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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP that doesn't surprise me at all. Celebrity is a form of power and if course some celebs abuse it.

Re: Blake, the thing about that video that is so uncomfortable is not that she "claps back" about the bump comment. If Blake has responded to that comment with "please don't comment about my body" and then gone on to give a normal interview, I'd have lots of respect for her-- while many women would unbothered by that comment it's true it is a bit odd to comment on someone's body in that way. Setting that boundary would be good.

But Blake felt the need to *punish* the journalist. She didn't merely set a boundary, she went after the interviewer. Who was (1) Finnish, and therefore should probably be cut some slack for her use of English-- let's see how many faux pas Blake makes when trying to communicate in Finnish, and (2) apparently was struggling with infertility at the time. And Blake felt the need to put this woman in her place because why? She made a slightly invasive comment about a pregnancy that lots of people make all the time?[/quote]

Yes!

First of all the comment was harmless when they are so public about their family and developments.

But second, she could dismiss it with "thanks let's focus on the movie" and just move on and do a normal fake-friendly interview. That's called class.[/quote]

Also classy would be apologizing if you misspoke to move things along. An interviewer should be better able to navigate thisl.[/quote]

Blake didn't give her an opportunity to apologize. If she'd said directly, "actually I do not appreciate people commenting on my body," the interviewer would have been able to apologize (and would also have learned something useful) and everyone could move on.

Blake decided to use relational aggression (mean girl behavior) to passive aggressively make this woman feel like crap for making a mistake.

To me that's what jos put and why I think a lot of women are having a strong reaction to this video. Anyone can make a dumb remark that offends someone. But some women use their hierarchical position to belittle and humiliate other women (asserting their power in the process). Blake is giving a master class in mean girl dynamics here-- exclusion, veiled insults, portraying herself as a victim, pulling a sycophant into the game to maximize the harm. That right there is just an older, prettier, wealthier and more successful version of the woman who ostracized me at my first job out of college until I left because she ensured none of the other women our level would talk to me and it was too painful and lonely to stay.

People aren't just hanging up on Blake Lively randomly for no reason. I had a visceral reaction to that video because I've been treated like that by other women. It sucks.[/quote]

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