A voice note sent by Blake Lively to her It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni before the shooting of the film has now been unsealed and made public through court records amid the ongoing legal dispute between the two.

The voice message was sent on February 8, 2023, weeks before shooting for It Ends With Us began. In the recording, Lively is heard speaking in a calm and open manner, telling Baldoni that she is talking to him more "as a friend" than anything else. Lively also explained that she was feeling "overwhelmed" and stretched thin from handling back-to-back projects while also caring for her young children with husband Ryan Reynolds.