Justin Baldoni: Wife Emily congratulates him on Instagram

In the middle of his legal dispute with “only once” co-star Blake Lively (37), Justin Baldoni (41) can apparently rely on his wife Emily (40). Since the various complaints became known, Baldoni’s social media accounts and his wife and Blake Lively-until now. The Swedish actress took the 41st birthday of her husband as an opportunity to congratulate him and strengthen his back.

“Happy birthday, my love. We celebrate the man, husband and father you are. I would always choose you again and again,” Emily Baldoni wrote on Saturday as a family photo with the children together. The snapshot shows the couple kissing in front of a sea backdrop, one of the children sits on the shoulders of Justin Baldoni. The photo is likely to have been taken in Hawaii, where Baldoni is currently on vacation with his family.

Emily Baldoni has been married to Justin Baldoni since 2013, the two have two children. Born in Swed, she also works as an actress. Among other things, she was seen in a small role as a doctor in “only once” – the film where her husband directed and around the current legal dispute with Blake Lively.

Lively, the film’s leading actress, had filed a lawsuit against co-star and director Justin Baldoni at the California Civil Rights Department shortly before Christmas 2024. It is about allegations of sexual harassment and the coordinated attempt to destroy the actress’s public reputation.

Baldoni initially filed a lawsuit against the newspaper “New York Times” at the turn of the year, which had made the allegations public several days before the lawsuit. In mid-January 2025 there was a defamation against Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds (48) of $ 400 million compensation. The actor accuses the couple to have tried to “only” steal the film “once more” and “destroy” Baldoni with false claims. He accuses the defendant, among other things, a form of blackmail, defamation and violation of his privacy.