Blake Lively is facing further backlash after a clip from a 10-year-old Vogue interview resurfaced.
The 37-year-old actress has been under fire for her promotion of the controversial film It Ends With Us, and for a rumored feud with her co-star and the film’s director, Justin Baldoni.
In recent weeks, a number of old interview clips have resurfaced that appear to show Lively in a bad light. The latest video It originally aired in July 2014. and shows a Vogue journalist asking the actress which “movie made you laugh the most,” with the actress’s response baffling social media users.
“Life imprisonment,” she says with a serious face.
Blake Lively faces backlash for ill-advised response after video from her 73 Questions With Vogue segment resurfaces
The reporter quickly laughs before quickly moving on to the next question.
The 1994 film is notoriously grim. Set in a prison, it centers on a banker, played by Tim Robbins, who is sentenced to life in prison for murdering his wife and the man she was cheating on him with.
However, he maintains his innocence and eventually befriends a fellow inmate, played by Morgan Freeman, while also experiencing the brutality of prison.
Blake’s response appears to be an attempt at humor, but social media users couldn’t help but point out the awkward exchange.
“Life imprisonment? I cried watching it,” said one astonished user.
‘I wouldn’t have chosen The Shawshank Redemption even as a joke. Something like The Human Centipede or The Silence of the Lambs would have been more appropriate.
“I don’t think Blake and I have ever watched The Shawshank Redemption,” one user joked in the comments.
“Shawshank is one of my favorite movies, but LAUGHING while watching it is INSANE! I literally cry every time I watch it,” wrote another confused user.
In the video, which originally aired in July 2014, the Vogue journalist asked the actress which “movie made you laugh the most,” and the actress’s response baffled social media users.
The 1994 film, starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman, is a notoriously dark movie.
Blake has recently faced criticism for how she has promoted the film amid allegations of a rumored rift with Justin Baldoni, who plays her on-screen love interest.
It Ends With Us, which is based on the novel of the same name by Colleen Hoover, follows Lily Bloom, played by Blake, who becomes embroiled in an abusive relationship with Ryle Kincaid, played by Justin
While Blake’s response appears to be an attempt at humor, social media users couldn’t help but point out the awkward exchange.
“Guys, it’s just sarcasm but poorly expressed…” added another.
“She’s the type of person who’s always joking around so she doesn’t give a real answer and then you’re just sitting there like… so wait, what is it really?” another added.
Blake has recently faced criticism for the way she has promoted the film amid allegations of a rumored rift with Justin Baldoni, who plays her on-screen love interest.
It Ends With Us, which is based on the novel of the same name by Colleen Hoover, follows Lily Bloom, played by Blake, who becomes embroiled in an abusive relationship with Ryle Kincaid, played by Justin.
Rumors of a rift between the two stars first surfaced after fans noticed that they did not do any press together ahead of the film’s release and did not interact at the film’s red carpet premiere in Los Angeles.
She has also faced backlash for her past “mean girl” behavior and comments in multiple interviews that have resurfaced over the years, including using the transgender slur “tranny” in several uncovered videos.
The film focuses heavily on domestic abuse, and the Gossip Girl actress was criticized for the way she seemed to make light of serious questions about these topics during interviews.
Amid the controversy, a journalist resurrected an “awkward” interview she had with Blake in 2016, further increasing the furor.
During the interview, the actress made a sarcastic comment about Norwegian reporter Kjersti Flaa’s “baby bump” after she congratulated Blake, who was then pregnant, on her impending arrival, but the journalist was not pregnant.