Chelsea Handler weighed in on Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s ongoing legal battle after joking about the case at the Critics Choice Awards. 'It’s like you have to break up a fight in a schoolyard playground,

The “I’ll Have What She’s Having” author tells Page Six it’s “interesting” watching the legal battles between Lively and Baldoni.

Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively remain locked in a legal battle, which was initiated when the latter accused her It Ends with Us co-star and director of sexual harassment on set and of launching a smear campaign against her.

Hence reports this weekend that Lively is pissed about a cover image run by The Hollywood Reporter this week, calling it ( per The Daily Mail) “outrageously insulting as it plays into every sexist trope about women who dare file a workplace complaint.

Blake Lively released a statement in response to a cover story depicting her legal battle with Justin Baldoni, which shows her wielding a slingshot.

This article contains mentions of sexual harassment  Colleen Hoover wrote the 2016 best-selling novel It Ends With Us, which was adapted into the 2024 eponymous film starring Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni.