It Ends With Us deals with themes of domestic abuse and Blake Lively's response to a question about how this may affect viewers has been slammed online.
The movie adaptation of Colleen Hoover's best-selling romance novel has received a fair amount of praise, however, it's also been plagued with rumors of alleged issues on set between lead actor Blake Lively and co-star Justin Baldoni - who also directed.
And the drama apparently doesn't stop there either, spilling over into the interview rooms too.
It Ends With Us centers around Lily Bloom (Lively) who - fittingly - has a dream of setting up her own flower store. After moving to Boston she ends up meeting an attractive neurosurgeon called Ryle Kincaid (Baldoni) and a romance blossoms, however, the relationship ends up emulating her parents' relationship - with the film heavily dealing with the theme of domestic abuse.
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Given the movie's dealing with this topic and promoting conversation around abuse in relationships - while also making Lily's story an empowering one - it's natural that when interviewer Jake Hamilton sat down with Lively and Brandon Sklenar to discuss the film, he asked Lively about its more sensitive themes.
Hamilton noted there are people who will see It Ends With Us and 'relate to the topics [...] on a deeply personal level' so much so if they were to ever bump into her on the street, they may 'really [...] want to talk' to her about it.
"This movie is going to affect people and they're going to want to tell you about their life," he continued. "So if someone understands the themes of this movie and comes across you in public uh and 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?"
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Lively responded by making a joke, saying: "Like asking for like my address or my phone number or my location share or I could just location share you and then we could.... [Laughs] I'm a Virgo so I'm like are we talking logistics or are we talking emotionally."
Lively then goes on to reflect on what's been 'beautiful' about the movie is seeing women who haven't experienced a similar situation to Lily go: "Woah, I fell in love too. I saw the red flags but they didn't look red they kind of looked fuchsia and cute but like I ignored them and I see why."
"This story is told with such empathy that I feel like this movie can be healing, it can be a cautionary tale and it can be inspiring. So I think the movie itself and Colleen's work itself does that work," Lively continued. "And 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, like what a blessing."
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However, social media users weren't impressed with Lively's initial response to the question and haven't held back from saying so.
One YouTube user said: "Her initial response to the first question is so out of touch."
Another added: "I’m surprised her team has not asked her to take this video down."
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A third commented: "Wow Blake I really thought you were a better person than this… your response to all of his questions just mind blowing, how outta touch you’re as a human being.
"A lot of people experience DV and for you to make a joke out of it is just crazy and heartless tbh."
UNILAD has contacted Blake Lively's representatives for comment.
If you are experiencing domestic violence, please know that you are not alone. You can talk in confidence 24 hours a day to the national domestic violence helpline on 1.800.799.SAFE (7233) 24/7. You can find a list of local resources here.
Topics: Celebrity, Domestic Abuse, Film and TV, Blake Lively
Poppy Bilderbeck