Blake Lively’s Advice to Her Daughter: “Don’t Let Anyone Tell You No” — With a Narcissist’s Spin

Courtesy of AssholeMedia Jessie for the clip

“Don’t let anyone tell you no.”

Ideally, this would be sound advice to empower young girls (and children in general) to work hard, stay determined, and believe in themselves in the face of adversity and challenges.

However, as we’ve all seen by now, when paired with narcissism, unmitigated entitlement, and lack of empathy, care, and regard for others, this can turn into an excuse to trample all over the boundary and dignity of other people in the name of “empowerment.”

And when she says she wants her daughter to be the “first to,” I guess Blake Lively can take the credit for being the first to (or at least the first whose actions have been so extensively exposed): weaponize her and her husband’s power, privilege, and influence to take over someone else’s film, to turn the cast against him, to relegate him to the basement at his own premiere, to market a serious DV film as a fun summer rom-com, to promo her alcohol and haircare brand in a tone-deaf way alongside said DV film, to speak flippantly and dismissively of survivors, to make up allegations of SH in an attempt to blame all the self-inflicted and well-deserved backlash on the director she extorted and then ostracized, to weaponize survivor advocacy groups, and to hijack the #MeToo movement, including Victoria Burke’s 47.1 bill—all as part of her attempted (but epically failed) redemption tour. 

Blake Lively isn’t the first narcissist, but I suppose she might be the first to do all those things with the end result of blowing up her own reputation even more.

Congrats on learning from your own mom how to not take “No” for an answer!

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u/Izomera — 10 days ago

DV survivor comments labeled “harassment” by Blake Lively, the self-appointed crown straightener and champion of women

Blake Lively, the self-declared champion and freedom fighter for all women, uses her power, privilege, and platform to accuse yet another DV survivor of harassment simply for critiquing her tone-deaf marketing of a DV film.

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69510553/1431/34/lively-v-wayfarer-studios-llc/  (page 88)

First comment:

“There are so many videos of her being insensitive to a DV subject, she never talked about DV in general and she even called Lily, a DV victim in the movie, “a messy woman”...a woman who is being abused. She is even putting down a character she is playing, with no empathy, no understanding of what DV survivors are really going thru…I am a DV survivor who spent 23 years living that nightmare and she is presenting it in a very wrong way even blaming a victim and trying to portrait it like abuse is  not a big deal - it’s a c comedy sprinkled with flowers. And she never apologized for promoting it in such a way, using it to sell her business and for trashing the name of director of the movie. Sorry for a long reply. I used to love Blake & Ryan and I was amazed how out of touch they both are…”

Second comment:

“Some of them are bullying her, true, but most of them are just trying to get her to understand and focus on the problem around this movie… In short: she is talking about this movie as a comedy romantic bubbly girly movie, with not once mentioning DV, her interviews are all about her clothes, hair, style, she promoted her hair products and booze on a promotion for this movie and a writer of the book C.H. promoted her nail polish and COLORING BOOK about this DV movie. Blake also promoted Deadpool instead of this movie. Ryan made “a promotion comedy” for her movie (it was so bizarre, check it out so you will understand WHY), Ryan rewrite a part of the moviescript without a permission of a director and the writer - BLake and Ryan did it behind their back and he did it DURING a Hollywood strike and Ryan isn’t even a part of the movie, she was so bossy in every aspect of the movie that the director Justin (who bought the rights for this movie) was isolated and she tried to ruin his reputation and cancel him… that’s why he was promoting a movie as should be, all by himself, and Blake is promoting her booze and haircare product… etc.”

Note:

I also highlighted the number of followers because, while the heading describes these as examples from accounts with “0 followers, 0 posts,” this account (and others) clearly shows that they did have followers at the time. Another clear misleading statement, if not a straight-up, easily disprovable lie, from Blake Lively and her team of unethical lawyers. 

💛 A Thank You 💛

As some of you may have noticed, a little over a month ago, my Reddit account was abruptly banned. I never received any explanation or notification about the ban. I just discovered one morning that my account was suddenly gone.

I still haven’t received any explanation or notification for what happened, but after several appeals, I recently discovered that my account had suddenly been reinstated!

I just wanted to take a moment to thank all of the Redditors who tagged my username so I’d see what was happening, and everyone who took the time to say such kind and supportive things about my posts and comments. 

✨ A special thank you to u/Same-difference-ave, u/Enough_Gur_8833, u/OneNoteWonder43, u/Brooswelt, u/Luvnsandiegosun, u/Flimsy_Attitude_6789, u/IwasDeadInstead, u/Eponymous_brand, u/Individual-Insect691, u/rosequartz-universe (and anyone else I might have missed!)

