Why is Blake Lively so overrated?

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Anonymous wrote:Also, I think that based on Baldoni’s obsequiousness during the filming (He rolled over for her during the filming to avoid antagonizing her), Blake thought he would cower under threats and she would come out on top. Just because someone is deferential at the workplace in order to achieve their aims, does not mean they are fools who won’t fight back when you have them in a corner.

Isn't it a problem that he "rolled over" for her during filming though? It seems like he really mishandled his position during filming and that goes to her allegation that the set was unprofessionally run.

Being unprofessional isn't illegal and if he was unprofessional by showing too much deference, that hurts her claims overall.

Yeah, I don’t get how he was too accommodating and differential and also sexually harassed her.

My perception of the footage that has been released is that he is not accommodating or deferential, but he communicated poorly and was not direct or authoritative. It's not like he just lets her change the scene so they are talking the whole time -- he doesn't actually engage with her the way she's proposing. He just kind of ignores her suggestions and then argues with her and then goes ahead doing it his way with all the nuzzling/kissing (which only he does).

He just seems like a bad communicator and that will give rise to misunderstandings.

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Anonymous wrote:Also, I think that based on Baldoni’s obsequiousness during the filming (He rolled over for her during the filming to avoid antagonizing her), Blake thought he would cower under threats and she would come out on top. Just because someone is deferential at the workplace in order to achieve their aims, does not mean they are fools who won’t fight back when you have them in a corner.

I think this is the right take.

+1. They thought he was a patsy who would rollover, which he pretty much did throughout filming. Blake sounded like a nightmare to manage. But then they started smearing his character and he was not going to have his livelihood and reputation ruined and rightly, fought back. I don't think Blake or Ryan expected that, but their lawyers and PR people should have.

Right, and my question is why their team didn’t anticipate that?

Agree. I really feel like he was pushed into a corner because it was absolutely humiliating for him to be in that basement for the premier. The premier of a film he owned the rights to, that he starred in, directed, and produced.

She knew what she was doing when she and Ryan unfollowed him too. Look at the headlines right now about Justin Bieber unfollowing people. Fans and gossip rags pick up on that instantly.

He probably wouldn’t have done anything, but she so botched the promotion through the whole advertising alcohol, botching interviews, etc. I know people say she followed the marketing plan to make it more of a light movie, but I’m not talking about that. She didn’t have to advertise her and Ryan’s alcohol brands. She didn’t have to launch her hairline. And she didn’t have to come off so poorly in interviews.

There was one where the interviewer ask her, if your fans come up and want to engage with you about the topic of domestic violence what would you do? She went off with really sarcastic comments, basically showing disdain for her fans for trying to stalk her with a bad location sharing joke.

It was really weird and not what the marketing plan likely intended. Her costar Brandon was sitting beside her and looked embarrassed.

She created this huge mess and I think her team was probably desperate to clean it up somehow. I agree that they weren’t thinking clearly or a long-term.

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Anonymous wrote:Also, I think that based on Baldoni’s obsequiousness during the filming (He rolled over for her during the filming to avoid antagonizing her), Blake thought he would cower under threats and she would come out on top. Just because someone is deferential at the workplace in order to achieve their aims, does not mean they are fools who won’t fight back when you have them in a corner.

Isn't it a problem that he "rolled over" for her during filming though? It seems like he really mishandled his position during filming and that goes to her allegation that the set was unprofessionally run.

Being unprofessional isn't illegal and if he was unprofessional by showing too much deference, that hurts her claims overall.

Yeah, I don’t get how he was too accommodating and differential and also sexually harassed her.

My perception of the footage that has been released is that he is not accommodating or deferential, but he communicated poorly and was not direct or authoritative. It's not like he just lets her change the scene so they are talking the whole time -- he doesn't actually engage with her the way she's proposing. He just kind of ignores her suggestions and then argues with her and then goes ahead doing it his way with all the nuzzling/kissing (which only he does).

He just seems like a bad communicator and that will give rise to misunderstandings.

But not sexual harassment. Also, why didn’t she speak up. She never once said she was uncomfortable. Communication works both ways.

