After going radio silent on social media for a month, Blake Lively has returned with a bit of positivity. The 37-year-old former Gossip Girl marked her comeback with a birthday tribute to her close friend, celebrity photographer Guy Aroch. "@guyaroch appreciation day is every day in my household.
But today is his birthday," Lively wrote on Sunday, September 22, via her Story alongside a snap of the birthday boy posing with the actress and her husband, . "This man SHOWS UP. Literally.
Creatively. Practically. Emotionally," the Hollywood icon gushed.
"He is there for you in the best of times. In the worst of times. He makes everyone around him their most creative selves.
Their most confident selves. He makes you feel like anything is possible. And it IS with him in your corner.
" Wrapping up the love, Lively said, "I'm the lucky beneficiary of two decades of friendship with this man and his beautiful and equally generous, kind and talented family. My life wouldn't be what it is today without you, Guy. I love you dearly.
Today and always." The movie star's return to social media comes after a hiatus following the release of It Ends With Us — a film that not only topped charts but stirred pots with its behind-the-scenes tensions. Allegedly, the production was split into "team Blake and team Justin [Baldoni]," a source told in August.
"This creative struggle set the tone for the negative experience behind the scenes and grew into them not speaking anymore." Lively's handling of press questions about the movie's themes of domestic violence also drew criticism. "If you're taking on the responsibility of telling the story about a woman in a domestic violence situation, you have to be respectful that you're representing millions and millions of women and men who are victims of domestic violence," political commentator said on the August 21 episode of the podcast.
"I was very surprised at some of her responses," she added. grab your friends. wear your florals.
is now playing exclusively in theaters. Get tickets. In a that's gone viral from one of her interviews, the star told fans to "grab your friends and wear your florals" and head out to watch the movie.
"I don't want to put florals on and go with my girlfriends and go watch a fun girl movie about domestic violence. I think that's very insensitive and very, quite frankly, strange," McCain, 39, said..
