Why is Blake Lively so overrated?

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Perez Hilton posted this video and the comments are wild. Overwhelmingly supportive of Justin. There’s even one person who is like Blake I love you, but he didn’t do anything wrong here.

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Blake looked like she was enjoying being around Justin in these outtakes.

Huh. To my eyes, she appears to loathe him and be pretty uncomfortable filming this scene. She seems to suggest that their characters be talking more because it will decrease the amount of time he spends nuzzling her neck or "almost kissing" her and she does not seem to enjoy that aspect of the scene. I also think she says the thing about his nose and laughs at him on purpose to push him away. It's a mean instinct but not that unusual -- she can't resist because she clearly hates him.

And the thing about him saying "you smell good" happens pretty much as she describes it. They are speaking to each other as Blake and Justin and he makes a comment about "getting beard on" her and she responds "I'm probably getting spray tan on you" -- they are talking about the artifice of acting out the scene. And then he says "it smells good" and you can see it makes her uncomfortable and she says "well, it's not that, it's my body makeup." This reads to me as her expressing that he's crossed a line and reminding him to be professional.

I can see how/why they both see it so differently and don't think either one is "lying" in their complaints. They are both telling the truth but he does not seem to get that his behavior is bothering her.

Was there an IC on set for this scene? It think a fundamental point in her complaint is that this scene was much more intimate than she expected based on the script, which simply says that the characters slow dance while "in their own world." But he's initiating a lot of intimate contact, nuzzling her neck and upper arms, starting these almost kisses where their faces are right next to each other. Meanwhile it's clear she thought the scene would be more about them interacting, talking, "falling in love" not just getting hot for each other.

Having an IC on set for a scene like this would help bridge the gap between those two ideas of the scene and also ensure that it doesn't cross lines, which Lively clearly thought it did.

I think this backs up her complaint even though it's not like overt harassment. It shows how uncomfortable she was and could be an example of a scene that was in fact pretty intimate but does not appear to have been choreographed or overseen by an IC. I can also see that he seems to be misreading the situation and seems to think her smiling/laughing is flirtatious, but to me it reads as the way a lot of women will smile instinctively when they don't like a man who is coming onto them, to try and keep their faces from betraying how they feel which might upset them. I can see the stakes being particularly high for her because she has to film the rest of this movie with him and she doesn't want him to realize she is repulsed by him. But she is.

?I watched it and they seem very comfortable with each other and smiling and joking the whole time.

I'm sorry but she clearly hates him. She's smiling because she's being filmed and she's supposed to be falling in love with him. Her jokes are a deflection. She's leaning back from him and his visibly bothered by him being physically close to her. She's suggests that their characters would be talking to try and keep him from nuzzling her. She breaks away from him numerous times by throwing her head back to laugh or initiating a dance spin because she doesn't like having him so close to her. She jokes about his nose to get him to back away from her. He makes the comment about her smelling good and she gets serious and is like "actually no I'm talking about my body makeup, this is not a come on."

It genuinely concerns me that some of you cannot see that she's very uncomfortable here. She isn't flirting, she's not into him AT ALL.

she’s ACTING. in a scene where two lovers slow dance romantically. If she’s uncomfortable she shouldn’t have taken the lead role.

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Blake looked like she was enjoying being around Justin in these outtakes.

Huh. To my eyes, she appears to loathe him and be pretty uncomfortable filming this scene. She seems to suggest that their characters be talking more because it will decrease the amount of time he spends nuzzling her neck or "almost kissing" her and she does not seem to enjoy that aspect of the scene. I also think she says the thing about his nose and laughs at him on purpose to push him away. It's a mean instinct but not that unusual -- she can't resist because she clearly hates him.

And the thing about him saying "you smell good" happens pretty much as she describes it. They are speaking to each other as Blake and Justin and he makes a comment about "getting beard on" her and she responds "I'm probably getting spray tan on you" -- they are talking about the artifice of acting out the scene. And then he says "it smells good" and you can see it makes her uncomfortable and she says "well, it's not that, it's my body makeup." This reads to me as her expressing that he's crossed a line and reminding him to be professional.

I can see how/why they both see it so differently and don't think either one is "lying" in their complaints. They are both telling the truth but he does not seem to get that his behavior is bothering her.

Was there an IC on set for this scene? It think a fundamental point in her complaint is that this scene was much more intimate than she expected based on the script, which simply says that the characters slow dance while "in their own world." But he's initiating a lot of intimate contact, nuzzling her neck and upper arms, starting these almost kisses where their faces are right next to each other. Meanwhile it's clear she thought the scene would be more about them interacting, talking, "falling in love" not just getting hot for each other.

