Comedian Hannah Berner clarifies Blake Lively joke was filmed before star's legal action against Justin Baldoni

Comedian Hannah Berner is setting the record straight on a joke she made about Blake Lively in Netflix's new Torching 2024: A Roast of the Year.

In the special, which started streaming Friday, Berner pokes fun at various pop-culture headlines from 2024 in her three-minute set, and at one point deadpans, "The word 'c--t' was trending this year. I don't think Blake Lively was that bad."

The ill-timed joke caught viewers' attention online in the wake of Lively's much-publicized legal complaint against her It Ends With Us director and costar Justin Baldoni, leading to Berner addressing it in an Instagram story, also shared on Friday. "My joke in the Netflix roast was filmed before news of the [complaint]. To be 100 percent clear, I support Blake xoxo," Berner wrote.

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According to Netflix, the Jeff Ross-hosted comedy special was filmed at The Bellwether in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Dec. 17. Meanwhile, Lively filed her complaint on Dec. 20, in which she alleges that Baldoni sexually harassed her, buried her complaints about his behavior, and coordinated an online smear campaign to damage her reputation.

The filing, which names Baldoni, Baldoni's Wayfarer Studios, and producer Jamey Heath and more as defendants, claims in part, "Mr. Baldoni, Mr. Heath, and Wayfarer engaged in harassing conduct and failed their obligations to investigate complaints of workplace harassment, to prevent inappropriate and harassing behaviors on set, and to provide avenues for cast and crew members to safely raise concerns to neutral parties so that they could be investigated and appropriately addressed."

It also alleges that Baldoni hired a crisis public relations firm shortly before the film's premiere to establish a "sophisticated, coordinated, and well-financed retaliation plan" in the event that allegations about the director's on-set behavior came to light.

"I hope that my legal action helps pull back the curtain on these sinister retaliatory tactics to harm people who speak up about misconduct and helps protect others who may be targeted," Lively said in a statement at the time to The New York Times.

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Baldoni and Wayfarer's attorney, Bryan Freedman, has denied all allegation of wrongdoing. "These claims are completely false, outrageous and intentionally salacious with an intent to publicly hurt and rehash a narrative in the media," Freedman told Entertainment Weekly in a statement at the time, calling Lively's allegations as "yet another desperate attempt to ‘fix’ her negative reputation which was garnered from her own remarks and actions during the campaign for the film."

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In addition to Berner, a number of other stars have spoken out in support of Lively in recent days, including her Sisterhood of Traveling Pants costars America Ferrera, Amber Tamblyn, and Alexis Bledel; A Simple Favor helmer Paul Feig; It Ends With Us author Colleen Hoover and costar Jenny Slate; Amber Heard; and Lively's brother-in-law and High School Musical star Bart Johnson.

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