Ryan Reynolds 'public mockery' of Justin Baldoni at SNL50 ...

Justin Baldoni’s legal team are reportedly ready to cite Ryan Reynolds’ recent joke on SNL50 in their defence against Blake Lively’s “harassment” lawsuit.

The It Ends With Us director, 40, is facing allegations of sexual harassment, extortion and defamation, brought against him by his co-star on the movie, Blake Lively, 37.

She filed the lawsuit in December last year, but Baldoni hit back with a counter claim last month, countering with a $400 million defamation and extortion lawsuit against Lively, Reynolds and their PR team.

While Lively and her husband Reynolds, 48, have stayed quiet in public about the battle, the Deadpool and Wolverine star appeared to take aim at the situation on the Saturday Night Live anniversary show.

Reynolds was in the star-studded audience of the event when he stood up to ask a question. He said to Tina Fey and Amy Poehler: "I have a question," to which they responded: "Oh Ryan Reynolds, how's it going?"

Seemingly taking aim at the on-going legal battle he and his wife are facing, Reynolds replied with a straight face: "Great - why, what have you heard?"

That response is now reportedly being lined up as a way to bolster Baldoni's legal case, according to sources. A source told Page Six: “Justin is taking this lawsuit in all seriousness and isn’t making a public mockery out of it. It’s very plausible that Justin’s legal team will use this public outing to defend him.”

The lawsuit stems from Blake’s allegations Justin sexually harassed her on the set of ‘It Ends With Us’, a 2024 adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s novel. The Hollywood actress accused him of attempting to “destroy” her reputation through a smear campaign, which was detailed in a New York Times article titled, ‘We Can Bury Anyone: Inside a Hollywood Smear Machine’.

Weeks later, Lively filed a formal lawsuit against her co-star in which she alleged sexual harassment, breach of contract, invasion of privacy and infliction of emotional distress. Justin continues to deny all accusations. He has since also filed a $250 million libel lawsuit against the New York Times, accusing the publication of “cherry-picking and altering communications stripped of necessary context and deliberately spliced to mislead”.

A second source told the publication that Lively and Reynolds have "no regrets" about their SNL50 appearance, saying: "They’re glad they showed up because they have nothing to hide and no reason not to.”

The legal case between Lively and Baldoni is scheduled to go to trial in March 2026.

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