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Anonymous wrote:Also, I think that based on Baldoni’s obsequiousness during the filming (He rolled over for her during the filming to avoid antagonizing her), Blake thought he would cower under threats and she would come out on top. Just because someone is deferential at the workplace in order to achieve their aims, does not mean they are fools who won’t fight back when you have them in a corner.

He rolled over for her because he liked her.

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He rolled over for her because he liked her.

I’m not getting that at all. Even from their earliest texts, he seems always professional and always wanting to redirect it back to the work. She’s the one that goes on long tangents about filmmaking and getting in shape.

He’s the one that has to go to her apartment for a meeting, he’s not inviting her over from what I can tell.

Not picking up on any vibes that he had a romantic interest in her.

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Anonymous wrote:I think you could argue that when the director is one of the actors involved in a scene with intimacy, they should have an IC on set because it creates a weird dynamic. Especially in a situation like this where the director is playing a guy who turns out to be abusive.

I think, watching this, that the lines between Baldoni the director, Baldoni the actor, and Ryle the character, are getting crossed in ways that could be confusing or upsetting for his costar.

That doesn't mean I think he's a harasser. I don't. But I think the situation could have been handled better by the studio and by Baldoni himself, as they were in charge of the production.

The issue here is they are supposed to be acting a scene as characters in love and she doesn't want to stay in character by either staying silent as instructed, or just improvising some light in character dialogue. The talking muddled the boundaries so now instead of Lily and Ryle touching it's Blake and Justin touching. It's awkward.

We never see Baldoni say "let's do this in character" or "I want to improvise in character even though we aren't doing audio" though. He says he "was told" by others that he needed to get her to stop talking. Why doesn't he just say "Blake, we need a take without us talking, let's just act it out without words"? I see the part at the beginning where she's talking about how she likes the idea of them talking during this scene because that's how she and her husband fell in love, but Baldoni is passive about it. He just kind of ignores her and is like touching her face and nuzzling her. Why isn't he more direct about it?

His approach to directing in that scene was annoying to me. He won't just say "this is what I want" and he also doesn't try to find a diplomatic solution ("we'll do one take talking and one without, so we have both options"). Instead he's kind of passive aggressive, not giving Lively specific direction but just kind of trying to override her by playing the scene totally differently than what she's suggesting. It *is* awkward but I feel like the awkwardness is on Baldoni, who is the director and could have taken more control of the scene and done a better job communicating to his costar.

What? They are filming a scene, why would he have to say, “let’s do this in character”? They are supposed to be in character! Anytime he is kissing her, they are in character. He does give direction. Doesn’t he say something like “let’s do this” before she lifts her hair and he kisses her neck? And don’t they talk about almost kissing before they start to kiss and then pull away?

They are in and out of character. Not in character the whole time. He says in his complaint he was trying to get her to stop talking. Why didn't he just say, "I want to do a take without talking"? Or suggest they do a take where they are in character the whole time (in which case he would also not break character) including talking in character as Lily and Ryle? He complains that she was trying to control the scene but I don't see him trying to control it. I see him being passive aggressive about it, getting annoyed that she's not doing what he wants even though he is not being clear about it.

I just see them being on two totally different wavelengths and as the director, it was within his power to fix that. Instead he just kind of acts annoyed the whole time (also not in character! Ryle is not annoyed with Lily in that scene) but never comes out and says "Thank you for your input but I want to do this so that we can get this specific shot." Which would be within his right to say as the director.

I think Baldoni was intimidated by Lively and handled it by being passive-aggressive, which annoyed her and sometimes came off as him being inappropriate.

Why are you still here with your crazy takes? You told us you were leaving in a huff just a few pages ago, claiming we were all women haters. And don’t try to say that wasn’t you, it clearly was. Your writing style and “take” give you away.

That wasn't me, there is more than one poster who disagrees with you.

If you don't believe me, go ask Jeff. It is weird that anytime someone posts something you disagree with, you assume it's the same person.

It is the fact that your posts are genuinely and completely out of touch with reality, and your writing style is very distinctive. I don’t need to ask Jeff, it’s completely obvious.

