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Kate Beckinsale Defends Blake Lively Amid Justin Baldoni Legal Drama & Reveals Stories Of Her OWN Mistreatment In Hollywood

Kate Beckinsale Defends Blake Lively Amid Justin Baldoni Legal Drama & Reveals Stories Of Her OWN Mistreatment In Hollywood

Kate Beckinsale is weighing in on the Blake Lively/Justin Baldoni situation. And yes, like her fellow movie star, she’s faced some pretty upsetting behavior on movie sets.

In the wake of the It Ends with Us star filing a sexual harassment complaint against her co-star/director, we’ve been getting an inside look at how the Hollywood machine works to silence victims, like described in Justin’s alleged smear campaign. And it’s an issue Kate has all too much experience with.

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In a lengthy video she shared on Instagram over the weekend, the Underworld star addressed the ongoing litigation between the pair:

“I’ve been following, as a lot of people have, this situation between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni and I must stress that I don’t know either of them. I’ve never met either of them and I wasn’t on the set, so I can’t speak to any of that. But what I will say is what is highlighted is this machine that goes into effect when a woman complains about something legitimately offensive, upsetting, harmful or whatever in this industry.”

She went on to give several examples of all the ways in which she’s been mistreated on set — from being referred to as a “c**t” and a “bitch” to her face, losing precious time with her daughter because her male co-star was too drunk to remember his lines, having her physical appearance ridiculed to the point where she was on such strict diet and exercise plans that she stopped having a period, being beaten up by men who get a “thrill out of sort of ‘legally’ being able to harm a woman” during fight sequences, having Hollywood execs like Harvey Weinstein try to destroy her career for turning down roles, and SO much more. SO sickening. And her main point? To remind everyone this wasn’t a past issue — it’s still happening:

“It’s really important that whatever ends up happening with this case and whatever turns out to be the outcome, this is going on. This has been going on forever. I’ve got about 47 million stories similar to this … and what’s really depressing is I’ve seen a lot of men going, ‘It was so different a while ago and the climate is so much better’ — it f**king isn’t. If you’re a woman and you [legitimately] complain … you’re f**ked … That has to stop and I’m grateful to Blake Lively for highlighting the fact that this is not an archaic problem that no one’s facing. This is continuing. And then when it does happen, a machine goes into place to absolutely destroy you.”

Watch her full video and read her lengthy caption (below):

Kate is just one of several women who have spoken out in defense of Blake just over the weekend. What are YOUR reactions to their stories??

[Images via Kate Beckinsale/Instagram, Variety, & CBS/YouTube]

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Dec 30, 2024 17:40pm PDT