Hannah Berner makes Blake Lively joke on Netflix comedy roast special

nme.com:

Netflix comedy roast special includes a joke that targets Blake Lively, filmed before the actress filed a lawsuit against her It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni for an alleged smear campaign.Torching 2024: A Roast of the Year sees comedians reflect on the biggest pop culture stories of the year, and was released on the streaming platform yesterday (December 27).One joke made about Lively has garnered particular attention.

Comedian Hannah Berner begins to tell the audience: “The word c*** was trending this year,” before adding: “I don’t think Blake Lively was that bad.”Netflix and Berner have since confirmed that the special was filmed on December 17, three days before Lively filed a sexual harassment and retaliation complaint against her former co-star and director on December 20.

As reported by TMZ, the suit claimed that Baldoni exhibited behaviour that caused Lively “severe emotional distress”.Taking to her Instagram story today (December 28), Berner wrote: “My joke in the Netflix roast was filmed before news of the lawsuit.

To be 100 percent clear, I support Blake xoxo”Blake Lively called c-word in horribly timed Netflix comedy special pic.twitter.com/6KSltOTpYO— Page Six (@PageSix) December 27, 2024The suit claims Baldoni sexually harassed Lively on the set of the film.