Just to defend PP one of the lone voices in the thread speaking up for Lively, *I* am the PP — one of the OTHER voices in this thread speaking up for Lively — who said on page 244 that they were leaving the thread, and I haven’t posted here since then at page 244. So weirdo poster saying PP’s posting style is so distinctive and PP is crazy HAS THEMSELVES COMPLETELY LOST TOUCH WITH REALITY. Good luck, babe.

(I sometimes post from my phone or laptop depending on where I’m reading from, but haven’t posted from ANYWHERE since I said I was leaving back on page whatever. Enjoy being wrong.)

Thank you. Yes -- I'm the person who keeps bring told I'm "crazy" for having a different opinion and accused of being the person who left the thread. I've also been accused if being the lone person defending Lively for "100 pages" when I haven't been posting in the thread that long and also not all of my posts defend Lively -- most of what I've said has been saying I don't think either of them have proven their version of events is the truth and a lot of this is subjective.

My recent posts have all mostly been just me saying that I think she looks like she doesn't like him in the released footage, in response to posters claiming she looks happy and comfortable or is flirting with him.

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Anonymous wrote:Also, I think that based on Baldoni’s obsequiousness during the filming (He rolled over for her during the filming to avoid antagonizing her), Blake thought he would cower under threats and she would come out on top. Just because someone is deferential at the workplace in order to achieve their aims, does not mean they are fools who won’t fight back when you have them in a corner.

Isn't it a problem that he "rolled over" for her during filming though? It seems like he really mishandled his position during filming and that goes to her allegation that the set was unprofessionally run.

Being unprofessional isn't illegal and if he was unprofessional by showing too much deference, that hurts her claims overall.

Yeah, I don’t get how he was too accommodating and differential and also sexually harassed her.

My perception of the footage that has been released is that he is not accommodating or deferential, but he communicated poorly and was not direct or authoritative. It's not like he just lets her change the scene so they are talking the whole time -- he doesn't actually engage with her the way she's proposing. He just kind of ignores her suggestions and then argues with her and then goes ahead doing it his way with all the nuzzling/kissing (which only he does).

He just seems like a bad communicator and that will give rise to misunderstandings.

But not sexual harassment. Also, why didn’t she speak up. She never once said she was uncomfortable. Communication works both ways.

She says she has documentation of her raising these issues on several occasions prior to the break in filming during the strike, and then the January meeting where she says these issues were raised and Baldoni and Heath agreed to correct their behavior.

We'll see if the evidence backs that up but she is claiming she raised concerns about feeling uncomfortable on the set and wanting an IC present in numerous occasions.

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California is on fire and NC hurricane victims are freezing with no houses either. This whole drama with these actors and this movie is just tone deaf to real problems. My prediction is the both are not taken seriously.

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Anonymous wrote:Also, I think that based on Baldoni’s obsequiousness during the filming (He rolled over for her during the filming to avoid antagonizing her), Blake thought he would cower under threats and she would come out on top. Just because someone is deferential at the workplace in order to achieve their aims, does not mean they are fools who won’t fight back when you have them in a corner.

I think this is the right take.

+1. They thought he was a patsy who would rollover, which he pretty much did throughout filming. Blake sounded like a nightmare to manage. But then they started smearing his character and he was not going to have his livelihood and reputation ruined and rightly, fought back. I don't think Blake or Ryan expected that, but their lawyers and PR people should have.

Right, and my question is why their team didn’t anticipate that?

Agree. I really feel like he was pushed into a corner because it was absolutely humiliating for him to be in that basement for the premier. The premier of a film he owned the rights to, that he starred in, directed, and produced.

She knew what she was doing when she and Ryan unfollowed him too. Look at the headlines right now about Justin Bieber unfollowing people. Fans and gossip rags pick up on that instantly.

He probably wouldn’t have done anything, but she so botched the promotion through the whole advertising alcohol, botching interviews, etc. I know people say she followed the marketing plan to make it more of a light movie, but I’m not talking about that. She didn’t have to advertise her and Ryan’s alcohol brands. She didn’t have to launch her hairline. And she didn’t have to come off so poorly in interviews.

