. 19 revolved around Jane’s abuelita Alba (Ivonne Coll), who faces deportation after a traumatic brain injury (she’s since recovered). “I represent thousands of immigrants who came to this country,” Coll said Sunday at PaleyFest L.A. Her Spanish-speaking character, “puts a face on all of the thousands of illegal immigrants who are here who aren’t criminals. I think we’re doing something important.” Others in the cast share Coll's sense of added pressure. Back in January, Gina Rodriguez said her Golden Globe win represented a “culture that wants to see themselves as heroes.” It was the CW’s first Globe win and has helped push the ensemble cast to new heights. “When you’re in a scene with Gina, it makes you better,...

Gina Rodriguez's (fake) belly is growing on "Jane the Virgin."

Access Hollywood's Liz Hernandez went behind-the-scenes on the set of the hit CW show with the Golden Globe winning actress while she filmed a fantasy dance sequence with onscreen boyfriend and the father of her baby, Rafael Solano (played by Justin Baldoni).

"To dance with the belly is so incredible… and it's a very lovely dance, so it's like invasive and it's there and it's wonderful," Gina told Liz. "And I just think about all the beautiful pregnant women that are dealing [with ...

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"Jane the Virgin" star Justin Baldoni is expecting a baby with wife Emily.

Justin and Emily revealed the news when he posted a YouTube video on Wednesday that showed them taking inspiration from his television show. Justin and Emily recreated the scene from "Jane The Virgin" where Rafael Solano (Justin's character) and Jane (Golden Globe winner Gina Rodriguez) hear their baby's heartbeat during a doctor's appointment.

For his YouTube announcement, the dad-to-be recorded the reactions of friends, family, and co-workers on video as he and his wife told them the baby news. There were plenty of happily surprised ...

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Is Jane a virgin no more?

On Monday’s episode of the CW series, the titular heroine has an epiphany: she’s unmarried and pregnant — her worst fear come true — so why wait to have sex, especially when she’s found the guy she plans to spend the rest of her life with?

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Needless to say, her fiancé Michael is into the idea, and the big night is scheduled for at the hotel’s presidential suite (a gift from Petra). “Are you nervous?” he asks Jane in the next scene.