Hollywood laughs at Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni legal drama joke during 2025 Critics Choice Awards

Chelsea Handler hosted the 2025 Critics Choice Awards Friday nighttime and kicked disconnected the amusement with a lasting ovation for the firefighters and archetypal responders who battled the LA Fires past month.

Everyone roseate from their seats, including Nicole Kidman, Zoe Saldaña and Sarah Michelle Gellar. 

Handler past segued into a joke, referencing "It Ends With Us" stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni's dueling lawsuits.

Chelsea Handler joked astir Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni astatine the 2025 Critics Choice Awards. (Getty Images)

"I privation to admit that we've each been done a batch lately, not conscionable present successful Los Angeles, but our full country. Waking up each day, not knowing what quality we're going to perceive that volition disappoint oregon horrify us. 

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"So, it's important successful times similar these to person a distraction. And that's wherefore I privation to personally widen my gratitude to Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively. Thank you for providing america with that distraction. I'm grateful, and I deliberation we're each grateful. And I deliberation we're good," Handler said. 

"I deliberation everybody successful this room, nary substance whose broadside you're on, we tin each hold to judge that there's astir apt not gonna beryllium a sequel." 

Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively starred successful "It Ends With Us." (Getty Images)

"'It Ends With Us,' guys," Handler joked.

The camera panned to Orlando Bloom, who was among the assemblage laughing astatine Handler's joke. 

Handler joked that "nepo baby" Kate Hudson and her brother's wife, Erinn Bartlett, would beryllium presenting the archetypal award. They presented the champion ensemble to "Conclave," which starred Ralph Fiennes and Stanley Tucci. 

Chelsea Handler hosted the 2025 Critics Choice Awards. (Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Critics Choice Association)

While accepting the grant for champion supporting actor, Michael Urie joked that Harrison Ford was the champion "up and coming" histrion aft moving with him connected "Shrinking."

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Liev Schreiber and Jessica Gunning won champion supporting actors successful a constricted bid for their roles successful "Baby Reindeer" and "The Perfect Couple."

Tadanobu Asano and Moeka Hoshi won the awards for champion histrion successful a play bid for "Shogun."

Firefighters ticker a chopper driblet h2o connected the Palisades Fire Jan. 11. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

An aerial presumption shows residential areas destroyed by the Eaton Fire Jan. 19, 2025, successful Altadena, Calif. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Hoshi mentioned the LA Fires during her acceptance speech. 

"Even from Japan, I ever deliberation of you and retrieve you," she said.

The champion animated diagnostic grant was presented to "The Wild Robot."

Jeff Hermann, the shaper of the animated film, gave his "heartfelt acknowledgment to the archetypal responders" arsenic a subordinate of the Altadena community, which was devastated by the Eaton Fire. 

Colin Farrell won champion histrion successful a constricted bid oregon movie made for tv for "The Penguin."

Farrell honored the firefighters and archetypal responders.

"It's truthful casual to not adjacent contemplate what archetypal responders and the occurrence section bash each day, each period and each year. But to spot them moving with a consciousness of civic work and work was truthful moving," helium said.

Zoe Saldaña won champion supporting histrion for her relation successful "Emilia Pérez." (Jon Kopaloff/WireImage)

Best histrion successful a constricted bid went to Cristin Milioti. The champion constricted bid was awarded to "Baby Reindeer." 

Jesse Eisenberg presented the champion supporting histrion grant to Zoe Saldaña for "Emilia Perez."

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Best histrion successful a drama bid was awarded to Adam Brody for "Nobody Wants This." He attended the grant amusement with his wife, Leighton Meester, aft the mates reportedly mislaid their location during the Palisades Fire.

Leighton Meester and Adam Brody attended the 30th Annual Critics Choice Awards. (JC Olivera/Variety via Getty Images)

"Hacks" took location the grant for champion drama series.

Best supporting histrion was awarded to Kieran Culkin for his relation successful "A Real Pain." Best histrion successful a play bid was awarded to Hiroyuki Sanada for "Shogun."

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Kathy Bates won champion histrion successful a play bid for "Matlock" and thanked the firefighters portion revealing the show's shaper mislaid his location during the Palisades Fire. 

"Shogun" took location the grant for champion play series. "Emilia Perez" won the grant for champion overseas connection film.