Blake Lively has addressed the domestic violence plot in It Ends With Us following some chatter on social media. On Tuesday, the 36-year-old actress took to her Instagram Story to bring awareness to domestic violence, a central storyline in her new movie. This comes after some felt Lively was avoiding the subject amid her lighthearted promotion of the film.
Lively first reshared a clip from her interview with BBC News , in which she says her character, Lily Bloom, "is not just a survivor, and she's not just a victim, and while those are huge things to be, they are not her identity." Over the footage, Lively wrote a lengthy message, which she began by thanking "everyone who came out to show that people WANT to see films about women and the multitudes we hold." " It Ends With Us is a story of the female experience.
All the highest highs, and lowest lows," she continued. "And we are so proud of it." Before thanking everyone again, she added, "We have been in celebration of this film and of getting a message so important out there to the masses.
" In Lively's subsequent Story, she shared statistics on intimate partner violence as well as a hotline link and access to "immediate help." "Everyone deserves relationships free from domestic violence," she wrote in part. Throughout Lively's press tour, she has received criticism over not focusing on the movie's serious themes.
Instead, fans argue that Lively wants the movie to be a successful Barbenheimer-like event with her largely prom.