Piers Morgan rips Blake Lively’s ‘pathetic’ statement about the lawsuit
Piers Morgan tore up Blake Lively’s statement, claiming she never “wanted” to sue former co-star Justin Baldoni, and blasted her justification that she filed the lawsuit to help others dealing with online abuse. RadarOnline.com can reveal.
Lively, 38, posted a rambling Instagram story a day after a judge dismissed 10 of her 13 claims against 42-year-old Baldoni, lamenting the “very real” toll of digital abuse and calling it “widespread and dangerous,” even raising “vulnerable” children with phones, as Morgan called her mission “pathetic.”
Lively told readers, “The last thing I wanted in my life was a lawsuit, but I filed this case because of the pervasive retaliation I faced, and continue to face, for privately and professionally asking for a safe work environment for myself and others.”
The movie star then claimed, “Don’t be distracted by the digital soap opera. Continually packaging this lawsuit as a ‘Celebrity Drama’ is not only irresponsible, but designed that way: to keep you from seeing yourself in my story.”
Lively warned of “extreme dangers of retaliation and digital warfare” and “it affects us all.” Across the political spectrum. Pay attention to all the ways we can be manipulated online. Digital manipulation is often labeled as ‘untraceable’. If you have children who use a phone, they are among the most vulnerable. Protect them. Have conversations with them.”
“I’ve read a lot of laughably insincere celebrities in my day, but this statement from Blake Lively takes the proverbial cookie,” Morgan wrote in an after on X on April 4, along with a copy of the Gossip girl statement from alum.
“She is destroying her brand with this ridiculous thing, and is now reduced to playing the ‘I do it for the children of the world!’ card. Pathetic”, the Piers Morgan uncensored host added.
The comments under Morgan’s post largely matched his assessment.
“Blake Lively dragging the world’s children into her piecemeal trial is the desperation of Hollywood. Quick, someone tell her the courtroom is not a red carpet for virtue signaling,” says one user. scoffed.
“Once it gets to, ‘I’m doing this for everyone else,’ you know the harm reduction has started,” said a second person noted.
“Blake Lively’s protection of the children is pure Hollywood desperation. Her business is crumbling so she’s dragging online abuse statistics to save face. Pathetic,” a third user sighed.
“Playing the victim + the ‘protect the children’ card. Classic move when the case gets weaker,” a fourth person observed.
U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman dismissed 10 of Lively’s 13 claims against Baldoni, including major allegations of sexual harassment, defamation and conspiracy surrounding the making of their 2024 film. It ends with us.
The case is still scheduled to go to trial on May 18, with the lesser claims of breach of contract, retaliation and aiding and abetting retaliation.
Lively’s attorneys said in a statement that the case remains focused on “the devastating retaliation and extraordinary steps the defendants took to destroy Blake Lively’s reputation for standing up for safety on set.”
The A simple favor star tried to put a positive spin on the ruling in her post, proclaiming, “I hope the Court’s decision shows others that no matter how unfathomably painful it is, you can express your opinion.”
She added: “The physical pain of digital violence is very real. It is abuse. And it is everywhere.”
