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Ryan joked about the lawsuit at SNL’s anniversary celebrations

Justin Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman has spoken out against Ryan Reynolds’ joke at SNL’s 50th anniversary celebrations, saying that he was “surprised” that the Deadpool would be making jokes given the nature of the complaint.

During the celebrations, hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler pretended to spot Ryan in the crowd, where he was sitting with his wife, Blake Lively. Tina asked Ryan how it was going, to which he replied: “Great! Why, what have you heard?” while Blake, clearly in on the joke, appeared to look confused.

Speaking about the sketch on the podcast Hot Mics with Billy Bush, Bryan said: “I’m unaware of anybody, frankly, whose wife has been sexually harassed and has made jokes about that type of situation. I can’t think of anyone who’s done anything like that. It surprised me.”
Page Six also reported that a source from Justin’s team said that he was taking the lawsuit seriously and wouldn’t make a public “mockery” out of it.

The legal troubles between Justin, Blake and Ryan stemmed from the troubled production of It Ends with Us, which led to Blake suing Justin for sexual harrasment and orchestrating a smear campaign to damage her reputation. In response, Justin launched a counter lawsuit for £310million over reputational damages, and published a website containing correspondence between himself and Blake throughout the course of the production.

Their co-star, Brandon Sklenar, opened up about the situation to Gayle King during an appearance on CBS Mornings, explaining: “I just want people to remember why we made the movie in the first place and what it stands for and just keeping the focus on that

That movie meant so much to me, and I have someone very very close to me in my life who has gone through what Lily’s going through for a long time. I’ve been on the front lines helping her navigate that space, so that movie meant a lot to me, and it means a lot to her, this person in my life. It was one of the reasons that me doing that film gave her the strength to change her life.”