There was one where the interviewer ask her, if your fans come up and want to engage with you about the topic of domestic violence what would you do? She went off with really sarcastic comments, basically showing disdain for her fans for trying to stalk her with a bad location sharing joke.

It was really weird and not what the marketing plan likely intended. Her costar Brandon was sitting beside her and looked embarrassed.

She created this huge mess and I think her team was probably desperate to clean it up somehow. I agree that they weren’t thinking clearly or a long-term.

Hmm.

- He wasn't in the basement, he was just in another theater at the same complex. He also walked the red carpet with his family, just not with the rest of the cast because they collectively didn't want him there.

- Unfollowing someone on social media is, in my opinion, a normal thing to do after a personal and professional falling out. Are you saying Lively and her husband were obligated to keep following him so fans wouldn't notice? They aren't.

- I agree she was tone deaf in her promotion of the film. I think this could maybe be a cause of action, but the film was super successful and made a ton of money so there's no harm. I agree she seems like a personally obnoxious person though.

- I am not clear on what "huge mess" she is supposed to have created. From where I sit, they both seem responsible for escalating things instead of working it out privately. I also don't feel I know enough about what happened on set to say definitely "he's right" or "she's right." To the degree there is a mess here (I guess the legal stuff but that could be resolved at any time if they just settle -- professionally the movie was a success) I don't see how it's anymore on her than on him. He hired a PR firm to astroturf against her, he's hired a very aggressive and confrontational lawyer who constantly does interviews and litigates this in the press. Both of those choices have done as much to drag this time that into the public as her leaking the PR firm texts to the NYT or leaking her complaint. No one has clean hands here.

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Anonymous wrote:Also, I think that based on Baldoni’s obsequiousness during the filming (He rolled over for her during the filming to avoid antagonizing her), Blake thought he would cower under threats and she would come out on top. Just because someone is deferential at the workplace in order to achieve their aims, does not mean they are fools who won’t fight back when you have them in a corner.

He rolled over for her because he liked her.

Who has dated / married costars? Not him.

Blake and Ryan allegedly met on the set of the Green Lantern. He was married to someone else at that time. Remember the alleged rumors on the set of The Town?

Not saying anything happened.

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Anonymous wrote:Also, I think that based on Baldoni’s obsequiousness during the filming (He rolled over for her during the filming to avoid antagonizing her), Blake thought he would cower under threats and she would come out on top. Just because someone is deferential at the workplace in order to achieve their aims, does not mean they are fools who won’t fight back when you have them in a corner.

Isn't it a problem that he "rolled over" for her during filming though? It seems like he really mishandled his position during filming and that goes to her allegation that the set was unprofessionally run.

Being unprofessional isn't illegal and if he was unprofessional by showing too much deference, that hurts her claims overall.

Yeah, I don’t get how he was too accommodating and differential and also sexually harassed her.

My perception of the footage that has been released is that he is not accommodating or deferential, but he communicated poorly and was not direct or authoritative. It's not like he just lets her change the scene so they are talking the whole time -- he doesn't actually engage with her the way she's proposing. He just kind of ignores her suggestions and then argues with her and then goes ahead doing it his way with all the nuzzling/kissing (which only he does).

He just seems like a bad communicator and that will give rise to misunderstandings.

But not sexual harassment. Also, why didn’t she speak up. She never once said she was uncomfortable. Communication works both ways.

She says she has documentation of her raising these issues on several occasions prior to the break in filming during the strike, and then the January meeting where she says these issues were raised and Baldoni and Heath agreed to correct their behavior.

We'll see if the evidence backs that up but she is claiming she raised concerns about feeling uncomfortable on the set and wanting an IC present in numerous occasions.

This was shot in May 2023. But my point is that she didn’t raise any objections in this 10 minute footage. He may not have been communicating great, but she doesn’t seem to be either. The burden should be on both of them to communicate. Also, he laid out what he wanted in the scene. She laid out why she thought it would be more romantic to have them talking, and it seems like they met in the middle. With some moments of them not talking and some moments of them talking. It seems like they both communicated what they wanted if she felt differently, she really needed to speak up.

