Cody Ko Is Back With a New Grift - H3 Show #232

Blake Lively sent extensive, performative texts to Taylor Swift, first to manipulate Swift into praising Lively's script revisions to director Justin Baldoni, and later seeking validation and complaining about the movie production. The hosts describe these as 'phony bologoney' and 'manipulative.'

Lively's text to Swift: 'If you get here with this doofus director of my movie is still here... Can you tell him you're excited for the movie? That you read the book, but what you're freaking out about is the pages I sent you. What a magnetic scene it was...' (1:56:28). Later, Lively texts Swift: 'You were so epically heroic today. I recapped every moment to Ryan... You are the world's absolute greatest friend ever. I won the lottery.' (1:59:52)

Taylor Swift responded to Blake Lively's lengthy, performative texts by stating they felt like 'a mass corporate email sent to 200 employees,' expressing a desire for her 'funny, dark, normal speaking friend' to return. This highlights a contrast in communication styles and Taylor's directness.

Swift's text to Lively: 'Your last few, it's felt like I was reading a mass corporate email sent to 200 employees... I just kind of miss my funny, dark, normal speaking friend who talks to me as herself, not like a corporate entity.' (2:36:42)

According to Blake Lively's legal complaint, corroborated by her driver's testimony, Justin Baldoni allegedly admitted during a car ride that he had previously engaged in non-consensual sexual acts, asking, 'Did I always listen when they said no? No.' This is a critical and disturbing allegation.

Lively's complaint states Baldoni 'claimed to Miss Lively that he had been sexually abused by a former girlfriend... At the end of this story, Mr. Baldoni shared that it had caused him to reexamine his past... 'Did I always ask for consent?' No. 'Did I always listen when they said no?' No.' This was corroborated by Lively's assistant/driver. (2:58:01)

A Sony Pictures executive, Andrea Gianetti, referred to Blake Lively as an 'effing terrorist' in a deposition. This was in response to Lively threatening to halt production unless her 'non-negotiable conditions' were met, indicating significant on-set conflict and power struggles.

Andrea Gianetti, EVP of production at Sony, confirmed in a deposition that she referred to Blake Lively as an 'effing terrorist' due to Lively's demands threatening to stop production. (3:34:35)

Lively claimed she 'rewrote the entire script' and 'directed every actor' on 'It Ends With Us' because Baldoni was incompetent, lacked taste, and had an 'enormous ego.' She expressed feeling unfulfilled as just an actor and sought authorship.

Lively's email to Ben Affleck: 'I ended up rewriting and restructuring the entire script. I also ended up having to direct the movie via the chaotic clown director, actor, producer, financier, studio head at the center. Yes, that's all the same person.' (3:26:42)

Actress Jenny Slate, also in the film, described the shoot as 'gross and disturbing' and called Justin Baldoni a 'fraud' and an 'intense narcissist.' She complained about 'unprofessional behavior' and 'needing leadership' but did not explicitly mention sexual harassment in the provided texts.

Jenny Slate's text to Blake Lively: 'Filming the movie has... been a really gross and disturbing shoot, and I'm one of many who feel this way... Justin is truly a false ally... He's the biggest clown and the most intense narcissist.' (3:42:37)

The hosts highlight Kid Rock's song 'Cool Daddy Cool' from the PG-rated movie 'Osmosis Jones,' specifically the lyric: 'Young ladies, young ladies, I like them underage. Some say that's statutory, but I say it's mandatory.' This is presented as an example of problematic content from 2001.

The hosts play and discuss the lyric from Kid Rock's song 'Cool Daddy Cool' from the 2001 PG-rated movie 'Osmosis Jones.' (1:15:21)