
Judd Apatow
Born Ecenrot/WireimageJudd Apatow Obviously not a fan of Ends with usS
Thehe Bridesmaid The 57 -year -old director headed for the movie in 2024, which participated Blake lively and Justin BaldoniAt the 77th awards of the Guild of the Guild of America (DGA) on Saturday, February 8, while presenting the opening monologue of the event.
Apatow’s speech also referred to the legal drama surrounding Lively, 37 and Baldoni, 41, which first originated on December 20 last year when Lively brought a case Baldoni claiming that “invasively, unwanted, unprofessional and sexually inappropriate behavior” by him. (Baldoni filed his own trial against Liveli on January 16, 2025).
“I loved WickedS I saw it four times in the first four days, “Apatov told the crowd in DGA. “It was the film’s musical with the most sharp of all time. Do you know that? Usually, to earn so much money, you have to judge Blake lively. “
According to PeopleApatow added to his speech that there is a lot of attention made “above such a terrible movie”.
The ongoing legal battle between Liveli and Baldoni was complicated recently When a particular Baldon’s PR team, more special Jed Wallace And his company, Street Relations Inc., filed a case against Lively this month. According to legal documents obtained from US Weekly On Wednesday, February 5, Lively was accused of incorporating Wallace’s company on charges against Baldoni in December, claiming that “the damage was inflicted.”

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni
Jose Perez/Bauer-Grafin/GC imagesThe recent case is one of several who were filed against Lively after its submission in December. In response to the last, Lively Legal Team provided a statement to USAHe read “Another day, another country, another nine figure lawsuit that seeks to judge Mrs. Lively” in oblivion “to speak against sexual harassment and revenge. This is not just an advertising cascade – it is a transparent revenge in response to the allegations contained in sexual harassment and a complaint of revenge that Da Lively filed with the California Civil Rights Department. While this case will be rejected, we are pleased that Mr. Wallace has finally emerged from the shadows and that he will also be held accountable in the federal court. “
Lively’s initial trial was filed after months of reporting between Lively and Baldoni. According to the first lawsuit obtained from Tmz and The New York Timesand further reported by The New York TimesBaldoni’s alleged behavior caused a lively “severe emotional suffering”.
The court claims that a meeting had been held to deal with Lively’s allegations that there was a “hostile work environment” on the set. Many people attended the meeting, including Liveli’s husband, Ryan ReynoldsS
Baldoni’s lawyer, Brian FriedmanHe called the claims “categorically false” at that time. However, the production company of Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios, had dropped out of the Talents Agency WME, which is also lively and Reynolds, 48. Two days later, the cooperation of the feminist “Baldoni man” man enough podcast left the show.
On New Year’s Eve, Baldoni filed a case for $ 250 million against New York TimesReporting that the output “chosen by cherries” and changes the communications deprived of the necessary context and intentionally alloys to be misled. “
A few weeks later, Baldoni brought a federal case accusing Lively, Reynolds and their publicist in slander, claiming that a strong couple of money while shooting Ends with us And this lived lively to destroy his career.