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Anonymous wrote:Also, I think that based on Baldoni’s obsequiousness during the filming (He rolled over for her during the filming to avoid antagonizing her), Blake thought he would cower under threats and she would come out on top. Just because someone is deferential at the workplace in order to achieve their aims, does not mean they are fools who won’t fight back when you have them in a corner.

Isn't it a problem that he "rolled over" for her during filming though? It seems like he really mishandled his position during filming and that goes to her allegation that the set was unprofessionally run.

Being unprofessional isn't illegal and if he was unprofessional by showing too much deference, that hurts her claims overall.

Yeah, I don’t get how he was too accommodating and differential and also sexually harassed her.

My perception of the footage that has been released is that he is not accommodating or deferential, but he communicated poorly and was not direct or authoritative. It's not like he just lets her change the scene so they are talking the whole time -- he doesn't actually engage with her the way she's proposing. He just kind of ignores her suggestions and then argues with her and then goes ahead doing it his way with all the nuzzling/kissing (which only he does).

He just seems like a bad communicator and that will give rise to misunderstandings.

But not sexual harassment. Also, why didn’t she speak up. She never once said she was uncomfortable. Communication works both ways.

She says she has documentation of her raising these issues on several occasions prior to the break in filming during the strike, and then the January meeting where she says these issues were raised and Baldoni and Heath agreed to correct their behavior.

We'll see if the evidence backs that up but she is claiming she raised concerns about feeling uncomfortable on the set and wanting an IC present in numerous occasions.

This was shot in May 2023. But my point is that she didn’t raise any objections in this 10 minute footage. He may not have been communicating great, but she doesn’t seem to be either. The burden should be on both of them to communicate. Also, he laid out what he wanted in the scene. She laid out why she thought it would be more romantic to have them talking, and it seems like they met in the middle. With some moments of them not talking and some moments of them talking. It seems like they both communicated what they wanted if she felt differently, she really needed to speak up.

She did speak up when he said "it smells good." She immediately straightens up and tells him she was talking about her body makeup. It's very clear in context that she did not like what he said and felt it crossed a line.

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Anonymous wrote:Also, I think that based on Baldoni’s obsequiousness during the filming (He rolled over for her during the filming to avoid antagonizing her), Blake thought he would cower under threats and she would come out on top. Just because someone is deferential at the workplace in order to achieve their aims, does not mean they are fools who won’t fight back when you have them in a corner.

I think this is the right take.

+1. They thought he was a patsy who would rollover, which he pretty much did throughout filming. Blake sounded like a nightmare to manage. But then they started smearing his character and he was not going to have his livelihood and reputation ruined and rightly, fought back. I don't think Blake or Ryan expected that, but their lawyers and PR people should have.

Right, and my question is why their team didn’t anticipate that?

Agree. I really feel like he was pushed into a corner because it was absolutely humiliating for him to be in that basement for the premier. The premier of a film he owned the rights to, that he starred in, directed, and produced.

She knew what she was doing when she and Ryan unfollowed him too. Look at the headlines right now about Justin Bieber unfollowing people. Fans and gossip rags pick up on that instantly.

He probably wouldn’t have done anything, but she so botched the promotion through the whole advertising alcohol, botching interviews, etc. I know people say she followed the marketing plan to make it more of a light movie, but I’m not talking about that. She didn’t have to advertise her and Ryan’s alcohol brands. She didn’t have to launch her hairline. And she didn’t have to come off so poorly in interviews.

There was one where the interviewer ask her, if your fans come up and want to engage with you about the topic of domestic violence what would you do? She went off with really sarcastic comments, basically showing disdain for her fans for trying to stalk her with a bad location sharing joke.

It was really weird and not what the marketing plan likely intended. Her costar Brandon was sitting beside her and looked embarrassed.

She created this huge mess and I think her team was probably desperate to clean it up somehow. I agree that they weren’t thinking clearly or a long-term.

Hmm.

- He wasn't in the basement, he was just in another theater at the same complex. He also walked the red carpet with his family, just not with the rest of the cast because they collectively didn't want him there.

