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Mar 2025
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Lively Vs. Baldoni and the Legal Stakes ...

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Matt is joined by entertainment lawyer and litigator Bryan Freedman to discuss the key legal issues surrounding actor Justin Baldoni’s lawsuits against ‘It Ends With Us’ costar Blake Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds, her PR team, and ‘The New York Times,’ as well as Blake Lively’s lawsuit against Baldoni. Matt questions Bryan about the non-disparaging agreement between Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively, the issue of regulating behavior on set, and the growing influence social media has in the PR world (03:12).


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Host: Matt Belloni

Guest: Bryan Freedman


Producers: Craig Horlbeck and Jessie Lopez

Theme Song: Devon Renaldo

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