{"id":67121,"date":"2025-04-03T12:53:57","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T16:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=67121"},"modified":"2025-04-21T12:55:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T16:55:28","slug":"why-are-fans-bashing-blake-lively-after-her-alleged-pr-stunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/why-are-fans-bashing-blake-lively-after-her-alleged-pr-stunt\/67121\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Are Fans Bashing Blake Lively After Her Alleged PR Stunt?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"74\" data-end=\"322\">Blake Lively is once again under fire\u2014and no, this time it\u2019s not about her ongoing legal battle with <em data-start=\"175\" data-end=\"192\">It Ends With Us<\/em> co-star Justin Baldoni. The <em data-start=\"221\" data-end=\"234\">Gossip Girl<\/em> alum found herself in hot water over what was supposed to be a sweet, feel-good moment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"324\" data-end=\"592\">Recently, the 37-year-old actress shared a video on her Instagram Story showing her working behind the counter at a local donut shop in Connecticut. It looked like she was having a good time helping out, but fans were quick to point out something\u2026 <em data-start=\"574\" data-end=\"591\">less than sweet<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"594\" data-end=\"831\">In the video, Blake is seen serving donuts without tying her long blonde hair back\u2014or wearing a hair net. At one point, she even leans over a tray of donuts, with her hair dangling dangerously close to the food. Cue the internet outrage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"833\" data-end=\"1129\">Social media users, especially on X (formerly known as Twitter), didn\u2019t hold back. One user posted a screenshot from her video and called her out, saying, \u201c#BlakeLively\u2019s hair should be out of the way around food. It\u2019s common sense when in food service. A publicity stunt gone bad if you ask me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1131\" data-end=\"1356\">Others chimed in, calling the whole thing a failed attempt at rebranding her image. \u201cNot sure new branding would help. This isn\u2019t just redo and forget,\u201d one comment read, even bringing up her ongoing legal drama with Baldoni.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1358\" data-end=\"1618\">Some critics took things further, throwing shade at her career. One harsh tweet read, \u201cShe\u2019s not going to be doing much other than baking when her career is done crumbling.\u201d Another added, \u201clol! She can try as much as she can to wash her image\u2026 it won\u2019t work\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1620\" data-end=\"1868\">While the backlash was heavy, it\u2019s worth noting that Blake wasn\u2019t randomly moonlighting as a baker. According to her, she was just helping out a friend who owns the donut shop. A simple, kind gesture\u2014but unfortunately, not everyone saw it that way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blake Lively is once again under fire\u2014and no, this time it\u2019s not about her ongoing legal battle with It Ends\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":67122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[458],"class_list":["post-67121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-news","tag-blake-lively"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}