Blake Lively landing on Time100 ‘Titan’ list sparks backlash

News.com.au - 17/04
Blake Lively has been named a “Titan” on the Time100 most influential people list amid her ongoing legal tussle with Justin Baldoni, and many took to social media to voice their disappointment.

Blake Lively has been named a “Titan” on the Time100 most influential people list amid her ongoing legal tussle with Justin Baldoni, and many took to social media to voice their disappointment.

Lively and Baldoni took their filming feud to the next level by filing lawsuits against each other. The actress accused Baldoni of sexual harassment while the two filmed It Ends With Us. The actor denied the allegations.

While the two battle it out in an increasingly heated legal conflict, the Gossip Girl star was praised by civil rights activist Sherrilyn Ifill in the Time100 profile of the actress.

“I don’t know the Blake Lively of the red carpet. Or the Met Gala. I never watched Gossip Girl. The Blake Lively I know is a philanthropist and a student of our country’s most intractable problems,” Ifill wrote for Time.

Blake Lively has been named on Time’s influential people list. Picture: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images

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