The Office Fan Favorite Calls Out Blake Lively, Backs Justin Baldoni Amid Ambush Claims
The Office alum Rainn Wilson has jumped into the It Ends With Us fallout, siding with Justin Baldoni in his escalating legal fight with Blake Lively — a clash born on set that just got a lot louder.
Rainn Wilson is stepping into Justin Baldoni's corner, and those receipts are now part of the court file. Yes, Dwight Schrute himself shows up in the ongoing legal war between Baldoni and Blake Lively over what went down around the making of the film It Ends With Us.
What Wilson allegedly told Baldoni
According to messages submitted by Baldoni’s legal team and reported by Entertainment Weekly, Wilson texted Baldoni after hearing his side of things. Wilson’s note is pretty blunt:
Oh my God. I can’t believe it. You were set up and ambushed and personally attacked. I’m stunned. I completely relate to you being stunned, like a deer in the headlights.
The texts appear in exhibits tied to the case, so this is one of those very behind-the-scenes moments you rarely see until a lawsuit cracks it open.
The phone call that lit the fuse
The messages also include Baldoni recounting a phone call with Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds. Per Baldoni’s account, Reynolds scolded him "like a five-year-old," and Baldoni says he apologized to both of them during the call. He also tells Wilson he wasn’t thinking straight while apologizing, claiming the words creepy and abuse were used to describe his behavior and that he was essentially fed lines for what to say. He says he struggled to even get the apology out because he was trying to process what was happening, and later felt shaken and small when he got home.
Where the legal fight stands
- December 2024: Lively files a complaint with the California Civil Rights Department, accusing Baldoni of sexual harassment on the It Ends With Us set.
- She then files a lawsuit in New York federal court.
- Baldoni fires back with counterclaims alleging civil extortion, defamation, breach of contract, and invasion of privacy.
- His counterclaims are dismissed.
- Baldoni denies Lively’s allegations.
Why Wilson’s support matters here
Wilson and Baldoni go back almost a decade. They first teamed up for a July 2016 episode of Wilson’s Baha'i Blogcast to talk about their shared Baha'i faith, then appeared together at a SXSW panel in 2017. They kept popping up on each other’s shows over the years — Wilson’s YouTube projects, Baldoni’s podcast — and most recently chatted on a 2024 episode of Wilson’s podcast Soul Boom. So it tracks that Wilson would be a confidant as Baldoni navigates this mess, and that his texts would pop up in the filings.
The takeaway
Wilson’s messages paint a picture of a friend who felt Baldoni was blindsided, while Baldoni’s own texts describe a fraught call with Lively and Reynolds that left him rattled. Whether any of this helps him in court is a separate question, but the documents do add another layer to an already heated, very public dispute.