{"id":150642,"date":"2025-02-17T14:10:03","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T14:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/17\/ryan-reynolds-jokes-about-blake-lively-justin-baldoni-legal-battle-at-snl-50\/"},"modified":"2025-02-17T14:10:03","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T14:10:03","slug":"ryan-reynolds-jokes-about-blake-lively-justin-baldoni-legal-battle-at-snl-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/17\/ryan-reynolds-jokes-about-blake-lively-justin-baldoni-legal-battle-at-snl-50\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Reynolds Jokes About Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni Legal Battle at &#8216;SNL 50&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The stars came out in force to celebrate the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/02\/pete-davidson-will-not-return-to-snl-amid-ongoing-feud-with-colin-jost-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">50th anniversary of <em>Saturday Night Live<\/em><\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>And one famous couple took the opportunity to crack a joke about their very high-profile controversy.<\/p>\n<p>As you\u2019ve likely heard by now, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/02\/blake-lively-banned-from-taylor-swifts-super-bowl-suite-amid-justin-baldoni-feud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Blake Lively is locked in a messy legal battle<\/a> with her <em>It Ends With Us<\/em> co-star Justin Baldoni.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2200070025-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively attend SNL50: The Anniversary Special on February 16, 2025 in New York City.\" class=\"wp-image-519420 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2200070025-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2200070025-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2200070025-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2200070025-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2200070025-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2200070025-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2200070025-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2200070025-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2200070025-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively attend SNL50: The Anniversary Special on February 16, 2025 in New York City.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>SNL 50<\/em> marked her first public appearance since the drama began. And while Blake didn\u2019t address the scandal, her husband, Ryan Reynolds, slyly acknowledged it.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ryan-reynolds-deflects-with-humor\">Ryan Reynolds Deflects With Humor<\/h2>\n<p>During an audience Q&amp;A session hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, the former Weekend Update anchors called on Reynolds. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cRyan Reynolds! How\u2019s it going?\u201d they asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGreat! Why, what have you heard?\u201d Reynolds replied, clearly poking fun at his newfound status as daily tabloid fodder.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2200077045-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively attend SNL50: The Anniversary Special on February 16, 2025 in New York City.\" class=\"wp-image-519421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2200077045-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2200077045-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2200077045-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2200077045-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2200077045-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2200077045-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2200077045-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2200077045-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2200077045-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively attend SNL50: The Anniversary Special on February 16, 2025 in New York City.\" class=\"wp-image-519421 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2200077045-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2200077045-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2200077045-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2200077045-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2200077045-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2200077045-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2200077045-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2200077045-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2200077045-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively attend SNL50: The Anniversary Special on February 16, 2025 in New York City.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Obviously, Ryan didn\u2019t go into detail. In fact, he might be legally prohibited from doing so.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s interesting that he and Blake seem to have embarked on a charm offensive or redemption tour.<\/p>\n<p>Some stars might have opted to lie low until all of this blows over. But by attending such a high-profile event and subtly joking about their situation, Blake and Ryan are projecting quiet confidence that their side will prevail.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-preparing-for-battle\">Preparing For Battle<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2200081888-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively attend SNL50: The Anniversary Special on February 16, 2025 in New York City.\" class=\"wp-image-519423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2200081888-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2200081888-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2200081888-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2200081888-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2200081888-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2200081888-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2200081888-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2200081888-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2200081888-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively attend SNL50: The Anniversary Special on February 16, 2025 in New York City.\" class=\"wp-image-519423 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2200081888-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2200081888-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2200081888-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2200081888-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2200081888-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2200081888-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2200081888-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2200081888-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2200081888-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively attend SNL50: The Anniversary Special on February 16, 2025 in New York City.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Will the strategy prove effective? Well, it might work in the court of public opinion, but unfortunately for Blake and Ryan, they\u2019re still likely to wind up in front of a judge.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-gearing-up-for-battle\">Gearing Up For Battle<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/01\/taylor-swift-takes-step-back-from-blake-lively-amid-justin-baldoni-legal-drama-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Blake has filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Justin<\/a>, who was also her director on the film.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/01\/justin-baldoni-sues-blake-lively-for-defamation-seeks-400-million\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Baldoni responded by filing a $400 million countersuit<\/a> against Lively and Reynolds.<\/p>\n<p>Given how publicly contentious this situation has become, it seems very unlikely that it\u2019ll be settled out of court.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1853525717-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Justin Baldoni attends \" the=\"\" boys=\"\" in=\"\" boat=\"\" new=\"\" york=\"\" screening=\"\" at=\"\" museum=\"\" of=\"\" modern=\"\" art=\"\" on=\"\" december=\"\" city.=\"\" class=\"wp-image-519424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1853525717-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1853525717-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1853525717-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1853525717-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1853525717-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1853525717-1-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1853525717-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1853525717-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Justin Baldoni attends \" the=\"\" boys=\"\" in=\"\" boat=\"\" new=\"\" york=\"\" screening=\"\" at=\"\" museum=\"\" of=\"\" modern=\"\" art=\"\" on=\"\" december=\"\" city.=\"\" class=\"wp-image-519424 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1853525717-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1853525717-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1853525717-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1853525717-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1853525717-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1853525717-1-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1853525717-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1853525717-1-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Justin Baldoni attends \u201cThe Boys In The Boat\u201d New York Screening at Museum of Modern Art on December 13, 2023 in New York City.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Dia Dipasupil\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last week, Lively\u2019s lawyers subpoenaed Baldoni\u2019s text messages in an effort to expose what they\u2019ve described as a smear campaign against their client.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMs. Lively has initiated discovery that will expose the people, tactics, and methods that have worked to \u2018destroy\u2019 and \u2018bury\u2019 her reputation and family over the past year,\u201d her attorneys, Mike Gottlieb and Esra Hudson, told <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/02\/16\/entertainment\/blake-lively-and-ryan-reynolds-attend-snl50-in-first-red-carpet-since-justin-baldoni-legal-battle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Page Six<\/a> in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will now receive all of the \u2018receipts\u2019 that, unsurprisingly, are nowhere to be found on Mr. Freedman\u2019s website, and like Ms. Lively, those \u2018receipts\u2019 will have their day in court,\u201d they continued.<\/p>\n<p>Baldoni has yet to publicly respond to the latest salvo from Team Lively.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/02\/ryan-reynolds-jokes-about-blake-lively-justin-baldoni-legal-battle-at-snl-50\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes The stars came out in force to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Saturday Night Live on Sunday. And one famous couple took the opportunity to crack a joke about their very high-profile controversy. As you\u2019ve likely heard by now, Blake Lively is locked in a messy legal battle with her It [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":150643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-150642","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}