Whether you tagged me so I’d see what was happening, said something kind about my posts or comments, or both, I really, really appreciate you taking the time to do that while I was away. 💕

And a huge thank you to the mods for manually reinstating my posts while I was away! 🙏

u/Izomera — 24 days ago

DV survivor comments labeled “harassment” by Blake Lively, the self-appointed crown straightener and champion of women

Blake Lively, the self-declared champion and freedom fighter for all women, uses her power, privilege, and platform to accuse yet another DV survivor of harassment simply for critiquing her tone-deaf marketing of a DV film.

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69510553/1431/34/lively-v-wayfarer-studios-llc/  (page 88)

First comment:

“There are so many videos of her being insensitive to a DV subject, she never talked about DV in general and she even called Lily, a DV victim in the movie, “a messy woman”...a woman who is being abused. She is even putting down a character she is playing, with no empathy, no understanding of what DV survivors are really going thru…I am a DV survivor who spent 23 years living that nightmare and she is presenting it in a very wrong way even blaming a victim and trying to portrait it like abuse is  not a big deal - it’s a c comedy sprinkled with flowers. And she never apologized for promoting it in such a way, using it to sell her business and for trashing the name of director of the movie. Sorry for a long reply. I used to love Blake & Ryan and I was amazed how out of touch they both are…”

Second comment:

“Some of them are bullying her, true, but most of them are just trying to get her to understand and focus on the problem around this movie… In short: she is talking about this movie as a comedy romantic bubbly girly movie, with not once mentioning DV, her interviews are all about her clothes, hair, style, she promoted her hair products and booze on a promotion for this movie and a writer of the book C.H. promoted her nail polish and COLORING BOOK about this DV movie. Blake also promoted Deadpool instead of this movie. Ryan made “a promotion comedy” for her movie (it was so bizarre, check it out so you will understand WHY), Ryan rewrite a part of the moviescript without a permission of a director and the writer - BLake and Ryan did it behind their back and he did it DURING a Hollywood strike and Ryan isn’t even a part of the movie, she was so bossy in every aspect of the movie that the director Justin (who bought the rights for this movie) was isolated and she tried to ruin his reputation and cancel him… that’s why he was promoting a movie as should be, all by himself, and Blake is promoting her booze and haircare product… etc.”

Note:

I also highlighted the number of followers because, while the heading describes these as examples from accounts with “0 followers, 0 posts,” this account (and others) clearly shows that they did have followers at the time. Another clear misleading statement, if not a straight-up, easily disprovable lie, from Blake Lively and her team of unethical lawyers. 

💛 A Thank You 💛

As some of you may have noticed, a little over a month ago, my Reddit account was abruptly banned. I never received any explanation or notification about the ban. I just discovered one morning that my account was suddenly gone.

I still haven’t received any explanation or notification for what happened, but after several appeals, I recently discovered that my account had suddenly been reinstated!

I just wanted to take a moment to thank all of the Redditors who tagged my username so I’d see what was happening, and everyone who took the time to say such kind and supportive things about my posts and comments. 

✨ A special thank you to u/Same-difference-ave, u/Enough_Gur_8833, u/OneNoteWonder43, u/Brooswelt, u/Luvnsandiegosun, u/Flimsy_Attitude_6789, u/IwasDeadInstead, u/Eponymous_brand, u/Individual-Insect691, u/rosequartz-universe (and anyone else I might have missed!)

Whether you tagged me so I’d see what was happening, said something kind about my posts or comments, or both, I really, really appreciate you taking the time to do that while I was away. 💕

And a huge thank you to the mods for manually reinstating my posts while I was away! 🙏

u/Izomera — 24 days ago

Revisiting February and April 2025 articles: the cast and crew who spoke out in support of Justin Baldoni and his character (including Jacquelyn London)

Quotes:

Irene de Bari (actress from Jane the Virgin):

"I worked with Justin in Jane the Virgin and he was just the perfect gentleman. Extremely considerate and a very generous actor. Very respectful, I cannot imagine him ever behaving in an improper manner with a woman as one of the talks we had was exactly on the subject of always being mindful of women's sensibilities, especially in our industry."

