Lorne Michaels repeatedly texted Dana Carvey about Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni legal battle after Ryan Reynolds’ ‘SNL’ joke

Lorne Michaels can’t stop talking about Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s legal battle after Ryan Reynolds made a joke about the situation during the “Saturday Night Live” 50th anniversary special.

On the “Fly on the Wall” podcast Thursday, “SNL” alum Dana Carvey revealed the longtime producer, 80, has repeatedly texted him about the headline-making “It Ends With Us” drama.

After the successful show, Carvey said he messaged Michaels to congratulate him, but “instead of talking about the show, he just goes, ‘Baldoni will now countersue. I think that Lively will probably get a new attorney.'”

Lorne Michaels is invested in the “It Ends With Us” drama, according to Dana Carvey. WireImage Carvey told his podcast listeners that Michaels can’t stop talking about the legal battle. Getty Images

The “Wayne’s World” actor, who appeared on the sketch comedy series from 1986 to 1993, then tried to change the topic but got the same response.

“Then I said, ‘But boy Tom Hanks was great and what about that monologue with Steve [Martin]?’ and he goes, ‘I don’t know where Ryan Reynolds is on this but certainly they have deep pockets.'”

A rep for Michaels wasn’t immediately available to Page Six for comment.

During the show, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler asked Reynolds how he was doing, to which he replied, “Great! Why, what have you heard?” 

While the “Deadpool” star’s comment proved to be a bit controversial, Carvey said he found it “kind of funny.”

Blake Lively’s husband, Ryan Reynolds, joked about the situation during his “SNL50” cameo. Virginia Sherwood/NBC via Getty Images When Carvey texted Michaels about the successful show, the producer allegedly replied with theories about the case. Getty Images for PEN America

“It’s been in all the newspapers … and when Ryan Reynolds said, ‘What have you heard?’ [He was] basically being tongue-in-cheek about it. So it was a good moment.”

His co-host, David Spade, said he could relate to the couple trying to add a bit of levity into the serious situation.

“They’re like us,” he said. “Whatever is going on you try to make a joke about it.”

However, there has been some contention over who came up with the joke.

“Instead of talking about the show, he just goes, ‘Baldoni will now countersue. I think that Lively will probably get a new attorney,'” the comedian said. Sony Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection While there has been some backlash to Reynolds’ joke, Carvey said he found it “funny.” ABC via Getty Images

Wally Feresten, the longtime cue card guy for “SNL,” claimed Tuesday on the “Fifi, Fev and Nick” podcast that Reynolds played a part in crafting up the idea.

“He had a different line in rehearsal and he pitched that to replace it. That was his idea,” Feresten, aka “Cue Card Wally,” claimed. “We wouldn’t want to do anything too controversial unless they were in on it.”

However, several sources shot down Feresten’s version of events.

“The opening joke was pitched by ‘SNL’ and never changed,” an insider told us. “The follow-up joke was rewritten in rehearsal.”

Lively sued Baldoni for sexual harassment in December 2024. Getty Images Baldoni then sued her and Reynolds for defamation and extortion. Christopher Peterson / SplashNews.com

A rep for NBC also said his claims were “not true,” which was dittoed by an “SNL” source who said, “Wally is not part of the writing process or part of any of those decisions.”

Lively and Reynolds’ appearance at the star-studded show marked their first joint red carpet since December when the “Gossip Girl” filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Baldoni.

She also accused the director of orchestrating a smear campaign against her.

However, the “Jane the Virgin” star vehemently denied her accusations and responded with his own $400 million defamation and extortion lawsuit against Lively and Reynolds.