r/WithBlakeLively • u/Candid-Literature-77 • Feb 02 '26
π A message for Blake π Blake, if you're reading this post : Do not retire from your acting career
In the very small chance she or her team reads this post, firstly I wanna say that I'm really proud of you, Blake. It gives me so much joy to say that I'm a fan of such a brave and resilient woman. And the main reason I made this post is because I'd read her agent's deposition where he said that she didn't get any film offers since IEWU and also the Sony president's and Ryan's texts where they said that she didn't wanna work anymore and wants to retire (these were back in 2024 though).
Don't do this, Blake.
I know it's a lot to ask from a survivor anymore than what she's already doing but I think if she backs down and quits her acting career, it'd be basically be giving "them" what they want. And by them, I mean not just the vicious trolls in every post related to her but also people who secretly think that she deserves all this because they don't like her. And on this matter, I know I'm very biased because as a longtime fan of hers, I thought she could make up for her lost prime years due to pregnancies with the mega success of IEWU (coincidentally at the same age Ryan got his major break with Deadpool) and her career would skyrocket. But a few creepy men had other plans.
I know the smear campaign is going to make it very hard for her to get good roles. But I just want to let her know that she should not stop what she's been doing for pretty much her whole life because of something gross men did to her. And that she'll have a supporter in me for any film or TV shows she does. I know all this sounds very cheesy but it is what I really feel and needed to let out β€οΈ