Tia Streaty (actress from Jane the Virgin):

"I worked with him on Jane the Virgin. Had a kissing scene with him. When I tell you, he was the MOST respectful, down to earth actor I've worked with. He talked about his wife, made me extra comfortable, and was overall an amazing human being. This is just my story. Not to say any of this is true or untrue. But this is just my personal account of working with him. ❤️"

Jacquelyn London (editor from It Ends with Us):

"I’ve worked with Justin for many years and he actually brought me on for this project as well. He wanted to bring me on as another female editor, one that he knows has a history relating to the subject matter, that could help with some of those crucial scenes. This is absurd. It’s disgusting... This is not who Justin is whatsoever. I’ve worked on multiple projects with him, I’ve met his family. I can assure you none of this is true. This is the first time I’m actually commenting on any of this because this is insane and I just feel horrible for his family and for his kids."

Talia Spencer (storyboard artist from It Ends with Us):

"He was one of the few directors I've worked for that was very kind and respectful."

"In my opinion, I find it very hard to believe the allegations against him and considering his mission statement about the film, and him genuinely pitching that he was doing this film to help young women, I just find it hard to believe the allegations, to be honest."

"I would say I felt more comfortable being around Justin than a lot of film directors in my experience."

"I feel like maybe Blake smelled his kindness, mistook it for weakness, and tried to take advantage and take power."

"I think there was a massive compromise in terms of Justin's original version for the film."

Articles:

https://www.cbr.com/justin-baldoni-support-jane-the-virgin-guest-star-former-editor/

https://www.cbr.com/it-ends-with-us-crew-member-blake-lively-justin-baldoni-kindness-weakness/

Related Posts:

Every Woman who has come forward to support Justin Baldoni

Women who publicly spoke out in support of Justin Baldoni

u/Izomera — 3 months ago

Revisiting February and April 2025 articles: the cast and crew who spoke out in support of Justin Baldoni and his character (including Jacquelyn London)

Quotes:

Irene de Bari (actress from Jane the Virgin):

"I worked with Justin in Jane the Virgin and he was just the perfect gentleman. Extremely considerate and a very generous actor. Very respectful, I cannot imagine him ever behaving in an improper manner with a woman as one of the talks we had was exactly on the subject of always being mindful of women's sensibilities, especially in our industry."

Tia Streaty (actress from Jane the Virgin):

"I worked with him on Jane the Virgin. Had a kissing scene with him. When I tell you, he was the MOST respectful, down to earth actor I've worked with. He talked about his wife, made me extra comfortable, and was overall an amazing human being. This is just my story. Not to say any of this is true or untrue. But this is just my personal account of working with him. ❤️"

Jacquelyn London (editor from It Ends with Us):

"I’ve worked with Justin for many years and he actually brought me on for this project as well. He wanted to bring me on as another female editor, one that he knows has a history relating to the subject matter, that could help with some of those crucial scenes. This is absurd. It’s disgusting... This is not who Justin is whatsoever. I’ve worked on multiple projects with him, I’ve met his family. I can assure you none of this is true. This is the first time I’m actually commenting on any of this because this is insane and I just feel horrible for his family and for his kids."

Talia Spencer (storyboard artist from It Ends with Us):

"He was one of the few directors I've worked for that was very kind and respectful."

"In my opinion, I find it very hard to believe the allegations against him and considering his mission statement about the film, and him genuinely pitching that he was doing this film to help young women, I just find it hard to believe the allegations, to be honest."

"I would say I felt more comfortable being around Justin than a lot of film directors in my experience."

"I feel like maybe Blake smelled his kindness, mistook it for weakness, and tried to take advantage and take power."

"I think there was a massive compromise in terms of Justin's original version for the film."

Articles:

https://www.cbr.com/justin-baldoni-support-jane-the-virgin-guest-star-former-editor/

https://www.cbr.com/it-ends-with-us-crew-member-blake-lively-justin-baldoni-kindness-weakness/

Related Posts:

Every Woman who has come forward to support Justin Baldoni

Women who publicly spoke out in support of Justin Baldoni

u/Izomera — 3 months ago

Jacquelyn London’s extensive body of work: the DV survivor and editor whose It Ends With Us montage was removed by Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds

Note: I made two versions of this post for the two subs since there were too many examples of Jacquelyn's work to fit into one gallery. The other post has different screencaps if anyone wants to check out more of her work.

After Jacquelyn London mentioned in her interview with Andy Signore at Popcorned Planet that she'd edited for Taylor Swift, I looked up her website and found the many projects she's worked on, including dozens of music videos, commercials, films, and more. Thought I'd highlight some of her work here.

