What do you think of Blake Lively?

And using that logic Blake Livelys publicist used to represent Harvey Weinstein & her business was funded by him when she split from another firm. Should she fire her?

I've been following the case very closely and it's very difficult not to see that she attempted to stage a takeover of the production. I've read and watched a lot of the evidence and am struggling to believe that he is guilty of what she has accused him. I'm normally very much of the 'believe women' camp but in this case, that's not what I'm leading towards. I could be wrong of course, but, given what I've seen and read, I believe that and her husband have orchestrated something that has got out of hand.

Or that Bryan freedman, his lawyer, settled out of court with a minor who accused him and his mates of gang rape?

So all the people he represented eg Gabrielle Union, Julia Roberts, Alanis Morrisette, FKA Twigs, etc should not have used him?

Basically he shouldn't be a lawyer?

Which part isn't true?

That he signed the document before filming restarted, agreeing to certain terms? That he hired the same pr firm as Johnny Depp had during the amber herd trial? Or that Bryan freedman, his lawyer, settled out of court with a minor who accused him and his mates of gang rape?

I don't think anything of her.
I do think that men have been destroying women who speak out for a very long time.

How do you explain all her explicit sexual texts?

Ball Busting
Never Teeth
Sexy
Suppositories

I am neutral til all the evidence is in but you sound deranged by ignoring this evidence. Do you know what ball busting refers to?

I am ashamed to say that, just like with Amber Heard, I had a negative opinion of her over the summer - I had heard things in passing, had not looked at or thought about them in depth but was very aware of the stuff about her so-called disrespectful behaviour. FWIW I never saw the problem with her 'wear your florals' message at the time - yes the film was about DV but it was about ending the cycle which is an uplifting theme - the fact that this can happen. But that still was not enough for me to not be affected by all the negative press. Do I think she is perfect? Of course not. Do I believe her? I am inclined to with what I have seen more recently. Just like with AH, I think these things build momentum and it is hard not to be affected, especially if the target is not perfect. I hope I will be less affected by these negative press campaigns in future.

I am ashamed to say that, just like with Amber Heard, I had a negative opinion of her over the summer - I had heard things in passing, had not looked at or thought about them in depth but was very aware of the stuff about her so-called disrespectful behaviour. FWIW I never saw the problem with her 'wear your florals' message at the time - yes the film was about DV but it was about ending the cycle which is an uplifting theme - the fact that this can happen. But that still was not enough for me to not be affected by all the negative press. Do I think she is perfect? Of course not. Do I believe her? I am inclined to with what I have seen more recently.

Edited to finish as for some reason it posted twice and this posted before I finished!

What I saw was Blake commenting on Justin's nose.

Yes, doesn't she realise she can't have an opinion on another man's face 🙄😆

She has utilised her husband and her best friend to try and pull a power move and was met with resistance that she wasn't expecting.
In the same way she wasn't expecting JB to bite back legally (and with receipts).

Great argument 🙄

What actual evidence does he have? Fucking nothing but speculation, slander, and things that can be interpreted in one way or another. He's poisoned the well with the aforementioned smear campaign (that btw even the pr people were surprised went so well) that everyone is primed to hate her.

Obviously I read the website he put up with a pinch of salt, there is his opinion put in there, but the messages she has sent are wild. She may very well have a sexual harassment claim, I can’t speak on that as I wasn’t there. However, she ran a very calculated campaign to gain creative control from him and the production company. There is evidence for that. Demanding to see the dailies, demanding to sit alongside the director in the editing suite, then to have time with her own editor to cut her own version of the movie (she was an actress not a director). Despite JB’s cut of the film scoring higher in previews we ended up with her version of the film being the one which was released. She just refused to sign her acting agreement which tied her in to being legally obliged to promote the movie. Financially this would have been disastrous and Wayfarer and Sony acquiesced to her demands.

She refused to allow Justin Baldoni’s name to appear above the title on the film poster or have ‘a film by Justin Baldoni’ appear on the poster. Again, Sony allowed this as she was threatening to not approve the image rights which would mean no posters or promo with her image.

She demanded Baldoni and Jamey Heath write a letter recommending her to receive a producer credit from the Producer’s Guild of America which neither thought she deserved. They ended up writing the letter to ensure they could move forward with the release of the movie.

I have not seen any of her work. Some of her tweets are quite funny. I think her husband should fuck off out of football as stop treating Wrexham as his personal vanity money laundering project. It's monstrously unfair to normal clubs who can't buy their way to success.

You can have opinions on lots of things, but not on another woman’s body.

That doesn't even make sense in the context of my reply but you're deluded if you think people don't have opinions on other people's bodies!

What I saw was Blake commenting on Justin's nose. She's not your average girl. With Ryan Reynolds she's way above Justin in the power hierarchy which She's very well aware of.

And what you’re basically saying here is that a woman should accept comments about her body in case complaining damages her career

Yes, that's definitely what I'm saying 😆

When you are a celebrity image matters, it just does, why else apologise for their wedding venue? What celebs say, tweet etc is picked up on. She could have easily responded with "i'm not comfortable with that" etc. Of course she is under no obligation too but in the interest of PR celebs are normally very media savvy with what they say. I don't particularly care how she responded as it's not that deep & everyone has an off day. I'm just acknowledging that the public will use things like that to form a judgement of your character rightly or wrongly. And that's exactly what has happened but you don't have to agree.

I’m stepping away from this thread. You can’t argue with stupid.

Friend of a friend worked for her in a PA role - having worked for a number of celebs from film world. She only has really positive things to say about her (this is not true about most of her employers!).

Who? I assumed it was a bloke from the name!

Thought she was a cute girl, average actress. Was very empathetic when I heard she's been treated badly by Justin whatshisface.

U-turn when I saw the video clips and messages exchanged. She's a bitch. I tend to root for the women but in this case I feel sorry for the man.

Is she suing the reporter?

And the meat analogy is so ridiculous I don’t even know how to respond to it.

The world's gone mad!! The interviewer was congratulating her on her pregnancy, a pregnancy that had been publicly announced. It was a nice thing to do. Nothing more to it.

@IncaDove
It’s not relevant that you don’t find it offensive. Blake Lively did and I would too. And you don’t get to say what I should find acceptable when it comes to my own body.
No. But you don't get to sue or ruin someone for saying something considered inoffensive just because YOU find it offensive.

If I find someone eating meat offensive I don't get to sue them or punish them because they haven't done anything wrong by societies standard. Just mine.

And what you’re basically saying here is that a woman should accept comments about her body in case complaining damages her career

What do you think of Justin Baldoni? Why do we never see posts like this discussing the men involved in whatever (see Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter etc etc).