Justin Baldoni kisses wife Emily on family trip to Universal Studios amid Blake Lively It Ends With Us drama

Justin Baldoni brushed off the drama surrounding his rumored feud with It Ends With Us star Blake Lively as he enjoyed a fun day with his family at Universal Studios in LA this week.

The Jane the Virgin star, 40, was spotted with his wife, Swedish actress Emily Baldoni, also 40, and their kids Maiya, nine, and Maxwell, six.

The family posed for photos in front of the entrance to the theme park, but the kids kept their backs to the camera in order to preserve their privacy.

Justin captioned the post: 'Thanks for having us, @unistudios – the kids loved being around so many muggles!'

The couple – who have been married since 2013 – also shared a kiss with the marquee for the park in the background.

The fun family outing comes as Baldoni, who acquired the book rights, wrote and directed It Ends With Us – is dealing with drama with the movie's star, Blake Lively, 37. 

Lively and Baldoni have fueled rumors of a bitter feud after doing separate promotion work on the summer hit and are said not to be talking.

The two stars of the film have very different views of what the movie is about.

Baldoni highlighted the domestic violence in the storyline while Lively reportedly saw it as her 'Oscar vehicle' and played up the romantic nature of the film.

The book's author, Colleen Hoover, and much of the cast and crew have sided with Blake in the mysterious feud, which has led to a sequel to the film being in jeopardy.

Baldoni already owns the rights to Hoover's It Starts With Us which follows the story of Lily and Atlas, the homeless boy she befriends as a teenager and later runs into as an adult in It Ends With Us.

The drama reportedly began with rumors of onset tension between Lively and Baldoni.

Lively and Baldoni apparently clashed on-set with her accusing him of 'fat-shaming' her.

That incident started when Baldoni, who has back issues, asked his personal trainer for guidance on how to safely protect his back, during a scene in which he had to lift 5'10" Lively into the air.

Baldoni allegedly asked the trainer how much Lively weighed and asked for help preparing his back to avoid becoming injured.

 Blake reportedly felt Baldoni was fat shaming her with his inquiry. 

That animosity has spilled into post-production and publicity to the extent that Lively has now been accused of effectively bullying Baldoni out of his first major movie.

It was Baldoni who bought the rights to Hoover's novel and directed the movie but, reportedly Lively was unhappy with Baldoni's final cut, so she and her husband Ryan Reynolds, 47, paid for their own editor to cut a different one.

Baldoni's cut 'tested better' but the studio went with Lively's, after the actress, who is one of Taylor Swift's best friends, 'strongly suggested that if they didn't use her version, they wouldn't be able to use Taylor's song' My Tears Richochet in the movie.

Critics of Lively's have pointed to her tone-deaf promotion of the film, where, instead of bringing awareness to domestic violence issues, she chose instead to promote her new hair care line Blake Brown, and urged fans to 'grab your friends, wear your florals and head out to see it!' as if she were promoting a romantic comedy.