Hannah Berner jokes about Blake Lively and the C-Word in Netflix Roast

UPDATE – 12/27/24 at 2:22 PM ET:

Hannah Berner broke her silence after receiving backlash for her Blake Lively joke during her Netflix special Torching 2024: A Roast of the Year.

“My Netflix scrambled egg joke was made before news of the lawsuit,” Berner wrote via her Instagram Story on Friday, Dec. 27. “To be 100 percent clear, I support Blake xxo.

Original story:

Summer house alum Hannah Berner he joked about the drama around Blake Lively on Netflix Torching 2024: Roast of the Year.

“The c- word was trending this year,” Berner, 33, began during her stand-up portion of the special, which premiered on Friday, Dec. 27. “I don’t think Blake Lively was that bad.

Earlier this year, Lively, 37, played the lead character Lily Bloom It ends with usadaptation Colleen Hooverthe best-selling novel of the same name. He directed the film Justin Baldoniwho also appeared as Lily’s abusive husband, Ryle.

When Baldoni, 40, and Lively went to promote It ends with usrumors of a tense rift swirled. AND the source said My Weekly there were “two camps” on set.

“This creative struggle set the tone for a negative experience behind the scenes and it became them that they don’t talk anymore,” the insider claimed Our at that time.

At the time, social media was awash with speculation about the feud, with many users slamming Lively. It’s likely that Berner’s joke was about rants and not Lively filed the lawsuit earlier this monthShe claims Baldoni caused her “serious emotional distress” during production and fostered a “hostile work environment.” (The legal action was taken on Dec. 20, and it’s unclear when the Dec. 27 Netflix roast was uploaded.) Gossip Girl the alum also accused him of sexual harassment, claiming that Baldoni launched a campaign of “social manipulation” in an attempt to destroy Lively’s career and reputation.

In a statement, Baldoni categorically denied the allegations Our your lawyer, Bryan Freedman. According to Freedman, the claims were “totally false, outrageous and deliberately disgraceful” and the court motion was reportedly filed to “correct her negative reputation” and “reframe the story” surrounding the film’s production.

Freedman also claimed that Blake made “multiple demands and threats” during filming. It ends with usincluding “threatening to not show up on set, threatening not to promote the film, ultimately leading to its demise during release if her demands were not met.”

Lively, who was also an executive producer on the project, subsequently clapped back at Freedman’s accusations.

“I hope my legal action will help pull back the curtain on these sinister retaliatory tactics to harm people who speak up about misconduct and help protect others who may be targeted,” Lively said in a statement.

He has supported Lively ever since members of her familyincluding a sister Robyn and her husband Bart Johnsonand others It ends with us colleagues. Author Hoover, 45, as well as the cast Brandon Glazier and Jenny Slate have everything spoke in favor of Lively.

“As a teammate and friend of Blake Lively, I support her as she takes action against those who allegedly planned and carried out an attack on her reputation,” Slate, 42, he said Today on Monday, December 23. “Blake is a leader, a loyal friend and a trusted source of emotional support for me and the many people who know and love her. “What has been revealed about the attack on Blake is terribly dark, disturbing and utterly terrifying. I praise my friend, I admire her bravery and I stand by her side.”