Blake Lively leaves fans appalled after ‘awful’ reaction to serious question during It Ends With Us interview: ‘Finally seeing who she is’

The actress, 36, came under fire after she sat down for a virtual chat with Emmy award-winning reporter Jake Hamilton alongside her costar, Brandon Sklenar, recently – and brushed off one of his queries regarding serious themes in the film.

Blake Lively has been ferociously slammed online for turning an interviewer’s serious question about domestic violence into a ‘joke’ while promoting her new flick It Ends With Us

For people who see this movie and relate to the topics of this movie on a deeply personal level, they’re really going to want to talk to you,’ Jake said.

‘This movie is going to affect people and they’re going to want to tell you about their life.

‘So if someone understands the themes of this movie and comes across you in public and they want to really talk to you, what’s the best way for them to be able to talk to you about this? How would you recommend they go about it?’

The movie follows a woman named Lily Bloom, played by Blake, who becomes embroiled in an abusive relationship with a man named Ryle Kincaid, portrayed by Justin Baldoni

The actress, 36, came under fire after she sat down alongside her costar, Brandon Sklenar – and  brushed off one of the reporter’s queries regarding the serious themes in the film

But Blake seemed unamused by the idea of people approaching her and wanting to discuss the harrowing themes that play out in the film.

She sarcastically replied, ‘Ask for my address or my phone number.’

‘Or I could just share my location with you and then we could…,’ she trailed off before laughing.

The star said that everyone knew ‘at least’ one person, usually ‘more than one,’ who had ‘experienced’ a toxic relationship.

She added what she found most ‘beautiful’ about making the movie, however, was that even people who ‘haven’t experienced it fell in love with [the film]

‘The story is told with such empathy that I feel like this movie can be healing,’ she continued.

‘It can be a cautionary tale and it can be inspiring. The movie itself and Colleen’s work itself does that work.

‘If anyone ever comes up to you and says that your work meant something to them outside of just having that collective experience in a theater where you laugh and cry and feel together, what a blessing.

‘The fact that we get to do this and it gets to mean something is significant.’

Someone named Sally shared a clip of the interview to X, formerly Twitter, recently, writing, ‘A major ick. Finally seeing who Blake Lively is [as] an individual and it’s ugly.

‘She might as well have said not to go up to her or talk to her. Brandon looks so uncomfortable.’

Her post quickly went viral, sparking intense criticism for the actress.

‘Appalled at how she turned a deep, personal, serious question into a joke,’ one person scathed.

‘The question was kind of serious, and she decided to make it about herself,’ someone else added.

‘She shouldn’t have signed up for this movie. She holds no compassion for victims/survivors,’ another user raged.