Having an IC on set for a scene like this would help bridge the gap between those two ideas of the scene and also ensure that it doesn't cross lines, which Lively clearly thought it did.

I think this backs up her complaint even though it's not like overt harassment. It shows how uncomfortable she was and could be an example of a scene that was in fact pretty intimate but does not appear to have been choreographed or overseen by an IC. I can also see that he seems to be misreading the situation and seems to think her smiling/laughing is flirtatious, but to me it reads as the way a lot of women will smile instinctively when they don't like a man who is coming onto them, to try and keep their faces from betraying how they feel which might upset them. I can see the stakes being particularly high for her because she has to film the rest of this movie with him and she doesn't want him to realize she is repulsed by him. But she is.

?I watched it and they seem very comfortable with each other and smiling and joking the whole time.

I'm sorry but she clearly hates him. She's smiling because she's being filmed and she's supposed to be falling in love with him. Her jokes are a deflection. She's leaning back from him and his visibly bothered by him being physically close to her. She's suggests that their characters would be talking to try and keep him from nuzzling her. She breaks away from him numerous times by throwing her head back to laugh or initiating a dance spin because she doesn't like having him so close to her. She jokes about his nose to get him to back away from her. He makes the comment about her smelling good and she gets serious and is like "actually no I'm talking about my body makeup, this is not a come on."

It genuinely concerns me that some of you cannot see that she's very uncomfortable here. She isn't flirting, she's not into him AT ALL.

I have watched the video and discerned the complete opposite. She even touches his face at one point. Now that I have read your comments, I am going to rewatch.

I am another person, rewatched after reading this, and don't agree with you at all. You are hallucinating her feelings to support her claim, likely because you are already down a rabbit hole supporting her and trying to justify the unjustifiable. No reasonable person watching this would think that AND no reasonable scene partner (JB) or director (JB) would sense her discomfort and change their behavior.

They also claim to have video of her initiating unscripted kissing in other scenes. And I’m betting they do!

His claim cites a bunch of video evidence. If they're anything like this one she's cooked.

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Anonymous wrote:Perez Hilton posted this video and the comments are wild. Overwhelmingly supportive of Justin. There’s even one person who is like Blake I love you, but he didn’t do anything wrong here.

Perez Hilton Hayes women, so dog whistling for misogynists is no surprise. He was probably paid. Try harder.

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Hates women

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Anonymous wrote:Perez Hilton posted this video and the comments are wild. Overwhelmingly supportive of Justin. There’s even one person who is like Blake I love you, but he didn’t do anything wrong here.

Perez Hilton Hayes women, so dog whistling for misogynists is no surprise. He was probably paid. Try harder.

OK, go to us magazine or entertainment tonight who also posted the video and see those comments.

It’s looking worse and worse Blake.

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Blake looked like she was enjoying being around Justin in these outtakes.

Huh. To my eyes, she appears to loathe him and be pretty uncomfortable filming this scene. She seems to suggest that their characters be talking more because it will decrease the amount of time he spends nuzzling her neck or "almost kissing" her and she does not seem to enjoy that aspect of the scene. I also think she says the thing about his nose and laughs at him on purpose to push him away. It's a mean instinct but not that unusual -- she can't resist because she clearly hates him.

And the thing about him saying "you smell good" happens pretty much as she describes it. They are speaking to each other as Blake and Justin and he makes a comment about "getting beard on" her and she responds "I'm probably getting spray tan on you" -- they are talking about the artifice of acting out the scene. And then he says "it smells good" and you can see it makes her uncomfortable and she says "well, it's not that, it's my body makeup." This reads to me as her expressing that he's crossed a line and reminding him to be professional.

I can see how/why they both see it so differently and don't think either one is "lying" in their complaints. They are both telling the truth but he does not seem to get that his behavior is bothering her.

Was there an IC on set for this scene? It think a fundamental point in her complaint is that this scene was much more intimate than she expected based on the script, which simply says that the characters slow dance while "in their own world." But he's initiating a lot of intimate contact, nuzzling her neck and upper arms, starting these almost kisses where their faces are right next to each other. Meanwhile it's clear she thought the scene would be more about them interacting, talking, "falling in love" not just getting hot for each other.

Having an IC on set for a scene like this would help bridge the gap between those two ideas of the scene and also ensure that it doesn't cross lines, which Lively clearly thought it did.

I think this backs up her complaint even though it's not like overt harassment. It shows how uncomfortable she was and could be an example of a scene that was in fact pretty intimate but does not appear to have been choreographed or overseen by an IC. I can also see that he seems to be misreading the situation and seems to think her smiling/laughing is flirtatious, but to me it reads as the way a lot of women will smile instinctively when they don't like a man who is coming onto them, to try and keep their faces from betraying how they feel which might upset them. I can see the stakes being particularly high for her because she has to film the rest of this movie with him and she doesn't want him to realize she is repulsed by him. But she is.

