Justin Baldoni recalled an awkward hug with Britney Spears

Justin Baldonimeeting experience Britney Spears on set is reviewed thanks to a re-clip.

During an interview in January 2017 FuseBaldoni, 40, recalled the awkward moment he interacted with the pop superstar when she guest-starred in Jane the Virgin.

“I know she was a fan of the show,” he recalled. “We were filming and then a few of us who weren’t in scenes with her came to watch one of her scenes. Since I tweeted her and she tweeted back, I approached her (too) so I guess we were friends, but we weren’t. I came up and hugged her tightly and I think I scared her.’

After the moment, Baldoni saw his co-stars laugh, leaving the actor wondering, “Did I just stalk Britney Spears?”

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Jane the Virgin was a telenovela-inspired romantic comedy that captivated fans with its soapy plot twists and love triangles. Created by Jenny Snyder Urman, the Golden Globe-nominated TV show first hit the scene in 2014 and ran for five seasons before its satisfying conclusion. The cast of the series was led by Gina Rodriguez, Justin (…)

“I was a huge Britney Spears fan in high school. What teenager wasn’t?” he asked. “The guest star I was most excited to work with was Britney Spears. And then it turned out that I did not have time to work with her. And there was not a single scene with Raphael and Britney Spears – probably at her request.”

Baldoni played Rafael Solano Jane the Virgin for nearly 100 episodes between 2014 and 2019. During Season 2, the show welcomed Spears, 43, as a guest star, where she played alone.

“I tweeted her. I was going to bring a poster from her Live (from) Las Vegas I didn’t do it because I don’t have it,” Baldoni recalls. “I was joking. But I think she thought I was serious.”

Us Weekly reached out to Baldoni’s team for comment on the video.

The restored clip comes as Baldoni finds himself in a legal battle with his own It ends with us Castor Blake Lively.

In December 2024, 37-year-old Lively sued Baldoni for sexual harassment. The suit claims the meeting was held to address Lively’s claims that there was a “hostile work environment” on the set. She also accused the actor of launching a campaign of “social manipulation” against her to “destroy” her reputation.

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The feud between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni made headlines months before the It’s Over with Us co-stars filed a lawsuit. While Lively and Baldoni were promoting the film in August 2024, rumors of an alleged feud between the pair surfaced. Fans noticed that Lively was promoting the film with some of her co-stars, and Baldoni, who (…)

lawyer Baldoni, Brian Friedmanin his statement for usclaiming that Lively sued to “correct her negative reputation” and “reframe the narrative” about the film’s production.

Baldoni struck back a few days later his own suitwhere he was listed as one of 10 plaintiffs sue The New York Times for $250 million after Lively’s lawsuit was announced. Baldoni’s lawsuit alleged that Lively conducted a “strategic and manipulative” smear campaign against him and “cherry-picked” communications without mentioning key details.

Press secretary The New York Times said the publication stands by the story and plans to “vigorously defend against the lawsuit.”