SNLPoked Fun at Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni's Legal Battle 2 Weeks After She Appeared on Show with Ryan Reynolds

Mar. 15, 2025

Saturday Night Livepoked fun at the legal battle betweenBlake LivelyandJustin Baldoni, two weeks after the actress appeared on the show herself alongside her husbandRyan Reynolds.

On the long-running NBC sketch series' most recent episode, which aired Saturday, March 1,“Weekend Update"co-anchorColin Jost— who, notably, is married to Reynolds' ex-wifeScarlett Johansson— made a crack about theIt Ends with Usdramawhile discussing UkrainianPresident Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s recentdisastrous White House visit.

“Zelenskyy wasasked to leave the White House,” said Jost, 42, of the meeting the previous day. “Then he appeared on Fox News and said he thinks he can still salvage his relationship withPresident Trump, which is like Justin Baldoni saying, ‘I’d love to work with Blake again.’ "

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From L: Blake Lively in London on Aug. 8, 2024; Colin Jost onSaturday Night LiveFeb. 28, 2025; Justin Baldoni in New York City on Aug. 6, 2024.Jeff Spicer/Getty; Will Heath/NBC via Getty; John Nacion/Variety via Getty

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Lively and Reynolds, 48, recently appeared onSNLthemselves briefly, as part of the show’sSNL50: The Anniversary Specialon Feb. 16.

Reynolds popped up during a bit that former cast membersTina FeyandAmy Poehlerdid in the first hour of the show that saw them taking questions from famous faces in the audience at Studio 8H.

When theFree Guyactor stood up to ask a question while sitting in the audience next to his wife, Fey, 54, simply asked him, “How’s it going?”

Reynolds pretended to appear jittery as Lively looked up at him,and jokingly responded, “Great, why? What have you heard?”

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Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively attend theSNL50: The Anniversary Specialand red-carpet event in New York City on Feb. 16, 2025.NBC/Noam Galai/NBC via Getty

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Reynolds' quip came afterLively sued Baldoniin December 2024 alleging sexual harassment and retaliation, both of which the actor and filmmaker has denied.

Baldoni then filed a $400 million lawsuit against Lively, Reynolds, their publicistLeslie Sloaneand Sloane’s PR firm Vision PR, Inc. on claims of civil extortion, defamation and more.

He alsosuedThe New York Timesfor $250 millionovera December 2024 articleclaiming he and his team conducted a smear campaign against Lively.

In a Feb. 13 letter filed in New York federal court, attorneys for both Lively and Baldoniopted outof “inappropriate” and “premature” mediation, indicating that both cases inLively v. Wayfarer Studios et al.will go to trial in aMarch 2026 court date.

source: people.com