Justin Baldoni Emerges with New Haircut on Outing with Wife Emily amid Legal Battle with Blake Lively

Justin Baldoni is showing off a new look.

In Hawaii on Saturday, March 22, the actor and director was seen sporting a much shorter hairstyle while on an outing with his wife, Emily. In place of his signature long curls, Baldoni's dark hair is cut into a tapered buzz cut with longer strands on top.

The star, 41, was also spotted rocking a longer beard. He kept his outfit casual with a pair of navy blue shorts and a white tank top. He also added a chain necklace and pair of sunglasses for the outing, where he is focusing on his family and staying out of the spotlight.

In celebration of Baldoni's 41st birthday on Friday, Jan. 24, Emily, 40, shared a tribute to her husband on Instagram. "Happy birthday my love. Celebrating the man, husband, and father that you are. I’d choose you again and again," she wrote alongside a family photo.

The couple, who married in 2013 and share two kids, Maiya, 9, and Maxwell, 7, have recently been spending time in Hawaii, amid his ongoing legal battle with It Ends with Us actress Blake Lively. In December, she sued Baldoni, her costar and director, accusing him of sexual harassment and a retaliatory smear campaign after she spoke up. She also sued crisis public relations manager Melissa Nathan, producer Jamey Heath, Baldoni's Wayfarer production company co-founder Steve Sarowitz, and others.

He has denied any wrongdoing and filed a countersuit against Lively, her husband, Ryan Reynolds, and their publicist in January.

Baldoni's lawyer Bryan Freedman said in a Feb. 17 interview that he wouldn't classify the star's trip to Hawaii with his family as a "vacation." Said Freedman, "I wouldn't call it vacation. I don't think anybody who has been accused of heinous, arguably what are crimes, is on 'vacation.' I think he is trying to gather with his family and get some semblance of peace."

Baldoni and Lively's case is scheduled to head to trial in March 2026.

In 2023, the Jane the Virgin alum shared an Instagram video cutting his hair to donate to Locks of Love charity, which specializes in making custom wigs for children who have lost their hair for medical reasons.

"And it's done," Baldoni captioned the post, hashtagging the phrases #fouryearsinthemaking and #youcantelliwasnervousbymygumchewing.

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In the clip, the actor explains to his then-5-year-old son Maxwell, "The reason you're cutting it like that baby is 'cause Daddy's gonna donate his hair to somebody who can't grow their hair 'cause maybe they got cancer like Uncle Zach, or they lost their hair."

Maxwell then cuts the first lock of his father's hair, while his sister Maiya, then 7, closes her eyes and says, "Tell me when it's done."