Blake Lively blasts ‘sexist’ The Hollywood Reporter cover lampooning her Justin Baldoni lawsuit: ‘Should be ashamed’

Blake Lively isn’t amused by The Hollywood Reporter’s latest cover.

The Feb. 21 issue of the industry bible features a cartoon lampooning Lively’s lawsuit against her “It Ends With Us” co-star, Justin Baldoni.

The image, designed to look like a retro sci-fi movie poster, shows Lively trying to fire a slingshot with a cell phone at Baldoni from behind — a reference to her legal team trying to subpoena text messages from him.

“The Hollywood Reporter should be ashamed of itself,” a spokesperson for Lively told The Post on Saturday.

“The framing in this picture is outrageously insulting as it plays into every sexist trope about women who dare file a workplace complaint, turning them into the aggressor, and suggesting they deserve the retaliation that comes their way.”

The spokesperson also slammed the reporting in the cover story, saying: “In addition, the story is extremely offensive as it incredibly seems to explain away documented examples of sexual harassment and retaliation by calling them ‘cultural misunderstandings.’”

Lively sued Baldoni last December, accusing him of sexual harassment on the set of “It Ends With Us” and orchestrating a public smear campaign against her at the time of the film’s release last year.

Baldoni countersued Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds, alleging defamation, extortion and more. Both stars have denied the other’s claims.

On Wednesday, Lively filed an amended version of her complaint against Baldoni, alleging that she “was not alone in raising allegations of on-set misconduct.”

The “Gossip Girl” alum updated her initial lawsuit, with the new 163-page filing providing “significant additional evidence and corroboration of her original claims,” per Lively’s lawyers Esra Hudson and Mike Gottlieb.

The complaint includes significant contemporaneous evidence that Ms. Lively was not alone in raising allegations of on-set misconduct more than a year before the Film was edited; as well as evidence detailing the threats, harassment, and intimidation of not just Ms. Lively, but numerous innocent bystanders that have followed defendants’ retaliatory campaign,” the attorneys said, though they did not mention any names.

Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, responded to Lively’s amended complaint, telling The Post he found it “underwhelming.”

“Our clients have been transparent in providing receipts, real time documents and video showing a completely different story than what has been manipulated and cherry picked to the media,” Freedman said.

The suit is expected to go to a civil trial, currently slated for March 2026.