United Kingdom, May 3 -- Paul Feig has defended Blake Lively, calling her "awesome".

The 62-year-old filmmaker directed Blake, 37, in the 2018 movie 'A Simple Favor' and it's 2025 sequel 'Another Simple Favor' and when asked about the acrimonious relationship Blake had with director Justin Baldoni on her last film 'It Ends With Us', Paul insisted he loves working with the actress.

Paul was asked by Lulu on her 'Turning Points' podcast: "Blake Lively has got this thing going on about her last film and her director and is that interfering with everything you have to do?"

And, he replied: "No, no. You know, I mean, Blake's awesome and I love working with her and, you know, no press is bad press . I just don't like negativity around people...