?I watched it and they seem very comfortable with each other and smiling and joking the whole time.

I'm sorry but she clearly hates him. She's smiling because she's being filmed and she's supposed to be falling in love with him. Her jokes are a deflection. She's leaning back from him and his visibly bothered by him being physically close to her. She's suggests that their characters would be talking to try and keep him from nuzzling her. She breaks away from him numerous times by throwing her head back to laugh or initiating a dance spin because she doesn't like having him so close to her. She jokes about his nose to get him to back away from her. He makes the comment about her smelling good and she gets serious and is like "actually no I'm talking about my body makeup, this is not a come on."

It genuinely concerns me that some of you cannot see that she's very uncomfortable here. She isn't flirting, she's not into him AT ALL.

she’s ACTING. in a scene where two lovers slow dance romantically. If she’s uncomfortable she shouldn’t have taken the lead role.

Blake isn't that good of an actor

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For those of you who want to be more sympathetic to Blake. While after seeing this video, I just feel like she blatantly lied, in trying to give her the benefit of the doubt, I have always thought Ryan was controlling a-hole. I’m wondering if one of the reasons that she wanted to see all the footage is actually him demanding to see all the footage of them interacting.

I really think he’s behind so much of this. There is speculation that one of the reasons that she was uncomfortable during the promotion of this could be a trauma response. And I’m not saying that Ryan hits her but I think he could be very controlling and emotionally abusive.

So, why it makes me sad for her, Justin doesn’t deserve to be dragged into this, and doesn’t deserve to be labeled a sexual harasser just because RR is incredibly jealous and controlling.

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Blake looked like she was enjoying being around Justin in these outtakes.

They're both flirting like crazy. They had a crush. Ryan found out and lost it. Blake then lied to cover for it.

I absolutely disagree. They are not flirting like crazy. They are pretending to fall in love in a scene. They have to gaze dreamily at each other and make their voice soft and compliment each other. It’s called acting.

They clearly are able to go back-and-forth and talk about less serious topics, joke around, talk about their spouses. Nothing about this says they’re falling in love it just looks like ACTING.

But he clearly wasn’t doing anything wrong here.

Totally agree. It’s acting! And they have chemistry but that doesn’t mean anything else

it does when the chemistry carries over

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Anonymous wrote:For those of you who want to be more sympathetic to Blake. While after seeing this video, I just feel like she blatantly lied, in trying to give her the benefit of the doubt, I have always thought Ryan was controlling a-hole. I’m wondering if one of the reasons that she wanted to see all the footage is actually him demanding to see all the footage of them interacting.

I really think he’s behind so much of this. There is speculation that one of the reasons that she was uncomfortable during the promotion of this could be a trauma response. And I’m not saying that Ryan hits her but I think he could be very controlling and emotionally abusive.

So, why it makes me sad for her, Justin doesn’t deserve to be dragged into this, and doesn’t deserve to be labeled a sexual harasser just because RR is incredibly jealous and controlling.

I think this is pretty on point most likely

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Blake looked like she was enjoying being around Justin in these outtakes.

Huh. To my eyes, she appears to loathe him and be pretty uncomfortable filming this scene. She seems to suggest that their characters be talking more because it will decrease the amount of time he spends nuzzling her neck or "almost kissing" her and she does not seem to enjoy that aspect of the scene. I also think she says the thing about his nose and laughs at him on purpose to push him away. It's a mean instinct but not that unusual -- she can't resist because she clearly hates him.

And the thing about him saying "you smell good" happens pretty much as she describes it. They are speaking to each other as Blake and Justin and he makes a comment about "getting beard on" her and she responds "I'm probably getting spray tan on you" -- they are talking about the artifice of acting out the scene. And then he says "it smells good" and you can see it makes her uncomfortable and she says "well, it's not that, it's my body makeup." This reads to me as her expressing that he's crossed a line and reminding him to be professional.

I can see how/why they both see it so differently and don't think either one is "lying" in their complaints. They are both telling the truth but he does not seem to get that his behavior is bothering her.

Was there an IC on set for this scene? It think a fundamental point in her complaint is that this scene was much more intimate than she expected based on the script, which simply says that the characters slow dance while "in their own world." But he's initiating a lot of intimate contact, nuzzling her neck and upper arms, starting these almost kisses where their faces are right next to each other. Meanwhile it's clear she thought the scene would be more about them interacting, talking, "falling in love" not just getting hot for each other.

Having an IC on set for a scene like this would help bridge the gap between those two ideas of the scene and also ensure that it doesn't cross lines, which Lively clearly thought it did.

