Did Ryan Reynolds Troll Justin Baldoni in Deadpool & Wolverine Even Before the Feaud Went Public? Fans Think So!

The conflict between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni started months ago during the filming of ‘It Ends With Us.’ After the movie wrapped, Lively accused Baldoni of harassing her on set.

Among the complaints listed was the fact that Baldoni commented on Lively’s body in a demeaning way asking about her weight to make sure lifting her would be safe due to his past back injury.

Things calmed down for a while, but Lively later filed a legal complaint, turning it into one of the biggest celebrity controversies of the year, and eventually a Federal Lawsuit. Recently, Baldoni filed his own complaint, while Lively gained strong support from her co-stars and other celebrities.

In her filings, Lively claims that Justin Baldoni often criticized her body and weight in subtle ways while they worked together on ‘It Ends With Us.’ She gave birth to her fourth child, son Olin, just months before filming began.

So how is this connected to ‘Deadpool & Wolverine.’ Well prior to ‘It Ends With Us’ premiere ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ was released in which Lively has a small cameo role as Lady Deadpool.

It went over heads at the time but it seems that Reynolds threw in a couple of jokes targeted toward Baldoni. In one of the scenes, Deadpool variant Nicepool (also played by Reynolds) comments on Ladypool by stating: “Oh my goodness, wait til you’ve seen Ladypool. She is gorgeous. She just had a baby too and [you] can’t even tell.”

This can be a reference to the fact that Baldoni commented on Lively’s body during the filming of ‘It Ends With Us.’ But this is not all.

After Nicepool comments on Lady Deadpool’s body, Deadpool states the following: I don’t think you’re supposed to say that,” to which Nicepool responds, after putting one hand on his chest, “That’s OK. I identify as a feminist.”

This is also a possible dig at Baldoni as the actor frequently identified as being a feminist. In 2017, Baldoni gave a TED talk where he talked about moving away from trying to be “man enough” and focusing on supporting women. In 2018, he wrote an essay about being a “feminist dad” to his two children with his wife, Emily Baldoni.

Last but not least, Emma Corrin’s character, Cassandra Nova also has a potential dig. When she invades Deadpool’s mind by sticking her hand into his head, and Deadpool yells about needing an intimacy coordinator.

Lively’s legal filings claim Baldoni improvised physical intimacy without rehearsals or an intimacy coordinator. In his lawsuit against the New York Times, Baldoni says the outlet and actress left out that Lively refused to meet with the intimacy coordinator to plan the film’s sex scenes.

According to IMDb production notes, the Marvel movie finished filming in June 2024, five months after Lively and Reynolds attended a meeting with Baldoni and their coproducers to address allegations of sexual harassment.

This meeting led to a contractual rider offering Lively protections, including that physical touch or comments on her appearance must be related to her character and scene work, not her personally.

The fact that ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ was filmed after that proves that those seemingly random jokes might in fact be targeted toward Baldoni on purpose. Reynolds so far has not responded to these speculations.

@theresehlee Is Nicepool a stand-in for Justin Baldoni? #deadpoolwolverine #ryanreynolds #blakelively #justinbaldoni #itendswithus @Mel Hamlett @Expatriarch ♬ original sound – Therese

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