Jameela Jamil Labels Blake Lively ‘Suicide Bomber’ in Texts Unsealed Amid Legal Dispute

Private messages between Jameela Jamil and her publicist Jennifer Abel, which refer to Blake Lively as a “suicide bomber” and “villain,” have been unsealed in court filings. The texts, dated August 2024, were sent in response to a TikTok video criticizing Lively’s interviews during the film It Ends With Us’s press tour. Online commenters argued that the promotional tone contradicted the movie’s focus on domestic abuse.

Jamil stated she made these comments months before Lively filed her lawsuit against Justin Baldoni in December 2024. “Check the dates,” Jamil said. “There were four months between when I was saying those things and a lawsuit coming to light. I had no idea about any of this stuff, so I was just purely venting to my friend about how I felt about the press rollout for that fcking terrible movie.”

The actress, who has personal experience with domestic violence, explained her use of the term “suicide bomber” as a metaphor: “Me calling her a ‘suicide bomber’ is just a reference to me watching someone use their own terrible answers in interviews to blow up their own career or their own project. I found that both funny and very agitating. And I’m just kidding around in private text messages.”

Jamil also criticized the unredacted release of her texts, calling it “very targeted.” She added: “The fact that my name was unredacted, all of it, just felt very targeted and very weird and an attempt to throw me under the bus.”

Lively’s lawsuit accuses Baldoni of sexual harassment and orchestrating a “social manipulation” campaign. Baldoni denied the claims, labeling them “shameful” and “serious and categorically false,” and filed a countersuit that was dismissed in June. A trial is scheduled for May 18.