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Blake Lively is still promoting her movie, All I See Is You, which comes out on Friday. The reviews aren?t great, the Rotten Tomatoes score is middling, but I guess it?s not the worst film ever or even the worst Blake Lively film ever. To promote the film, Blake has been happily talking about her children (she?s pushing one kid to become a chef), she?s trolling her husband for his birthday, and of course she?s giving us a fashion show. But did you know that Blake thinks about real things too? She tells People Magazine that she worried about coming across like a ?diva? for speaking out:
As a rising star in Hollywood, Blake Lively worried that she would be labeled a ?diva? just for speaking out in her own interests.
?I think that sometimes you?re not encouraged to stand up for yourself,? the actress, 30, tells PEOPLE in this week?s issue.
?It doesn?t even mean in really dramatic ways,? she added. ?That just means that if you?re working too many hours, or you aren?t being paid what someone else at your work level is being paid, or if you?re being treated differently than someone else on the crew, or whoever.?
While Lively says she was always ?passionate? about ?standing up? for others, when it came to her own problems, she sometimes remained quiet.
?I didn?t feel like I could fight for myself in the same way, because I was afraid of coming across as a diva or difficult or demanding,? she explains. ?As a woman, you?re afraid of a label you may acquire by demanding fair treatment for yourself that you know that you?ve earned.?
If she could give her younger self any advice, Lively says, ?I?d encourage myself to love myself and fight for myself, as hard as I fought for other people.?
[From People]
If this interview had come out a month ago, I would have rolled my eyes at Blake saying something really f–king obvious. But in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, I?m reminded again of the precarious positions so many young actresses were put in by Weinstein. We still don?t know the extent of Weinstein?s machinations towards the careers and reputations of the women he assaulted or harassed. I?m reminded once again that all it would have taken from Weinstein is a few words to Page Six or Vogue and an actress would be branded a ?diva? or ?difficult? or something worse. While Blake has done damage to her reputation on her own (#NeverForget The Allure of Antebellum), let?s not discount the fact that so many of these actresses are terrified of pissing off the wrong men.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
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