Justin Baldoni specifically sought out Jacquelyn to edit It Ends With Us's climactic DV montage because he loved her editing style. Jacquelyn is also a DV survivor, bringing both her professional experience as an editor and her lived experience to one of the film's most important sequences.

Jacquelyn's montage received a standing ovation from the editorial team. Meanwhile, released court filings showed that her cut was removed during the competing edit, with text messages showing Blake Lively (Ryan Reynolds) refused to restore it.

Considering Blake and Ryan spent months smearing Justin and accusing him of being a "fauxminist" while rewriting and re-editing over the female voices Justin intentionally brought onto the film—including a DV survivor's edit of the film's climactic DV montage—I thought Jacquelyn's body of work deserved its own post.

Related Post:

According to Popcorned Planet, Wayfarer hired an editor who was a DV survivor to work on the DV scenes on IEWU and Ryan cut her edit of a DV scene with flashbacks

u/Izomera — 3 months ago

Jacquelyn London’s extensive body of work: the DV survivor and editor whose It Ends With Us montage was removed by Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds

Note: I made two versions of this post for the two subs since there were too many examples of Jacquelyn's work to fit into one gallery. The other post has different screencaps if anyone wants to check out more of her work.

After Jacquelyn London mentioned in her interview with Andy Signore at Popcorned Planet that she'd edited for Taylor Swift, I looked up her website and found the many projects she's worked on, including dozens of music videos, commercials, films, and more. Thought I'd highlight some of her work here.

Justin Baldoni specifically sought out Jacquelyn to edit It Ends With Us's climactic DV montage because he loved her editing style. Jacquelyn is also a DV survivor, bringing both her professional experience as an editor and her lived experience to one of the film's most important sequences.

Jacquelyn's montage received a standing ovation from the editorial team. Meanwhile, released court filings showed that her cut was removed during the competing edit, with text messages showing Blake Lively (Ryan Reynolds) refused to restore it.

Considering Blake and Ryan spent months smearing Justin and accusing him of being a "fauxminist" while rewriting and re-editing over the female voices Justin intentionally brought onto the film—including a DV survivor's edit of the film's climactic DV montage—I thought Jacquelyn's body of work deserved its own post.

Related Post:

According to Popcorned Planet, Wayfarer hired an editor who was a DV survivor to work on the DV scenes on IEWU and Ryan cut her edit of a DV scene with flashbacks

u/Izomera — 3 months ago
▲ 346 r/ItEndsWithLawsuits+2 crossposts

Throwback Thursday: Lauren Neidigh's Tribute Featuring Survivors Supporting Justin Baldoni 💜

I wanted to share one of Lauren Neidigh's tribute videos, where she brought together survivors' voices and stories to express their support for Justin Baldoni and explain why his situation resonated with them.

I've been listening to the song featured in this video again lately, which is what brought me back to this tribute. The cover was performed by Kylah Davis, the daughter of one of Lauren's viewers. Her voice and this song have really stayed with me, and I also wanted to share her channel because she has other beautiful covers worth listening to.

Original tribute video: Victims Throw Down Wave of Support for Justin Baldoni

Full performance: TRAUMA Cover (the 2020 anthem)

Kylah Davis's YouTube channel: Kylah Davis

u/Izomera — 3 months ago

Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively Really Do Love the Phrase “Focus Group”

There's also the added irony that while “focus group” has been repeatedly used as a punchline by Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively, the documented test results for It Ends With Us showed Justin Baldoni’s cut consistently scoring higher with test audiences, including the film’s target demographic.

u/Izomera — 3 months ago

Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively Really Do Love the Phrase “Focus Group”

There's also the added irony that while “focus group” has been repeatedly used as a punchline by Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively, the documented test results for It Ends With Us showed Justin Baldoni’s cut consistently scoring higher with test audiences, including the film’s target demographic.

u/Izomera — 3 months ago

Ryan Reynolds Can Make Endless Vulgar Dick Jokes, Yet Blake Lively Was "Shocked" and "Disturbed" During a Discussion About Circumcision

Forcing their own 7-year-old daughter to repeatedly say sexually explicit and vulgar lines 70-500 times is fine, but Justin mentioning he was circumcised during a discussion about circumcision is labeled as "shocking" and "disturbing". Okay, Dickpool and Lady Dickpool.

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Blake Lively Putting Justin Baldoni in Yet Another Impossible Double Bind

u/Izomera — 3 months ago

Ryan Reynolds Can Make Endless Vulgar Dick Jokes, Yet Blake Lively Was "Shocked" and "Disturbed" During a Discussion About Circumcision

Forcing their own 7-year-old daughter to repeatedly say sexually explicit and vulgar lines 70-500 times is fine, but Justin mentioning he was circumcised during a discussion about circumcision is labeled as "shocking" and "disturbing". Okay, Dickpool and Lady Dickpool.

