Blake Lively referred to Justin Baldoni as a "doofus director" and a "clown", according to newly unsealed court documents from the actress's legal case.
The pair starred together in It Ends With Us, but Lively sued Baldoni in December 2024, accusing him of sexual harassment and waging a smear campaign against her. Baldoni strongly denies the claims and is defending the lawsuit.
Text messages from 2023 between Lively and people close to her appear to show that Lively called Baldoni a "rabid pig", while her friend Taylor Swift suggested Baldoni knew the lawsuit was coming "because he's gotten out his tiny violin".
Baldoni's $400m (£295m) counter-suit was dismissed by a judge last June. Neither has yet responded to the BBC's request for comment.
Lively's case is set to go to trial in May.