- Unfollowing someone on social media is, in my opinion, a normal thing to do after a personal and professional falling out. Are you saying Lively and her husband were obligated to keep following him so fans wouldn't notice? They aren't.

- I agree she was tone deaf in her promotion of the film. I think this could maybe be a cause of action, but the film was super successful and made a ton of money so there's no harm. I agree she seems like a personally obnoxious person though.

- I am not clear on what "huge mess" she is supposed to have created. From where I sit, they both seem responsible for escalating things instead of working it out privately. I also don't feel I know enough about what happened on set to say definitely "he's right" or "she's right." To the degree there is a mess here (I guess the legal stuff but that could be resolved at any time if they just settle -- professionally the movie was a success) I don't see how it's anymore on her than on him. He hired a PR firm to astroturf against her, he's hired a very aggressive and confrontational lawyer who constantly does interviews and litigates this in the press. Both of those choices have done as much to drag this time that into the public as her leaking the PR firm texts to the NYT or leaking her complaint. No one has clean hands here.

You’re right, I’m sure the premieres of every summer movie the director is taking pictures with crates of water with his family. They made him wait in the basement of the complex because they had to set up a different premier for him because Blake didn’t want him in the main one. Don’t be ridiculous, you can read people’s accounts who actually went to the premier. It was designed to humiliate him and clearly show that he was not welcome there.

The huge mess I’m referring to is the December 20, New York Times article. I really feel like this would’ve died down for them both had she had not put out that article. After that, of course he had to fight back. Of course he’s going to publish all their text, of course he’s going to publish footage. None of that would’ve happened if she hadn’t had the December 20 article with the Pulitzer Prize winner of the Harvey Weinstein me too article.

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Anonymous wrote:Also, I think that based on Baldoni’s obsequiousness during the filming (He rolled over for her during the filming to avoid antagonizing her), Blake thought he would cower under threats and she would come out on top. Just because someone is deferential at the workplace in order to achieve their aims, does not mean they are fools who won’t fight back when you have them in a corner.

Isn't it a problem that he "rolled over" for her during filming though? It seems like he really mishandled his position during filming and that goes to her allegation that the set was unprofessionally run.

Being unprofessional isn't illegal and if he was unprofessional by showing too much deference, that hurts her claims overall.

Yeah, I don’t get how he was too accommodating and differential and also sexually harassed her.

My perception of the footage that has been released is that he is not accommodating or deferential, but he communicated poorly and was not direct or authoritative. It's not like he just lets her change the scene so they are talking the whole time -- he doesn't actually engage with her the way she's proposing. He just kind of ignores her suggestions and then argues with her and then goes ahead doing it his way with all the nuzzling/kissing (which only he does).

He just seems like a bad communicator and that will give rise to misunderstandings.

But not sexual harassment. Also, why didn’t she speak up. She never once said she was uncomfortable. Communication works both ways.

She says she has documentation of her raising these issues on several occasions prior to the break in filming during the strike, and then the January meeting where she says these issues were raised and Baldoni and Heath agreed to correct their behavior.

We'll see if the evidence backs that up but she is claiming she raised concerns about feeling uncomfortable on the set and wanting an IC present in numerous occasions.

This was shot in May 2023. But my point is that she didn’t raise any objections in this 10 minute footage. He may not have been communicating great, but she doesn’t seem to be either. The burden should be on both of them to communicate. Also, he laid out what he wanted in the scene. She laid out why she thought it would be more romantic to have them talking, and it seems like they met in the middle. With some moments of them not talking and some moments of them talking. It seems like they both communicated what they wanted if she felt differently, she really needed to speak up.

She did speak up when he said "it smells good." She immediately straightens up and tells him she was talking about her body makeup. It's very clear in context that she did not like what he said and felt it crossed a line.

Saying someone smells good crosses a line and is sexual harassment? lol. This is beyond outlandish. You all are not real people. This is all absurd.

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His lawyer is telling the media they are coming out with a website that has all the receipts. Brilliant move; TikTok will have a field day and I suspect they wouldn’t be releasing a site if it were not for that platform. Blake needs to settle and figure out how to change her pr strategy.