Ryan Reynolds joked about the Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni legal battle in a Q&A segment with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler during "SNL50"

We wouldn’t want to do anything too controversial unless they were in on it,” the show’s cue card guy Wally Feresten said.

The legal war between Lively and Baldoni shows no sign of cooling down, with mediation seeming unlikely. On Friday, attorneys for both stars told Judge Lewis Liman that “settlement discussions would be premature,” according to a joint letter filed in court and obtained by Fox News Digital.

Live 50th Anniversary special on Sunday night, Ryan Reynolds made a joke at the expense of Justin Baldoni. Baldoni, the director

Ryan Reynolds found himself in hot water this week for a comment he made alluding to his wife Blake Lively's ongoing legal battle.

Asked how he was doing, Reynolds replied, "Great!" Then, seeming concerned, he asked, "Why, what have you heard?"

N o cultural institution is safe from somehow being implicated in the Blake Lively x Justin Baldoni drama. This week, it’s Saturday Night Live. Next week, we presume, it will be

Lorne Michaels appears to be riveted by Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s ongoing legal ... 50th anniversary special in a segment where Tina Fey and Amy Poehler took questions from the star ...

Near the front of the star-powered audience bit, a tuxedo-clad Ryan Reynolds rose to ask a question of the 30 Rock and Parks & Recreation stars. With his in-the-news spouse Blake Lively looking on, the Deadpool actor stood up to a “How’s it going?”

Justin Baldoni was seen grabbing lunch with his two ... fun at his wife’s legal drama with Baldoni during a skit with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. “Ryan Reynolds! How’s it going?”

Ryan Reynolds had no problem joking about his and wife Blake Lively’s legal battle with Justin Baldoni. According to one longtime Saturday Night Live staffer, the actor’s quip about the couple’s current struggle during the SNL 50 anniversary special was “his idea.