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What do you think of Blake Lively?

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NameChangeChic · 05/02/2025 13:13

From what I’ve heard with the current drama surrounding her I’m shocked. Did anyone’s opinions of her change?

ps this isn’t a bashing thread

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AngryBird6122 · 24/02/2025 17:09

God people really need to look into this story more

Mirabai · 24/02/2025 17:06

AliceMcK · 24/02/2025 17:01

Well they do have a lot to work with. BL has made things very easy for any PR team to find dirt on her.

There’s the public mocking of her costar during a live panel saying “some of us were born in a cage” referring to Leighton Meester being born in prison. When no one laughed she said 'Come on, it was a joke! Lord have mercy.'

What kind of person mocks where someone is born so publicly? hmm let’s see the same kind of person who endorsed Woody Allen and how she thinks he’s “empowering to women”. Apparently she didn’t think about his personal life when supporting him or that his daughter has been claiming he sexually abused her since she was 7 years old. Even if you don’t believe Dylan Farrow and her family, there is no denying he was having sex with his long term partners adopted daughter, whether it started when she was 19 or 21 he was still her mothers partner and a father figure to her and in his 50s.

She even defended WA and judged an MC for his jokes about WA by saying "I think any jokes about rape, homophobia, or Hitler is not a joke. I think that was a hard thing swallow in 30 seconds," she said. "Film festivals are such a beautiful, respectful festivals [sic] of film and artists. And to have that, it felt like it wouldn’t have happened if it was in the 1940s. I can’t imagine Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby going out and doing that. It was more disappointing for the artists in the room that someone was going up there making jokes about something that wasn’t funny." Quite hypocritical there BL!

O and there is the most recent joke where she feigned shock surprise at the 50th anniversary of SNL where a pre scripted joke was made by her husband RR about this whole drama. Obviously RR and BL seem to think the whole thing about her being SH is funny so why wouldn’t the rest of us think the allegations are a joke???

Here’s more hypocrisy, her faux support of the #metoo campaign while publicly supporting Harvey Weinstein.

Then there is the whole slave plantation thing, who gets married in a slave plantation? Two mega Hollywood celebrities who apparently didn’t realise that a plantation in the American South was a slave plantation previously, there is a fucking street called slave street on it and slave boxs 🤔 If an uneducated English person such as myself can figure out the chances of it being a slave plantation then surely an American and Canadian and there highly paid pr firm and staff could put 2 and 2 together….

Then there are all her comments relating to “Trannies” hoping to have a child that grew up one so she could share all her clothes and shoes with them. She likes to drop the word in randomly in conversation apparently.

Im fairly certain this won’t be all there is to find in her vast closet!

It’s fascinating the amount of time and effort (some) women will go to prove another woman (in this case a famous and attractive one) is not a nice person.

All of which is irrelevant to the issue of inappropriate behaviour on a film set followed by a PR takedown.

AliceMcK · 24/02/2025 17:01

Aworldofmyown · 23/02/2025 17:01

I think there is a weird "Blake Lively is awful" narrative in the press right now, this makes me suspicious! It would seem someone is paying for a fantastic PR team.

Well they do have a lot to work with. BL has made things very easy for any PR team to find dirt on her.

There’s the public mocking of her costar during a live panel saying “some of us were born in a cage” referring to Leighton Meester being born in prison. When no one laughed she said 'Come on, it was a joke! Lord have mercy.'

What kind of person mocks where someone is born so publicly? hmm let’s see the same kind of person who endorsed Woody Allen and how she thinks he’s “empowering to women”. Apparently she didn’t think about his personal life when supporting him or that his daughter has been claiming he sexually abused her since she was 7 years old. Even if you don’t believe Dylan Farrow and her family, there is no denying he was having sex with his long term partners adopted daughter, whether it started when she was 19 or 21 he was still her mothers partner and a father figure to her and in his 50s.

She even defended WA and judged an MC for his jokes about WA by saying "I think any jokes about rape, homophobia, or Hitler is not a joke. I think that was a hard thing swallow in 30 seconds," she said. "Film festivals are such a beautiful, respectful festivals [sic] of film and artists. And to have that, it felt like it wouldn’t have happened if it was in the 1940s. I can’t imagine Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby going out and doing that. It was more disappointing for the artists in the room that someone was going up there making jokes about something that wasn’t funny." Quite hypocritical there BL!

O and there is the most recent joke where she feigned shock surprise at the 50th anniversary of SNL where a pre scripted joke was made by her husband RR about this whole drama. Obviously RR and BL seem to think the whole thing about her being SH is funny so why wouldn’t the rest of us think the allegations are a joke???

Here’s more hypocrisy, her faux support of the #metoo campaign while publicly supporting Harvey Weinstein.

Then there is the whole slave plantation thing, who gets married in a slave plantation? Two mega Hollywood celebrities who apparently didn’t realise that a plantation in the American South was a slave plantation previously, there is a fucking street called slave street on it and slave boxs 🤔 If an uneducated English person such as myself can figure out the chances of it being a slave plantation then surely an American and Canadian and there highly paid pr firm and staff could put 2 and 2 together….

Then there are all her comments relating to “Trannies” hoping to have a child that grew up one so she could share all her clothes and shoes with them. She likes to drop the word in randomly in conversation apparently.

Im fairly certain this won’t be all there is to find in her vast closet!

Verv · 24/02/2025 16:57

I find it interesting that women are assassinating the character of a woman they wouldnt have thought twice about had she not accused a man of sexual harassment.
Until she stepped out of line and seemingly beyond her station - nobody had a thought about Blake Lively above and beyond a shark film and a marriage to deadpool.