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Blake Lively Putting Justin Baldoni in Yet Another Impossible Double Bind

u/Izomera — 3 months ago
▲ 435 r/ItEndsWithLawsuits+1 crossposts

“There were so many of you who — when we didn’t have a voice — were our voice.” ~Justin Baldoni

After watching the video Justin and Emily shared, I was reminded of this beautiful moment from the It Ends With Us premiere, and it felt particularly meaningful and timely to share it.

One thing Justin said really touched me: “There were so many of you who — when we didn’t have a voice — were our voice.”

That sentiment felt especially powerful and moving because Justin has spent so many years using his own voice, platform, privilege, and resources to advocate for others, amplifying marginalized voices, uplifting communities, and making space for people’s stories and experiences to be heard.

So seeing how moved he and Emily were by the support, love, and discernment they received from so many people across platforms, communities, and geographies was truly heartwarming. Someone who has spent so much of his life showing up for others got to feel what it means to have others show up for him.

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A little context for this video: this is Gabbie, who Justin invited, along with her husband Frank, to the It Ends With Us premiere. Gabbie shared this video on her TikTok with the following caption about what this experience meant to her: 

"This moment captured changed my life..

Why did I choose Justin Baldoni to meet on my bucket list? 🤔

He's inspired me to keep fighting he's pushed me within his films to not give up on myself.. meeting him, his beautiful wife Emily and his family. So real so kind so genuine they were so human ❤️

Justin's team took amazing care of Frank and i ❤️

Last night this moment was everything this night was to only celebrate Justin and his new movie It Ends With Us & instead he took a moment to celebrate me & my husband singing one of my favorite songs by Andy Grammer his best friend! Justin held my hand sang the song to me & at that moment this past year and half of fighting was worth it

hope when you see my story you see God works, don't ever give up on yourself no matter the circumstances..

to everyone who supports me i love you and thank you..

i hope y'all get the chance to watch It Ends With Us its a beautiful meaningful movie that truly will impact those battling with domestic abuse.. #itendswithus"

u/Izomera — 3 months ago

Josh Greenstein’s Missing Responses: A Compilation of Text Threads

In her latest filing seeking an absurd $8,035,040.88 in attorneys' fees and costs over a single claim, Blake Lively once again accuses Wayfarer of evidence spoliation. Although as we’ve all repeatedly seen by now, every accusation from a narcissist is a confession.

With that in mind, I decided to compile the text message threads that show only one side of the conversation since Josh “Wormtail” Greenstein's messages just happen to be missing deleted. 

While gathering them, I also noticed a pattern:

Conversation Date Range Status
JG ↔ BL April-July 2024 Both sides intact
JG ↔ RR May 2024 Both sides intact
JG ↔ CH May-Dec 2024 Both sides intact
JG ↔ Sony April-Sept 2024 JG’s messages missing; only the other side remains
JG ↔ Sony Dec 2024 All sides intact

For clarity: JG = Josh Greenstein, BL = Blake Lively, RR = Ryan Reynolds, CH = Colleen Hoover

For context:

  • The Josh Greenstein/Sony-related threads occurred while Josh Greenstein was still at Sony. He did not leave Sony until July 2025
  • Blake Lively began preparing for, or at minimum considering, litigation against Justin Baldoni in August–September 2024 (with the Vanzan Sham lawsuit filed on September 27, 2024)
  • Additional comparison: Sony executive threads that did not include Josh Greenstein (including Sanford Panitch ↔ Ange Giannetti threads from August 2023–August 2024) also appear intact

What stands out is that Josh Greenstein’s missing messages do not appear across all conversations—they appear concentrated in a specific set of threads and timeframe. Not suspicious at all.

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1: Texts between Josh Greenstein and Ange Giannetti
2-3: Texts between Josh Greenstein and Ange Giannetti
4: Texts between Josh Greenstein and Ange Giannetti
5: Texts between Josh Greenstein and Jason Groff
6-7: Texts between Josh Greenstein and Lousie
8: Texts between Josh Greenstein and Tahra Grant
9: Texts between Josh Greenstein and Ange Giannetti
10: Texts between Josh Greenstein, Ange Giannetti, Tahra Grant, and Tom Rothman

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u/Izomera — 3 months ago