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Blake Lively Under Fire Again For Using Transgender Slur In Multiple Resurfaced Interviews
Blake Lively is facing backlash on social media after several resurfaced interviews show the actress using a derogatory slur to describe transgender people.
“Sometimes I’ll be quietly going about my day, and then I’ll remember the timeBlake Lively said this to a journalist,” an X user wrote on Sunday (August 18).
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Three resurfaced interviews show Blake Lively using a derogatory slur to describe transgender people
Image credits: Blake Lively
He shared an image of her quote, which was part of an interview with Elle Magazine in 2012: “I hope to have a few girls one day. If not girls, they better be trannies. Because I have some amazing shoes and bags and stories that need to be appreciated.”
The term is a derogatory slur for a transgender person, often specifically a transgender woman.
While some transgender people may reappropriate the term “tranny” and use it to describe themselves, others find it extremely offensive even when used by another trans person,GLAAD notes.
sometimes ill be quietly going about my day and then ill remember the time blake lively said this to a journalist pic.twitter.com/SIHZcrlzui
— joshua 🍒 (@joshcharles_21) August 18, 2024
Blake previously used the slurduring a 2008 interview with Nylon alongside Leighton Meester, in which she dispelled rumors of a feud with her Gossip Girl co-star.
“You read the gossip magazines, and everybody is dating everyone, everybody hates everyone, everybody’s had tons of plastic surgery, and we’re actually men and trannies. You don’t listen to the rumors.”
The backlash comes after journalist Kjersti Flaa called out Blake for her behavior in “the most uncomfortable interview situation” she had ever experienced
Image credits: Kjersti Flaa
The following year, she used the slur again during a2009 interview with Allure when she discussed her body insecurities.
“I feel like a tranny a lot of the time. I don’t know. I’m…large? They put me in six-inch heels, and I tower over every man.
“I’ve got this long hair and lots of clothes and makeup on. I just feel really big a lot of the time, and I’m surrounded by a lot of tiny people. I feel like a man sometimes.”
In 2016, Blake told another journalist that she would give him a “pop quiz” after accusing him of not watching her film All I See Is You
Image credits: DP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood
The mother of four was also called out for “disrespectful” behavior during a2016 interview that journalistKjersti Flaa said made her “want to quit [her] job.”
Kjersti congratulated Blake on being pregnant with baby No. 2, Inez, saying, “Congrats on your little bump.”
Instead of saying “thank you,” Blake replied, “Congrats on your little bump!” despite Kjersti not being pregnant.
Additionally, the 36-year-old suggested the journalist had double standards when she asked her and her co-star Parker Posey about the 1930s-themed costumes they wore in the film.
Image credits: DP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood
The California-born star recently came under fire for her “mean girl attitude” in aresurfaced interview with DP/30during the press tour of her 2016 film All I See Is You.
When the reporter asked whether she felt “free to try everything,” Blake appeared to roll her eyes. “What does that mean?” she said with a laugh.
The journalist then reminded her of a previous part of the interview. “In terms of trying [things]. You apparently are not gonna sing.”
“I did sing in this movie,” Blake clarified. “Did you see the movie? We’re gonna give you a pop quiz at the end of this.”
The throwback interviews have emerged as several sources have alleged a feud between Blake andJustin Baldoni, her co-star and director of her latest film, It Ends With Us.
Following the London premiere of the movie, Blake faced backlash for refusing to put on afan-gifted friendship bracelet because it didn’t “go with [her] outfit.”
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Al Fun 1 year ago
In https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tranny it says that „Tranny“ was considered a slur only by 2017. You should always consider language use in context of the period.
FluffyDreg 1 year ago
Reminds me of someone whining on the song "Whats this" from Nightmare before Christmas, because Jack says "How queer!" In one line and they thought that was wrong and that it should be changed....
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Nicolette 1 year ago
This didn’t used to be considered a slur. And you can tell by the way she’s using the word, she doesn’t have disrespect for the trans community. If she did, she wouldn’t be saying that she wishes she has girls or trans girls so that she could share her fashion items. Transphobic people would never accept their children as trans…
Ace 1 year ago
In the UK it was more commonly used for transvestite than transexual, although I'm going back to the time when there was often misunderstanding and confusion as to exactly what those terms meant. Was it derogatory? Depends. In the sort of usage in this case, no, it would not have been so deemed. As an insult, yes. But times change, so I've no idea now how it would be interpreted.
ginshun 1 year ago
Just so I am clear, what is the difference between transvestite and transsexual? Is a transvestite a man who just likes to dress as a woman, and a transsexual is somebody who says that they are a woman, even though they are biologically male?
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Donkey boi 1 year ago
While it's not a word I ever recall using (or heard often), I've only just today found out that it's an abbreviation that's frowned upon. People learn and grow every day, do we really have to hold someone accountable for a word that they used years ago? I know people that were racist aholes when they were younger, that are now in relationships with the people they used to hate because of learned behaviour.
V 1 year ago
I was taught to be racist as a child. I didn't realise that I was being racist, I was just taught that that's how you describe people of certain ethnic backgrounds. As I got older and was exposed to the greater world I realised the meaning behind what I was saying and changed how I talk about other peoples.
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Michele Jensen 1 year ago
BP are busy telling people to stop bullying the "female" boxer but are here pushing their narative on Blake Lively
FluffyDreg 1 year ago
I was going to have this whole thing about "yeah the word is very rude, but shes not using it in a rude manner so while informing her that it's rude needs to be done..." Then I saw this was almost a decade ago....
Al Fun 1 year ago
In https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tranny it says that „Tranny“ was considered a slur only by 2017. You should always consider language use in context of the period.
FluffyDreg 1 year ago
Reminds me of someone whining on the song "Whats this" from Nightmare before Christmas, because Jack says "How queer!" In one line and they thought that was wrong and that it should be changed....
Load More Replies... Nicolette 1 year ago
This didn’t used to be considered a slur. And you can tell by the way she’s using the word, she doesn’t have disrespect for the trans community. If she did, she wouldn’t be saying that she wishes she has girls or trans girls so that she could share her fashion items. Transphobic people would never accept their children as trans…
Ace 1 year ago
In the UK it was more commonly used for transvestite than transexual, although I'm going back to the time when there was often misunderstanding and confusion as to exactly what those terms meant. Was it derogatory? Depends. In the sort of usage in this case, no, it would not have been so deemed. As an insult, yes. But times change, so I've no idea now how it would be interpreted.
ginshun 1 year ago
Just so I am clear, what is the difference between transvestite and transsexual? Is a transvestite a man who just likes to dress as a woman, and a transsexual is somebody who says that they are a woman, even though they are biologically male?
Load More Replies... Donkey boi 1 year ago
While it's not a word I ever recall using (or heard often), I've only just today found out that it's an abbreviation that's frowned upon. People learn and grow every day, do we really have to hold someone accountable for a word that they used years ago? I know people that were racist aholes when they were younger, that are now in relationships with the people they used to hate because of learned behaviour.
V 1 year ago
I was taught to be racist as a child. I didn't realise that I was being racist, I was just taught that that's how you describe people of certain ethnic backgrounds. As I got older and was exposed to the greater world I realised the meaning behind what I was saying and changed how I talk about other peoples.
Load More Replies... Michele Jensen 1 year ago
BP are busy telling people to stop bullying the "female" boxer but are here pushing their narative on Blake Lively
FluffyDreg 1 year ago
I was going to have this whole thing about "yeah the word is very rude, but shes not using it in a rude manner so while informing her that it's rude needs to be done..." Then I saw this was almost a decade ago....
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