Ryan Reynolds shocks SNL viewers with Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni joke

Audience laughed in surprise at the moment. Ryan Reynolds shocked SNL fans with a joke about the Blake Lively and justin Baldoni drama. The Deadpool star and his wife attended an anniversary event for the US sketch show, which is celebrating its 50th birthday with a series of ceremonies featuring many famous faces. Reynolds and Lively’s appearance at the special was their first public showing amid the ongoing It Ends With Us scandal, which has seen both Lively and the film’s director and co-star Baldoni file respective lawsuits against each other.

In December, Lively sued Baldoni for sexual harassment and causing her “severe emotional distress”. Meanwhile, Baldoni, who was subsequently dropped by his agency after the allegations emerged, denied all claims and sued Lively and Reynolds for $400m (£321m) for attempting to “destroy” his reputation and career. SNL encouraged Reynolds, who previously hinted at a difficult time in his first social media post since Lively’s lawsuit, to reference the scandal in a small moment involving Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.

When the stars spotted Lively and Reynolds in the crowd, they said:“Ryan! How’s it going?” to which Reynolds, who stood up, replied: “Great! Why, what have you heard?”. Lively, who was sat next to him, was smiling away – but when her husband alluded to their legal problems, she suddenly looked at him in shock in what was clearly a planned comedy bit. The crowd laughed in surprise at the moment.

Rumours of an on-set feud between the pair had been percolating online before it was confirmed, with the stars notably avoiding each other during the film’s promotional tour. A New York federal judgeHAS informed both parties to prepare for a trial in March 2026. After this, the couple’s attorneys filed a notice stating that they will seek to dismiss Baldoni’s counter lawsuit. Days before the first court hearing on the case, Baldoni’s team launched a website containing two legal documents about the dispute with Lively. The documents feature an amendment claiming that the New York Times had access to Lively’s lawsuit against him at least 11 days before they published their report. The newspaper said that the filings were “rife with inaccuracies”.

“Such records will provide critical and irrefutable evidence not only about who, but also about when, where, and how their retaliation plan came together and operated,” Lively’s representative told the publication. Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, responded to the subpoenas, telling US Weekly that while “subpoenas are an ordinary part of the litigation,” it’s the extent of what Lively’s lawyers are seeking that is “extraordinary.”.