Mirabai · 24/02/2025 16:20

AliceMcK · 24/02/2025 16:01

My question is, if this was indeed the case why would any woman put up with this kind of work environment if you were not under contract to do so?

BL had not signed her contract, she could have walked at any time with no repercussions and well its not as if she needed the job .

Working without a signed contract doesn’t mean you’re free from contractual obligations. An implied contract can be formed based on your communications and actions with your employer which create legally binding terms even without a signed agreement.

AliceMcK · 24/02/2025 16:01

Mirabai · 23/02/2025 16:46

@Atomickitten how was she vulnerable though? Genuine question?

How that be a genuine question? Are you implying that if someone has money and status they cannot be in any way personally vulnerable?

Would you put up with this from male coworkers:

  • being shown nude images and videos of women including their wives
  • discussing their porn addictions with you
  • discussing non consensual sex acts with you
  • describing their genitalia to you
  • trying to get you to discuss your personal sexual experiences
  • discussing your dead father

And is it your belief that you should just suck it up, or that because you’re (presumably) not living in dire poverty you have no right to feel uncomfortable or complain?

My question is, if this was indeed the case why would any woman put up with this kind of work environment if you were not under contract to do so?

BL had not signed her contract, she could have walked at any time with no repercussions and well its not as if she needed the job .

wipeywipe · 24/02/2025 09:57

yes i liked the shark movie!

Blinky21 · 24/02/2025 07:21

I think the comments she has made about Ryan Reynolds and Taylor are pretty cringe. I think Ryan is worse, having watched the Wrexham series, he comes off as really insincere. Bringing them in to fight her battles due to their star power feels intomidadatory. Don't like any of them

Pootlemcsmootle · 24/02/2025 06:33

Strawberryfruitcorner · 05/02/2025 13:24

I don’t form opinions on celebrities based on media headlines (from rag newspapers) and social media bullshit stories.

This is a bit unnecessarily patronising! You could read the text messages the lawyers used as evidence, for example. Doesn't mean you read gossip trash. Those text messages from her about dragons and what have you were admittedly a really strange and weird thing to send to a co worker. She does sound like very hard work.

Littlemisscapable · 24/02/2025 06:27

She has lovely hair. Seriously though they are so wealthy and.well connected. She needed this movie to give her career a boost and it was a good movie not a flop or anything. It did well. The promotion of movie was over. So it makes no sense to create all the drama if there wasnt incidents and evidence. Why would she? It's going to cost them loads and either way it may cost her her career. So I'm team Blake.

JennyForeigner · 24/02/2025 06:09

She's pretty, I don't really care, she was surprisingly good in a shark movie

That's all of it.

wipeywipe · 24/02/2025 05:52

Is it true her team has asked for 2.5 yrs of all phone records? Doesn't her team already have the evidence of the PR smear, I thought that was what the original article was based on?

wipeywipe · 24/02/2025 05:47

power!

wipeywipe · 24/02/2025 05:47

Ok, not as much poser then?

The thing that's odd to me is the sexual abuse part seems less of an issue to BL & RR than the PR smear because I don't get why RR would make a joke about it.

Mirabai · 23/02/2025 23:22

wipeywipe · 23/02/2025 22:33

@Mirabai if Blake had no power why did she get her own edit & her producers credit? How did Ryan rewrite a scene?

I’ve not said BL had “no power”.

Atomickitten · 23/02/2025 22:35

wipeywipe · 23/02/2025 22:34

Personally I think there is a whole lot of grey going on

I agree to be fair

Atomickitten · 23/02/2025 22:34

wipeywipe · 23/02/2025 22:33

@Mirabai if Blake had no power why did she get her own edit & her producers credit? How did Ryan rewrite a scene?

exactly this!

wipeywipe · 23/02/2025 22:34

Personally I think there is a whole lot of grey going on

wipeywipe · 23/02/2025 22:33

@Mirabai if Blake had no power why did she get her own edit & her producers credit? How did Ryan rewrite a scene?

Atomickitten · 23/02/2025 22:32

StopStartStop · 23/02/2025 22:25

I think my comment was exceptionally relevant and appropriate. You're threading about a nobody.

So because “you wouldn’t recognise her”, then she’s a nobody and therefore what you say is very relevant? I don’t follow your logic. Do you have a God complex?

Atomickitten · 23/02/2025 22:28

Yes I know what it means. If I’m not worth engaging with why do you keep engaging ? Resorting to insults means you already lost the argument and just trying to make yourself feel superior but you’re having the opposite effect you see :)

StopStartStop · 23/02/2025 22:25

Atomickitten · 23/02/2025 21:40

Then don’t comment

I think my comment was exceptionally relevant and appropriate. You're threading about a nobody.

wipeywipe · 23/02/2025 22:22

Just last week her own husband publicly made a flippant 'joke' relating to the ongoing drama between his wife and Justin. Glad to see him taking his wife's SH case seriously.

That confused me tbh as it seems weird to joke about it

Mirabai · 23/02/2025 22:19

Atomickitten · 23/02/2025 22:03

Yes under duress. You’re not very good at debating are you , you just keep throwing insults around.

😂 You don’t even know what that means (force coercion threats etc) and if were the case the contract/agreement would be voidable.

Atomickitten · 23/02/2025 22:03

Mirabai · 23/02/2025 21:54

Ludicrous. I can’t up even be bothered to read it. “Signed under duress” 🤣

Yes under duress. You’re not very good at debating are you , you just keep throwing insults around.