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Blake lively

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laurwalsh · 22/01/2025 20:45

Has anyone seen the video footage that totally proves Blake Lively was lying about her accusations of Justin Baldoni. Total Amber Heard vibes from this and it's scary to think how many cases that can't be proved have destroyed men's lives.

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TeddybearBaby · 25/01/2025 11:44

whathaveiforgotten · 25/01/2025 11:26

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

Sorry, my mistake 😂

Nicecuppatea2025 · 25/01/2025 11:59

Petra42 · 25/01/2025 08:57

Her hand was forced in that she had to stop defending him because of the media backlash. Same for Gwyneth. The reality is she was his very long term partner. I think BL and RR are usually very shrewd with their image but have made a huge error here.

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.

whathaveiforgotten · 25/01/2025 12:05

Coldanddamp · 25/01/2025 11:41

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

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?

TeddybearBaby · 25/01/2025 12:31

whathaveiforgotten · 25/01/2025 12:05

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?

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 🤷🏻‍♀️

TeddybearBaby · 25/01/2025 12:33

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……

fairycakes1234 · 25/01/2025 12:52

TeddybearBaby · 25/01/2025 10:26

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!!

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

Coldanddamp · 25/01/2025 13:17

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?

Coldanddamp · 25/01/2025 13:19

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.

Lavenderfarmcottage · 25/01/2025 14:31

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.

MrsElijahMikaelson1 · 25/01/2025 14:47

Nicecuppatea2025 · 25/01/2025 11:59

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.

Edited

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.

AnnoyedAsAllHeck · 25/01/2025 17:33

Feelabandoned · 24/01/2025 07:52

There aren’t plenty of examples though - they managed to drag up one interview from years ago and ran with that.

Other than that the accusations were general and vague - “hard to work with” - yes, because she didn’t just accept the way he treated her.

The entire cast of the film in question backed her over him. They don’t seem to have found her “spiteful”.

Edited

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.

Vavazoom · 25/01/2025 17:51

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.

friendshipover24 · 28/01/2025 11:04

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.

Matronic6 · 28/01/2025 11:17

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

Nicecuppatea2025 · 28/01/2025 11:50

Doesn’t make BL wrong in her original complaint.

Nicecuppatea2025 · 28/01/2025 11:59

friendshipover24 · 28/01/2025 11:04

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.

That hasn’t convinced me of anything. COs whole schtick is about being provocative so it’s a pinch of salt really.

friendshipover24 · 28/01/2025 13:39

Nicecuppatea2025 · 28/01/2025 11:59

That hasn’t convinced me of anything. COs whole schtick is about being provocative so it’s a pinch of salt really.

I found her take on things believable.
Why invite someone into into your trailer while you are pumping if you feel so sexually harassed? 🙄 Or to your house and take pictures of then with your young baby…. If he is so evil?

Nicecuppatea2025 · 28/01/2025 14:41

CO is very good at painting a black and white opinion. The reality will be much more nuanced , surely.

Lavenderfarmcottage · 28/01/2025 15:43

I read this is a PR war dressed up as a legal fight. They both look ridiculous though. The recently released voice message by Baloney is cringe. The whole thing of BL using Ryan and TS is so grabby and climber and cringe. She’s then gone on a huge rant about her artistic license. He’s then grovelled and basically French kissed her starfish to keep things on track. I meant it’s like two egos that think they’re changing the world or something.

AngryBird6122 · 28/01/2025 17:36

I’m so surprised the amount of support bl and rr have on here! It’s scary

batshitaboutcatshit · 02/02/2025 14:40

I have seen some utterly batshit stuff in mumsnet in my time. However, the suggestion that Blake Lively, one of the most beautiful women in the world, who has been in relationships with Penn Badgley, Leonardo DiCaprio and Ryan Reynolds was the long term partner of HARVEY WEINSTEIN takes the absolute biscuit 🤣🤣🤣

batshitaboutcatshit · 02/02/2025 14:49

FWIW I think people are missing the point when they say that being a mean girl doesn't mean she can't be a victim.

People bring up the fact she is a "mean girl"/manipulative to suggest the fact that she could in fact be lying or exaggerating the situation to her advantage. To show the type of character she is.

Petra42 · 03/02/2025 03:50

Ah it's all coming out now about Blake and Ryan. Good on Justin for fighting back.

With the Harvey Weinstein thing, its not looks, it's about power and getting that meteoric rise to the top including Blake who was allegedly the longer term secret partner alongside Gwyneth, Jennifer Lawrence, Olivia Wilde, Sienna Miller, Emma Watson, Michelle Williams to name a few. She was the most beautiful of the lot. Olivia Wilde was actually named in a case involving him. Yes, he was rightly charged but there were always those who knew what he was like and wanted that Oscar or to be successful at any cost. BL and RR are known for being very ruthless and its only coming out now. Blake and Gwyneth's hand was forced when HW got arrested as they had to denounce him in public.

https://www.pajiba.com/think_pieces/harveys-girls-the-wouldbe-ingenues-where-are-they-now-and-what-happened-then.php

Harvey's Girls

The Would-Be Ingenues: Where Are They Now, And What Happened Then

https://www.pajiba.com/think_pieces/harveys-girls-the-wouldbe-ingenues-where-are-they-now-and-what-happened-then.php

FoxDox · 03/02/2025 21:25

Petra42 · 03/02/2025 03:50

Ah it's all coming out now about Blake and Ryan. Good on Justin for fighting back.

With the Harvey Weinstein thing, its not looks, it's about power and getting that meteoric rise to the top including Blake who was allegedly the longer term secret partner alongside Gwyneth, Jennifer Lawrence, Olivia Wilde, Sienna Miller, Emma Watson, Michelle Williams to name a few. She was the most beautiful of the lot. Olivia Wilde was actually named in a case involving him. Yes, he was rightly charged but there were always those who knew what he was like and wanted that Oscar or to be successful at any cost. BL and RR are known for being very ruthless and its only coming out now. Blake and Gwyneth's hand was forced when HW got arrested as they had to denounce him in public.

https://www.pajiba.com/think_pieces/harveys-girls-the-wouldbe-ingenues-where-are-they-now-and-what-happened-then.php

That is an interesting article - it now seems that it was quite ahead of its time !

Nicecuppatea2025 · 03/02/2025 23:01

Petra42 · 03/02/2025 03:50

Ah it's all coming out now about Blake and Ryan. Good on Justin for fighting back.

With the Harvey Weinstein thing, its not looks, it's about power and getting that meteoric rise to the top including Blake who was allegedly the longer term secret partner alongside Gwyneth, Jennifer Lawrence, Olivia Wilde, Sienna Miller, Emma Watson, Michelle Williams to name a few. She was the most beautiful of the lot. Olivia Wilde was actually named in a case involving him. Yes, he was rightly charged but there were always those who knew what he was like and wanted that Oscar or to be successful at any cost. BL and RR are known for being very ruthless and its only coming out now. Blake and Gwyneth's hand was forced when HW got arrested as they had to denounce him in public.

https://www.pajiba.com/think_pieces/harveys-girls-the-wouldbe-ingenues-where-are-they-now-and-what-happened-then.php

Oh stop it 😂
What a load of old codswallop.