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Lorne Michaels appears to be riveted by Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s ongoing legal dispute, according to former “SNL” cast member Dana Carvey.
On Thursday’s episode of his and fellow “Saturday Night Live” alum David Spade’s “Fly on the Wall podcast,” Carvey, 69, shared that Michaels, 80, has repeatedly texted him about the drama between the “It Ends With Us” stars.
Their exchange began after Lively’s husband, Ryan Reynolds, 48, poked fun at the feud during the “SNL” 50th anniversary special in a segment where Tina Fey and Amy Poehler took questions from the star-studded audience in Studio 8H. Poehler, 53, asked the “Deadpool & Wolverine” star, “Ryan Reynolds, how’s it going?” Reynolds then retorted: “Great. Why? What have you heard?”
“The Baldoni-Lively extravaganza was all over the show,” said Carvey, who starred on “SNL” from 1986 to 1993.
The “Church Lady” comic, who did not attend the anniversary special because he had the flu, then revealed that when he messaged Michaels afterward to congratulate him and say that he wished he could have attended, all his former boss wanted to talk about was Lively, 37, and Reynolds’ battle with Baldoni, 41.
“Instead of talking about the show, he just goes, ‘Baldoni will now countersue. I think that Lively will probably get a new attorney,’” Carvey said.
Even when Carvey tried to pivot the conversation to praise Tom Hanks’ performance and Steve Martin’s opening monologue, Michaels allegedly replied with another text about the “It Ends With Us” legal fight.
“I don’t know where Ryan Reynolds is on this, but certainly they have deep pockets,” Carvey said the producer responded.
“So certainly, it was big at that 50th,” the funnyman added of the Lively-Baldoni dispute.
A rep for Michaels did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
Carvey and Spade, 60, also discussed famed “SNL” cue card guy Wally Feresten’s comments about Reynolds’ joke.
“He had a different line in rehearsal and he pitched that [line] to replace it,” Feresten claimed in a recent interview with Australian breakfast radio show “Fifi, Fev & Nick” when asked whether the quip was an improv on the “Free Guy” star’s part or if it was scripted.
“So that was his idea to do it there,” Feresten added. “We wouldn’t want to do anything too controversial unless they were in on it. So yeah, that was his line. That was his idea to do.”
A source close to Reynolds previously told The Post that Feresten’s remarks are not accurate. “The opening joke was pitched by ‘SNL’ and never changed. The follow up joke was rewritten in rehearsal,” the insider said.
A rep for NBC also called Feresten’s version of events “not true.” An insider close to “SNL” added, “Wally is not part of the writing process or part of any of those decisions.”
“He’s so sweet and naive; they definitely wanna get one answer from him,” Spade said of Feresten’s interview.
Carvey then extended an invite to Baldoni to appear on his and Spade’s podcast. “I’ll say this right now. If he wants to come on and tell his story, I would love that,” the “Wayne’s World” star said.
Lively sued Baldoni last December, accusing him of sexual harassment and orchestrating a public smear campaign against her.
The “Jane the Virgin” alum has denied all of Lively’s accusations. He countersued her and Reynolds, alleging defamation, extortion and more — allegations their team denied.
Earlier this week, the “Gossip Girl” star filed an amended version of her complaint against her “It Ends With Us” co-star and director, alleging that she “was not alone in raising allegations of on-set misconduct.”
The actress’ legal team also added a “new claim of defamation” against Baldoni to their filing.
Baldoni’s attorney, Bryan Freedman, denied Lively’s accusations in the amended suit, previously telling The Post, “Her underwhelming amended complaint is filled with unsubstantial hearsay of unnamed persons who are clearly no longer willing to come forward or publicly support her claims.”