BACKGRID
Things are be popping off in a big way between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni in their ongoing legal drama … but JB is keeping his cool, cruising some waves and celebrating his birthday in Costa Rica.
Check the pics — Justin stripped down to his swim trunks, flashing those washboard abs with a surfboard in hand … all while soaking up the sun and hitting the waves and making a splash for his 42nd birthday Sunday with the fam.
You’d never guess Justin’s knee-deep in a serious legal mess … the guy looked totally carefree, soaking up the beach life and riding those killer waves like he doesn’t have a worry in the world.
Justin’s always been known for his love of surfing — and he showed off some seriously solid skills — but as the clip makes clear, there were a few wipeouts too … a little symbolic of how the past two years have gone amid all that “It Ends With Us” legal drama.
Of course, more and more has been unraveling lately — with court docs last week revealing a very damning text message that Taylor Swift sent Blake that straight-up called Baldoni a “bitch.” The Blake-Baldoni trial is set to kick off May 18.
