CONTENT WARNING: This article discusses domestic violence.
The never-ending PR nightmare for It Ends With Us just won’t stop, with new reports coming out that actress Blake Lively has been “pretty surprised” by the negative attention directed toward the film.
Since it hit the big screen, hardly a day has passed since the film adaptation to Colleen Hoover‘s book It Ends With Us has not been in the news. Plagued by an apparent behind-the-scenes feud between Lively and director Justin Baldoni, it’s basically like if the press tour for Don’t Worry Darling was a billion times bigger.
Days after headlines broke that Lively’s husband Ryan Reynolds was trying to “salvage” her reputation following the backlash, an insider source told PEOPLE how the actress has handled the negative attention toward herself.
The anonymous source (because they’re always anonymous) told the publication that Lively was “pretty surprised at the backlash and drama” and that the entire media-storm “felt out of control to her”.
“She initially felt very vulnerable and upset,” the source said, per PEOPLE.
“During the promotion of the movie, not one day went by when she was not in the news in an unfavourable light. She’s just not used to this kind of drama.”
The Gossip Girl star has copped a tonne of heat over the film, due to folks saying she has mislead audiences over the film’s intense subject matter. It Ends With Us notoriously features depictions of domestic violence, which Lively has been accused of trivialising for the sake of using the film to promote her new line of beauty-products.
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As if that wasn’t bad enough for Blake Lively, as she began her press tour for the film, journalists began digging up old interviews they’d done with the actress where she came across as a “mean girl“.
Despite all the negative press, no doubt her career will continue just fine. As the source told PEOPLE, Lively “enjoys working and will continue to push forward projects that she’s excited about.”
It Ends With Us has been a box office success for the actress, grossing over USD $300 million at the worldwide box office.
Lively’s next movie role will be in the sequel to the 2018 film A Simple Favour.
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