It ends along with her.
Comic Nikki Glaser, 40, who’s gearing as much as host the 2025 Golden Globes on Sunday, has confirmed one space that’s off-limits for her to make jokes about.
“I think the Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni thing is such a hot-button thing right now that even a mere mention of it will seem like I could be on the wrong side of things, even though I would never be,” Glaser informed Yahoo Leisure.
She added, “I also don’t want to give his name any — I’m mad I even know his name, to be honest with you, so I don’t need to say it anymore.”
Full of life, 37, and Baldoni, 40, co-starred as a pair in an abusive relationship within the hit summer season film “It Ends With Us.”
They’ve been a hit-button matter since this summer season, once they didn’t seem collectively on the film’s premiere or do press collectively, resulting in hypothesis of a feud. Since December, they’ve been in an countless backwards and forwards of lawsuits.
On Dec. 20, Full of life filed a lawsuit in opposition to Baldoni, who not solely co-starred in “It Ends With Us” but additionally directed it.
Full of life’s lawsuit alleged that Baldoni sexually harassed her on the set.
In accordance with the authorized docs, the “Gossip Girl” star additionally accused Baldoni of “a coordinated effort to destroy her reputation” after the film was launched.
Full of life mentioned within the docs that the alleged smear marketing campaign prompted hurt to her enterprise and led to her household experiencing “severe emotional distress.”
The “Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” actress additionally claimed that Baldoni and his allies “engaged in a ‘social manipulation’ campaign to ‘destroy’ her reputation.”
“These claims are completely false, outrageous and intentionally salacious with an intent to publicly hurt and rehash a narrative in the media,” Baldoni’s lawyer informed The Publish in an announcement.
On Dec. 31, Baldoni filed a $250 million lawsuit in opposition to the New York Occasions, alleging that the paper used “‘cherry-picked’ examples of tales and Baldoni and Full of life’s alleged communications on the set.
A spokesperson for the Occasions mentioned, “The role of an independent news organization is to follow the facts where they lead. Our story was meticulously and responsibly reported. It was based on a review of thousands of pages of original documents … We plan to vigorously defend against the lawsuit.”
On Friday, Jan 3., Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freeman, was requested by NBC Information if his consumer plans to sue Full of life.
“Absolutely … yes,” Freeman mentioned within the interview, which aired on Thursday, Jan. 2.
“We plan to release every single text message between the two of them. We want the truth to be out there. We want the documents to be out there,” he continued. “We want people to make their determination based on receipts.”
The legal professional didn’t give a timeline however famous their motion can be “soon.”
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Concerning her plans for going after celebrities in her Golden Globes opening monologue, Glaser informed the Hollywood Reporter, “I’m not gonna go so hard that anyone’s gonna be offended. I’ve made a point not to, and that’s not to disappoint anyone who’s hoping I’m going to pull a Ricky Gervais. I’m not Ricky Gervais. This isn’t my last Golden Globes, this is my first one. He really went hard on his last one. He was ready to burn some bridges [because] it didn’t matter anymore.”
She added, “Celebrities shouldn’t be nervous because [showing they have a sense of humor about themselves is] a great opportunity for them to look cool.”