I think this backs up her complaint even though it's not like overt harassment. It shows how uncomfortable she was and could be an example of a scene that was in fact pretty intimate but does not appear to have been choreographed or overseen by an IC. I can also see that he seems to be misreading the situation and seems to think her smiling/laughing is flirtatious, but to me it reads as the way a lot of women will smile instinctively when they don't like a man who is coming onto them, to try and keep their faces from betraying how they feel which might upset them. I can see the stakes being particularly high for her because she has to film the rest of this movie with him and she doesn't want him to realize she is repulsed by him. But she is.

?I watched it and they seem very comfortable with each other and smiling and joking the whole time.

I'm sorry but she clearly hates him. She's smiling because she's being filmed and she's supposed to be falling in love with him. Her jokes are a deflection. She's leaning back from him and his visibly bothered by him being physically close to her. She's suggests that their characters would be talking to try and keep him from nuzzling her. She breaks away from him numerous times by throwing her head back to laugh or initiating a dance spin because she doesn't like having him so close to her. She jokes about his nose to get him to back away from her. He makes the comment about her smelling good and she gets serious and is like "actually no I'm talking about my body makeup, this is not a come on."

It genuinely concerns me that some of you cannot see that she's very uncomfortable here. She isn't flirting, she's not into him AT ALL.

I have watched the video and discerned the complete opposite. She even touches his face at one point. Now that I have read your comments, I am going to rewatch.

Okay. I am back. She clearly touches his face and says in a sweet voice that “I must know what they are saying.” She isn’t giving me the feeling of being harassed at all. She is looking at him rather affectionately here. If anything I feel the heat coming off the screen. If I were the spouse of either I would feel uncomfortable with the scene. Perhaps even threatened. They are both really believable in this scene. Even when she talks about the hats afterwards. There’s no harassment from what I have viewed in these videos.

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I'm someone who thinks she looks like she hates him and is very uncomfortable in that scene. I'm not saying I think anything he does in the scene is sexual harassment -- they are playing a love scene. I just don't get the comments saying she looks really comfortable or that they have a good dynamic. She quite clearly can't stand him and is trying to avoid him, and he (perhaps rightly) feels she's undermining his authority as a director.

The ONE thing he does that feels like it might put a teeny tiny toe over the line is when he says "it smells good." Given that she clearly can't stand him and this scene was pretty tense and combative to film, I can see why that jumped out at her as being inappropriate. But I don't think that by itself constitutes harassment -- just that I can see why, given the tone of this interaction, it probably felt icky to her.

I think she needs way more than this interaction to prove harassment. I'm just not getting the comments about how she seems to like him or be having a good time because I don't see that at all. They look to have a pretty unpleasant working relationship and I suspect all their intimate scenes were pretty hard to film as a result.

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Anonymous wrote:The NY Times has got to be thinking of settling asap. Clearly they did zero research beyond speaking with Blake.

Agree 100 percent. What an utter embarrassment.

I’m embarrassed for the NYT

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Anonymous wrote:For those of you who want to be more sympathetic to Blake. While after seeing this video, I just feel like she blatantly lied, in trying to give her the benefit of the doubt, I have always thought Ryan was controlling a-hole. I’m wondering if one of the reasons that she wanted to see all the footage is actually him demanding to see all the footage of them interacting.

I really think he’s behind so much of this. There is speculation that one of the reasons that she was uncomfortable during the promotion of this could be a trauma response. And I’m not saying that Ryan hits her but I think he could be very controlling and emotionally abusive.

So, why it makes me sad for her, Justin doesn’t deserve to be dragged into this, and doesn’t deserve to be labeled a sexual harasser just because RR is incredibly jealous and controlling.

+1. I think Ryan is the catalyst. He didn't like Justing from the beginning and was jealous if their connection. Justin was more then being friendly with her to keep the peace. He liked her as a friend. Ryan yelled at him and he and Blake still formed a close bond.

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Anonymous wrote:For those of you who want to be more sympathetic to Blake. While after seeing this video, I just feel like she blatantly lied, in trying to give her the benefit of the doubt, I have always thought Ryan was controlling a-hole. I’m wondering if one of the reasons that she wanted to see all the footage is actually him demanding to see all the footage of them interacting.

I really think he’s behind so much of this. There is speculation that one of the reasons that she was uncomfortable during the promotion of this could be a trauma response. And I’m not saying that Ryan hits her but I think he could be very controlling and emotionally abusive.

So, why it makes me sad for her, Justin doesn’t deserve to be dragged into this, and doesn’t deserve to be labeled a sexual harasser just because RR is incredibly jealous and controlling.

He may also be a jerk but I think it’s silly to pretend women can never be problematic. Blake manages to be obnoxious in nearly all her interviews without any help from him.