As always, grateful for your perspective, Kayleigh. I don’t want to join the internet pile on for Blake Lively, especially when I do believe that as humans we have to make mistakes and grow, but it’s hard when there are so many valid critiques and no real demonstrated growth. Blake wants my money for her movies and brands because she’s a girl’s girl and homemaker and witty wife extraordinaire…without doing any of the work for all the ways that she’s a glib, privileged asshole with a demonstrated record of talking down to people and romanticizing slavery and domestic abuse.
Honestly, this whole thing has just confirmed for me how much I don’t like her and don’t want to think about her anymore. And how much I wish domestic violence had gotten far better care here.
I hate to cape for them but Blake and Ryan did apologize for the plantation wedding: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ryan-reynolds-blake-lively-plantation-wedding-apology/ and Ryan has an initiative to have POC trainees on all of his films to allow them entry into the business. They also donated a lot of money to the NAACP but it seems more like that came about in 2020 after lockdown and folks combing though Ryan's Tweets and criticizing him for Tweeting about the Black Panther film while also being a person who had a wedding on a plantation. It kind of had to happen.
I cannot find any evidence that Blake apologized for romanticizing the antebellum South for Preserve. It's hard to trust most celebrities when it comes to haircare since we all know most of them use extensions at least part of the time. Consumers should demand proof of real hair life before shelling out for celeb hair lines. There is a lot of disingenuous film marketing mucking about, it's usually not coming out and saying a musical is a musical (are the Joker bros ready?). Trying to hide a domestic abuse drama inside a cutesy romcom is insidious, do they at least have a trigger warning on the film?
I’m sorry that your “tweeting gone viral” experience sucked on this
(“Xitter” will always be a cesspool), but thank you for waiting and giving a great “deep dive” into IEWU! The reporting on this film release has been a media mess! It’s nice to (finally!) get a no nonsense update! PS - I haven’t seen the film yet, but I’m going…
First time in this forum. Shouldn't you have known about their plantation apologies and their charitable donations, of which there are plenty? It's as if they just can't do anything right, and I guess they haven't considered your feelings. This is a film, not required reading, and one can easily ignore it, and not go to a site to bash something you haven't seen or read. Colleen's books are known for their angst, tragic back stories, and, their romance. As fiction. I sure don't think they have any basis in reality and I highly doubt anyone reads them to find out more about DV. The marketing was sloppy, Blake should have focused only on the film, and definitely spoke up on her position regarding DV. Other than that, it's just mild drama between the producer and director. There. I like your work and subscribed last month after reading you vis a vis Lainey for a loong time.
As always, grateful for your perspective, Kayleigh. I don’t want to join the internet pile on for Blake Lively, especially when I do believe that as humans we have to make mistakes and grow, but it’s hard when there are so many valid critiques and no real demonstrated growth. Blake wants my money for her movies and brands because she’s a girl’s girl and homemaker and witty wife extraordinaire…without doing any of the work for all the ways that she’s a glib, privileged asshole with a demonstrated record of talking down to people and romanticizing slavery and domestic abuse.
Honestly, this whole thing has just confirmed for me how much I don’t like her and don’t want to think about her anymore. And how much I wish domestic violence had gotten far better care here.
"Oh, your secret is that you don’t use conditioner? We can tell." Still reading, but can't stop laughing.
I cackled.
I hate to cape for them but Blake and Ryan did apologize for the plantation wedding: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ryan-reynolds-blake-lively-plantation-wedding-apology/ and Ryan has an initiative to have POC trainees on all of his films to allow them entry into the business. They also donated a lot of money to the NAACP but it seems more like that came about in 2020 after lockdown and folks combing though Ryan's Tweets and criticizing him for Tweeting about the Black Panther film while also being a person who had a wedding on a plantation. It kind of had to happen.
I cannot find any evidence that Blake apologized for romanticizing the antebellum South for Preserve. It's hard to trust most celebrities when it comes to haircare since we all know most of them use extensions at least part of the time. Consumers should demand proof of real hair life before shelling out for celeb hair lines. There is a lot of disingenuous film marketing mucking about, it's usually not coming out and saying a musical is a musical (are the Joker bros ready?). Trying to hide a domestic abuse drama inside a cutesy romcom is insidious, do they at least have a trigger warning on the film?
He apologized in that interview. I’ve never seen her apologize and goodness knows she needs to.
Will forever refer to Ryan Reynolds as the Sham-Wow guy now, thanks for that
I said the same thing when I first saw the trailer for IEWU. I don't understand how she's promoting a hair care line with hair looking like that.
I’m sorry that your “tweeting gone viral” experience sucked on this
(“Xitter” will always be a cesspool), but thank you for waiting and giving a great “deep dive” into IEWU! The reporting on this film release has been a media mess! It’s nice to (finally!) get a no nonsense update! PS - I haven’t seen the film yet, but I’m going…
honestly, best take on the whole situation. in the end, as for most things in life, it's just a dispute about money and a battle of ego's.
First time in this forum. Shouldn't you have known about their plantation apologies and their charitable donations, of which there are plenty? It's as if they just can't do anything right, and I guess they haven't considered your feelings. This is a film, not required reading, and one can easily ignore it, and not go to a site to bash something you haven't seen or read. Colleen's books are known for their angst, tragic back stories, and, their romance. As fiction. I sure don't think they have any basis in reality and I highly doubt anyone reads them to find out more about DV. The marketing was sloppy, Blake should have focused only on the film, and definitely spoke up on her position regarding DV. Other than that, it's just mild drama between the producer and director. There. I like your work and subscribed last month after reading you vis a vis Lainey for a loong time.
Did nobody read Emma's article about what a creep Baldoni is? He thinks he's some kind of manosphere guru. There is more to this story. https://www.pajiba.com/celebrities_are_better_than_you/art-and-activism-according-to-justin-baldoni.php