In the wake of the ongoing lawsuit against him, Justin Baldoni’s history in the entertainment industry has become a major talking point in recent weeks.
Now, social media netizens have resurfaced an interview clip from 2017 where the actor spoke about his tenure as Rafael Solano on Jane the Virgin from 2014 to 2019.
In January 2017, Justin, 40, spoke with Fuse about the show, and was specifically asked about his favorite guest star on the hit CW satirical telenovela.
His pick? Britney Spears, who made a cameo as herself in the season two episode “Chapter Twenty-Seven” back in 2015, although their interaction was far from perfect.
“The guest star that I was most excited to work with was Britney Spears. And then, it turned out I didn’t get to work with her,” he revealed. “There were zero scenes with Rafael and Britney Spears, probably at her request.”
Justin embarrassingly recalled jokingly tweeting out to the superstar singer that when she came on set, he wanted to surprise her with a cut-out from her Las Vegas residency.
“I had tweeted her that I was gonna bring a poster from her Live in Las Vegas tour to set. And I didn’t do that, because I don’t have one, I was joking. But I think she thought I was serious.”
He went on to gush about being a “huge Britney Spears fan in high school,” quipping: “What adolescent boy wasn’t?” noting that she had proclaimed she was a fan of the show.
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The dad-of-two recalled another incident with the singer that ended more awkwardly, as he and other members of the cast showed up on set to watch her film her scenes.
© Getty Images“I had tweeted her, and she had tweeted me back, and I had gone up to her. In my mind we’re friends,” he remembered before breaking into nervous laughter and quietly admitting: “We weren’t!”
He excitedly went up to her and “gave her a big hug,” but it didn’t go down well, as he remembered her meekly responding and “I think that I scared her.”
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“I had this awkward moment of like, ‘Did I just harass Britney Spears?’ And I look back and my co-stars are laughing,” Justin recalled of the scene. “So that was a good time.”
© Getty ImagesJustin currently is maintaining a low public profile, ever since allegations of sexual misconduct and a reputation to malign her reputation were levied by his It Ends With Us co-star Blake Lively.
Blake filed a lawsuit alleging the director and his production team made derogatory comments about her appearance while on set, and also launched a campaign with his publicists to present her as being in the wrong on the film’s promotional trail.
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In turn, Justin and his publicists sued the New York Times, which published the initial report and lawsuit on the case, claiming the publication “defamed them” with their article, seeking $250 million in damages.
© Getty ImagesLater this month, Justin will be celebrating his 41st birthday, coincidentally exactly eight years after his conversation with Fuse was published, although he has remained off social media since December 2024.
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