Justin Baldoni's lawyer claims Ryan Reynolds mocks actor in “Deadpool & Wolverine”: 'No question'

Justin Baldoni's lawyer responded to fan theories that Ryan Reynolds took a shot at his actor-director client in his Marvel blockbuster Deadpool & Wolverine, stating that there's "no question" that the character Nicepool was a dig at the star.

Attorney Bryan Freedman appeared on Megyn Kelly's SiriusXM show to talk about the legal troubles between Baldoni and his It Ends With Us costar Blake Lively, who has accused Baldoni of sexual harassment. Kelly brought up the theory, sharing a Deadpool & Wolverine clip featuring the character Nicepool, a man bun-donning pseudo-feminist variant of Reynolds' Deadpool.

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“What I make of that is if your wife is sexually harassed, you don’t make fun of Justin Baldoni,” said Freedman. "There’s no question it relates to Justin. I mean, anybody that [saw] that hair bun. If somebody is seriously sexually harassed, you don’t make fun of it. It’s a serious issue.” Entertainment Weekly has reached out to a representative for Ryan Reynolds.

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In the clip, the alternate version of Deadpool also played by Reynolds introduces himself as Nicepool and says of the character played by Lively, "Wait ’till you see Ladypool. She is gorgeous. She just had a baby, too, and you can’t even tell.”

“I don’t think you can say that,” remarked Deadpool, to which Nicepool responded, “That’s okay, I identify as a feminist.”

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Lively filed a lawsuit against Baldoni last month, accusing the actor and director of sexual harassment on set and orchestrating a smear campaign against her to ruin her reputation. The allegations were first made public by The New York Times, and Baldoni — who has maintained his innocence — has since filed his own lawsuit against the newspaper for libel, claiming that subpoenaed text and email messages featured in Lively's complaint lacked context and were "cherry-picked." His attorney has announced plans to file a lawsuit against Lively.

The fallout for Baldoni has been swift: his agency dropped him; a former publicist, too, has filed her own lawsuit against him and his current publicity team; and Liz Plank, who co-hosted Baldoni's podcast about rigid gender roles and toxic masculinity, announced her departure from the show.

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