Justin Baldoni paid a visit to The Happiest Place on Earth — despite the recent devastating blow in his legal battle with Blake Lively.
Fans spotted the actor at Disneyland Park in Anaheim, Calif., over the weekend, just weeks after a judge threw out his $400 million lawsuit against his “It Ends Us With Us” co-star.
Baldoni, 41, seemed to be in high spirits as he smiled and waved to other guests at the theme park. Many took out their phones to record him and shared the footage on various social media accounts.
One fan called the director “such a sweet guy” in her TikTok video, which showed Baldoni stopping to take selfies with her and her friends.
In a second video, the actor appeared to be having a light-hearted encounter with a pal in the park as the two joked and laughed.
The outing comes just weeks after Baldoni’s legal team announced they would not be moving forward with amending the lawsuit against Lively after Judge Lewis J. Liman shockingly threw out the actor’s countersuit.
“The Court’s decision on the motion to dismiss has no effect whatsoever on the truth that there was no harassment nor any smear campaign, and it does not in any way affect our vigorous defense against Ms. Lively’s claims,” Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, told Page Six at the time, noting that they would now be focusing on the actor’s defense.
A spokesperson for Lively also released a statement to Page Six, stating, “The Court dismissed the frivolous $400 million Baldoni-Wayfarer lawsuit in its entirety.”
“In the days that followed, Baldoni’s lawyer said the judge’s decision to dismiss their case was not a big deal as they promised to amend and refile it,” the statement continued. “As per usual, that was not true. The Court’s dismissal of Baldoni’s sham lawsuit was a total victory after all.”
Rumblings of a feud between Baldoni and Lively, 37, began in August 2024 when fans noticed that the two seemed to do all of their press for “It Ends With Us” separately.
Multiple sources told Page Six at the time that the two did not get along on set.
One insider claimed that Baldoni — who both starred in and directed the film based on author Colleen Hoover’s book of the same name — created an “extremely difficult” atmosphere on set. Others alleged that “none of the cast enjoyed working” with the “Jane the Virgin” alum.
Just a few weeks later, the “Gossip Girl” alum filed a formal lawsuit against Baldoni in New York federal court over lost wages, emotional distress and more.
Lively claimed in her lawsuit that Baldoni sexually harassed her on the set of their movie. She also claimed that he hired a crisis management team to destroy her reputation after a meeting was held to address his allegedly concerning behavior.
“It is shameful that Ms. Lively and her representatives would make such serious and categorically false accusations,” Baldoni and his attorney told Page Six in response to the allegations. “These claims are completely false, outrageous and intentionally salacious with an intent to publicly hurt and rehash a narrative in the media.”
Baldoni filed a countersuit in January, in which he claimed Lively tried to assert creative control in several aspects of the film, including the script and wardrobe. He also claimed she used her friendship with Taylor Swift to manipulate him.
In May, Swift, 35, was subpoenaed as a witness in the trial, though the request was later dropped.
Prior to his countersuit against Lively, Baldoni had filed a $250 million libel lawsuit against the New York Times in December 2024 claiming their story — titled “‘We Can Bury Anyone’: Inside a Hollywood Smear Machine” — relied almost entirely on Lively’s unverified and self-serving narrative, lifting it nearly verbatim while disregarding an abundance of evidence that contradicted her claims and exposed her true motives.”
Both lawsuits against Lively and the publication were dismissed by a judge earlier this month.
Baldoni and Lively have vehemently denied the allegations against each other. A trial is set for March 9, 2026.