Blake lively

Doesn’t make BL wrong in her original complaint.

Based on the messages that have come out recently, they both seem self important, obnoxious and insufferable.

Everyone here who is still insisting that Justin Baldoni is evil, go on TikTok & watch Candace Owens‘ coverage of this story. Personally not a fan of her political content but she has based her coverage on facts.

I think she is very clearly uncomfortable - and if you’ve been in an uncomfortable situation with the same power imbalance - you would probably recognise that.

And the stars of the "Travelling Pants" saga are also sticking up for BL. For someone "difficult to work with", she certainly has the people she worked with having her back.

Completely agree with this. Have just had a mad google and could find absolutely no evidence to suggest she was HW “very long term partner”. All I can find was that she was on a panel with him when she was 19/20, with Michelle Obama and others at a high school event; that SA wasn’t her experience with him and that SH/SA was in all walks of life and it was devastating to hear. She met RR in 2010 and was with Penn Badgley for 3 years before then. If anyone has evidence of a long term relationship with HW please put a link on here.

but whatever you think of her-it doesn’t matter what she is like as a person or how hard she is to work with; if she was uncomfortable with non scripted sexual acts (which includes kissing) then she is uncomfortable and it’s SA. I thought she seemed uncomfortable in the video and was trying to back off in a nice way, even putting her hands in front of her face.

I feel like the real story is what he said about Jenny Lane’s schnoz. It doesn’t show BL’s reaction and whether she defended her friend.

I know why celebrities lie about surgery, I was more making the point that they lie even when they have a different face & it's obvious because image & maintaining that image is everything.

What I'm asking I suppose is what people think the benefit could be for Blake Lively to instigate the lawsuit in question, if it isn't true?

Because she wants to protect her reputation as she is saying she was cancelled due to his PR campaign. It's worked as she has gone from a baddie to a victim. Or have you not seen that?

That's usually what happens, you want for the evidence and outcome as none of us really know what is going on?

I don’t know about PR etc. but she’d go from villain to hero wouldn’t she in the public sphere….. that is what happened in a way isn’t it……

Revenge possibly, anger. JB smeared her unfairly in her mind and she couldn’t let it go. I’m not saying that! I don’t know what happened or who to believe yet.

She’s part of one of the most powerful couples in the world, maybe her / their ego couldn’t take the audacity 🤷🏻‍♀️

Because the benefit to them is that they won't be criticised for using a controversial drug and can maintain the image that they are physically superior / gifted to us mere mortals!

There's a clear benefit to the lie there.

What I'm asking I suppose is what people think the benefit could be for Blake Lively to instigate the lawsuit in question, if it isn't true?

Was she? HW’s very long term partner? Finding it hard to find any reports of BL being HW girlfriend … have I missed something? Also, hasn’t BL and RR been together since she was around 25?

Also haven’t seen evidence of her defending HW. I’ve seen her say in a talk show that abuse wasn’t her experience of HW but that’s not the same as defending him.

Sorry, my mistake 😂

Why do so many celebrities lie about plastic surgery or ozempic?

@whathaveiforgotten yes it has been largely favourable, the plantation thing was well managed & forgotten. This time BL was in effect cancelled in internet terms and she really did step back. I think the strategy was this film was her platform to announce "I'm back, it's my turn at career success, etc". Hence the marketing tie ins with hair, cocktails etc it's a normal PR marketing strategy. After the backfire I do think she wanted to exonerate herself.

I assume they didn't expect JB to fight back, airing your dirty laundry public doesn't tend to go well though for anyone.

Interested in why anyone thinks she would lie?

I don't know if she is lying but I wouldn't ever expect honestly from Hollywood. the business is seedy & shady and very much about spin.

You're right I didn't answer the question as it was directed at another poster. I absolutely agree with their statement below and feel exactly the same.

And yes, I'll admit that I am fairly biased towards believing the woman, based on the balance of probability, most of the time

I probably didn't word that clearly enough.

Absolutely they will always want publicity, I guess my point was that they don't struggle to get it and it has always been largely favourable, so they didn't need the publicity this specific situation would create.

Interested in why anyone thinks she would lie?

they don't need publicity

People in Hollywood need good press if they want to be movie stars

@whathaveiforgotten I don’t think you answered my question so I’m going to assume you believe all women, which is fine of course, just wondering! Why would BL lie? I have no idea because I’m not her but people lie for all sorts of reasons and it’s usually to get what they want I’d say. Not sure if this is fact, just my guess. Along with money goes lots of other things for famous people like image and ego, there’s loads of things, must be really difficult at times actually.

@BlueSilverCatsThank you for your messages. I definitely understand what’s being said more now. I try to take a step back and think let’s see / hear the evidence first. It’s such a delicate subject and I try to keep that in mind.

@TeddybearBaby your first paragraph nails it.

As for your questions, I obviously have an opinion right now , but I am happy to review all the evidence when it becomes available and reconsider or even change my mind.

And yes, I'll admit that I am fairly biased towards believing the woman, based on the balance of probability, most of the time.

@TeddybearBaby

Blake Lively and her husband are worth around $350 million.

What do you think her motivation would be for making public, serous accusations like this against a man if they aren't true?

That's a genuine question too.

They don't need money, they don't need drama, they don't need publicity. They are multi millionaires who already get lots of press coverage that was, before this situation, largely favourable to them.

Why would she lie?

Ok I get what you’re saying I think….. she might be a nasty piece of work but that’s irrelevant in the context of her suffering abuse because both things can be true at the same time?

So, are you willing to wait and see what all the evidence shows to make your mind up? Are you of the mindset to believe all women? Genuine question!!

No one is “heralding” BL as a “saint or paragon of virtue” @TeddybearBaby - they are saying that her personal qualities and things she said in interviews years ago aren’t in any way relevant to how she was treated by JB.

I have absolutely no idea whether BL is a nice person or not.

But what I do know, for a fact, is that JB paid for a PR campaign to make people think that BL is not a nice person, so my starting point is to question any narrative that seems to be based on that PR campaign.