Another Simple Favor director Paul Feig has slammed a YouTuber's claims of a rift between its stars Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick. Lively made a rare public appearance amid her legal feud with her It Ends with Us director and co-star Justin Baldoni at the premiere of the A Simple Favor sequel at SXSW in Austin,

The past few months have seen Blake Lively embroiled in a legal battle with Justin Baldoni, who she worked with on the 2024 film It Ends with Us. Both Baldoni and Lively have leveled allegations against each other and continue to do so.

Paul Feig spoke out at SXSW after YouTuber Melanie King claimed Lively, 37, was afraid to walk the red carpet because Kendrick, 39, was upset with her.