The Justin Baldoni Video Worked Because It Didn't Look Like PR

The Justin Baldoni Video Worked Because It Didn't Look Like PR

July 17, 2026 · 37 min

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Molly McPherson analyzes Justin Baldoni's recent Instagram video and its unstrategic appearance as a successful PR move.

Justin Baldoni hadn't said a public word in almost two years. Then last week he propped up a phone, sat down next to his wife Emily, and posted a video to his own Instagram — no publicist, no People magazine. I told NBC News the most strategic thing about the video is how unstrategic it looked, and in this episode I show you the receipts. I walk through every move the way I teach my own clients: the owned-channel play (stop fighting Meta's algorithm — bring the crisis to your channel), the o...

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