Watch | Blake Lively stares back for time 100 speech; Netizens says, it's a slap in the face of real victims "| Mint

In the midst of a constant legal battle with Justin Baldoni, Blake Lively was named one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people of 2025. In her speech at the event, the ‘IT ends with us’ actor shared that her life was most affected by her mother Elaine Lively, who said the “survivor of the worst crime”. However, Netizens was not impressed! Used about her speech, users on social media said it was “a slap in the face of real victims” and questioned the merits of her award. Several users questioned the timing of her speech on domestic violence and asked why she did not use it at the time of promoting her film on the issue. “Are they serious with this?” A netizen asked, saying, ‘She’s not talking about what she’s’ honored’, but talks instead of her mother being assaulted. Of course, it was a way to paint herself as a victim without talking about her false Azz claims of sexual harassment. ‘The user claims that Blake Lively is honored as a’ civil rights titan ‘because she donated money to the NAACP six years ago after getting bad press for her plantation wedding. “I don’t believe a damn thing she says, and it’s a blow in the face for real victims. Those who do not receive a fancy award to do absolutely nothing and do not run a good red tapy have climbed into the press and overturned, ‘the user said. Another user said that she “never understands how time has ignored universal outrage over Blake to manipulate the legal process alive, to lie and cut #metoo in an act of small retaliation. Apparently they are still living in a world where PR agents call the shots.” ‘Maybe Blake Lively is one of the top 100 most influential people in the world in a bizarre way. She influenced me to understand how not to be and how not to act better than almost everyone in the history of the world. Blake alive one of the worst people in the world ever, ‘said another user. “Blake Lively made a speech on how her mother was a victim of DV, girl …. where was that speech last year when you promoted your film about DV?” another user asked. Look at Blake Lively’s Time 100 speech here: “My mother never got justice from her work trying to take her life when she was the mother of three young children years before I was born,” Blake Lively said. She added that her mother had credited a woman she heard about a ‘similar circumstance’ on the radio because she saved her life. “The woman shared painfully and graphically how she escaped. And because of the woman hearing talk about her experience instead of keeping away in fear and unfair shame, my mother lives today. She was saved by a woman whose name she will never know,” Lively said. Blake Lively vs. Justin Baldoni In December 2024, Blake Lively Justin Baldoni sued with the allegation of sexual harassment and a retaliation campaign. She also accused him of hiring a PR firm to participate in an online smear campaign against her to keep her quiet. Baldoni denies the allegations and reacted with a $ 400 million finish, accusing Lively of slander. A hearing date is scheduled for March 2026. First published: 29 Apr 2025, 09:23 AM IST