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Ryan Reynolds Didn't Pitch 'SNL 50' Joke Amid Justin Baldoni Drama: Source


Ryan Reynolds pitched his ‘SNL 50’ joke amid his and wife Blake Lively’s legal drama with Justin Baldoni, according to staffer Cue Card Wally

SNL/YouTubeIn January, Baldoni filed his own lawsuit against Lively, Reynolds and publicist Leslie Sloane for $400 million, accusing them of extortion, defamation and false light invasion of privacy, among other claims. Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, criticized Reynolds’ SNL 50 joke on the Monday, February 17, episode of the “Hot Mics With Billy Bush” podcast. “Our clients have been transparent in providing receipts, real-time documents and video showing a completely different story than what has been manipulated and cherry-picked to the media,” Baldoni’s lawyer, Freedman, said in a statement to Us on Wednesday, February 19.

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