Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are facing backlash after making “out of touch” comments about being working-class. The couple, who were once the lovable darlings of social media for their viral and witty quips to each other, have faced challenging times recently after a series of “tone-deaf” gaffes . The latest incident saw the rich and famous couple allude to “working-class” roots, which left many social media users confused.
Lively is well-known for being the daughter of Hollywood star Ernie Lively, who also played her on-screen father in her breakthrough role on The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants in 2005. She made her acting debut in the film Sandman , directed by her father. Meanwhile, her mother Elaine was a talent agent and actor, while her older brother’s talent agent is reported to have helped secure her role in The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants , aged 16.
Although Reynolds’ father was a policeman and his mother worked in retail sales, fans hit out at the pair for the comments. Speaking about raising their children, Reynolds said that the couple’s four children live a comparatively glamorous life to what they experienced when they were growing up. “We try to give them as normal a life as possible,” he told The Hollywood Reporter.
“I try not to impose upon them the difference in their childhood to my childhood or my wife’s childhood.” However, he then went further to make the controversial comments about his social class. “We both.
