Jenny Slate refuses to discuss ‘It Ends With Us’ drama after backing Blake Lively: ‘I don’t have anything to say’

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the Hollywood Reporter that she won’t discuss the legal war between her “It Ends With Us” co-stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni.“I don’t have anything to say about that,” Slate said in response to the outlet asking her to compare making the two projects in the 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,” she said.But Slate did acknowledge that she’s likely going to be asked about the legal drama on her press tour.“Anyone can ask anything,” she said, adding, “but my only responsibility is to speak about the work I’m there to promote.

It was so important to me to get this job, so why would I spend time talking about anything but that?”Slate played Allysa, the sister of Baldoni’s character Ryle, in “It Ends With Us.”At the time of the film’s release in August, rumors swirled of a feud between Lively, 37, and Baldoni, 40, as they refused to appear together to promote the flick.

Slate and the rest of the cast promoted the movie with Lively.In December, Lively filed a legal complaint against Baldoni (who also directed the film) and accused him of sexual harassment and allegedly orchestrating a p.r.