Jenny Slate’s lips are sealed when it comes to the ongoing Justin Baldoni vs. Blake Lively legal battle.
The actress, who played Allysa in “It Ends With Us,” was asked by The Hollywood Reporter to compare the productions between the scandal-ridden film and her new movie, “Dying for Sex.”
“I don’t have anything to say about that,” she told the publication in an interview published Thursday.
“Everything is its own thing. I poured my heart into this work, and every minute of [‘Dying for Sex’] was important to me, and I just want to talk about that.”
The Hollywood Reporter then pressed Slate, 42, on how she plans to avoid such a hot topic on red carpets, to which she responded, “Anyone can ask anything, but my only responsibility is to speak about the work I’m there to promote.”
She added, “It was so important to me to get this job, so why would I spend time talking about anything but that?”
The “Landline” star may be mum now, but she was a vocal supporter of Lively when the latter first made her bombshell allegations against Baldoni public in a California Civil Rights Department complaint.
The “Gossip Girl” alum accused her former co-star and director in the filing of making inappropriate sexual remarks on set, talking about his past porn addiction and launching a smear campaign against her.
“As Blake Lively’s castmate and friend, I voice my support as she takes action against those reported to have planned and carried out an attack on her reputation,” Slate told Today.com in December 2024.
“Blake is a leader, loyal friend and a trusted source of emotional support for me and so many who know and love her.”
She also claimed the “attack on Blake” was “terribly dark, disturbing and wholly threatening.”
“I commend my friend, I admire her bravery and I stand by her side,” the “Gifted” actress concluded.
Lively, 37, then went on to file a formal lawsuit against Baldoni, 41, for sexual harassment, retaliation, breach of contract, infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy and lost wages.
The “Jane the Virgin” alum, for his part, hit back with his own lawsuit against the “Age of Adeline” actress, her husband, Ryan Reynolds, and their publicist Leslie Sloane.
He sued for defamation, extortion, false light invasion of privacy, promissory fraud and other claims and is seeking $400 million in damages.
His lawyer Bryan Freedman said in a statement at the time that the claims about his client “destroyed” his “personal and professional reputations and livelihood” and aimed to drive him “out of business entirely.”
Lively then filed an amended complaint in February, in which she claimed that multiple women — not just her — were willing to testify about how Baldoni had allegedly made them feel uncomfortable on set.
She claimed the women were not identified in the updated filing out of fear of cyberbullying and retaliation, but they were allegedly willing to “testify and produce responsive documents in the discovery process.”
The Hollywood Reporter then published a report shortly after claiming that Slate was one of the women, as she had reportedly filed a human resources complaint against Baldoni’s co-producer Jamey Heath.
The actress allegedly reported to Sony, the distributor for “It Ends With Us,” that she and Heath, 39, had a dispute over the New York City apartment she would be living in with her child during filming. The Wayfarer Studios CEO allegedly used inappropriate language during the heated conversation.
The remarks were allegedly pertaining to the sanctity of motherhood and Slate’s role as a mother.
Heath has not publicly addressed those allegations, but sources told THR at the time that he had a “different understanding” of the interaction and felt that any kind gesture that Wayfarer Studios offered was “weaponized against them.”
Baldoni and Lively’s cases are ongoing, and the latest update was that Reynolds, 48, tried to get the former’s suit dismissed earlier this week. The parties are set to go to trial in March 2026.
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