Is Megyn Kelly Right About ‘Serial Fraudster’ Blake Lively?

The conservative commentator didn’t pull any punches on an episode of SiriusXM’s The Megyn Kelly Show, the place she made it fairly clear that she was backing Justin Baldoni within the ongoing authorized drama.

She didn’t hesitate to name Energetic a “serial fraudster” and a “slightly sh-tty individual” whereas noting that the “Gossip Woman” alum “completely ruined her personal model” by beginning “a battle she can not win.”

“I’ve but to see one in every of her complaints borne out. In actual fact, the entire ones I’ve seen have been undermined by [Baldoni’s] hardcore proof in textual content messaging and so forth that places a completely completely different gentle on her horrific allegations,” Kelly continued. “Then you definitely see what she really mentioned and wrote. It’s totally completely different.”

“After I was within the conferences, I used to be like, I’m simply right here to be the actor and I’m right here to get the gig. I wouldn’t reveal that I wanted to have authorship to really feel fulfilled,” Energetic defined. “And I really feel for them, it felt like a rug pull, and also you’re making an attempt to insert your self into one thing we didn’t rent you to do.”

She went on to say,  “Typically I had the director, writers, producers who would welcome that when I used to be in a position to provide that, and typically I had individuals who resented that, as a result of they simply employed me to be the actor.”

Kelly didn’t hesitate to name out Energetic for her controversial feedback. “She’s a serial fraudster,” Kelly mentioned on her podcast. “That is referred to as fraud. Whenever you fake you wish to do the one factor and you will do the factor they’re hiring you for, however all alongside you will have secret plans to do one thing very, very completely different that is above your pay grade.”

“She lastly ran into somebody who was weak sufficient and never well-known sufficient to cease her. This Justin Baldoni, most individuals had by no means even heard of him — he’d been in, like, one sequence. He definitely wasn’t at Ryan Reynolds–degree fame, by no means thoughts Blake Energetic, and she or he bullied him into giving her the film the place she did her personal lower,” she added.

In his lawsuit, Baldoni claims that two completely different variations of “It Ends With Us” had been created. Though his edit allegedly scored greater with check audiences, Energetic’s edit was the one utilized in theaters. Baldoni claims that Energetic had used varied threats with a view to get her model used, reminiscent of threatening to pull a Taylor Swift song from the trailer and threatening to boycott the movie’s press tour.

Kelly additionally criticized Energetic for the “nerve” that she needed to attempt to blame her “two minutes of unhealthy publicity” on Baldoni, saying, “None of it was simply attributable to the truth that she looks like a slightly sh-tty individual.”

Energetic was closely criticized for selling her personal hair merchandise, non-alcoholic drinks, and different manufacturers whereas she was presupposed to be promoting the movie. She additionally made glib feedback like “Seize your ladies, put on your florals” to the theater, which many took challenge with, because it undermined the movie’s critical message of home violence.

In response to the backlash, Energetic and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, allegedly drafted a “statement of contrition” that they wished Baldoni and his manufacturing firm, Wayfarer Studios, to launch, primarily taking full accountability for Energetic’s feedback. Clearly, they refused.

Through the podcast, Kelly mentioned, “She does appear as if an Amber Heard to me,” referencing Heard’s extremely publicized 2022 trial. In 2018, Heard wrote an op-ed describing her experiences as a home violence survivor. Though she didn’t point out her ex-husband, actor Johnny Depp, immediately, he sued her for defamation and was awarded $15 million in compensatory and punitive damages.

Baldoni is at the moment suing for $400 million, alleging that Blake Energetic, Ryan Reynolds, and their respective groups, tried to destroy his popularity by spreading “grossly edited, unsubstantiated, new and doctored info to the media.” He’s additionally suing The New York Instances for libel, claiming they “cherry-picked” and stripped “mandatory context” from textual content messages that they printed with a view to make a stronger case for Energetic.

Now that Baldoni has created an internet site to point out the allegedly unedited variations of the textual content messages, the general public has an opportunity to determine for themselves who’s telling the reality. As a lot as I don’t normally agree with loads of what Megyn Kelly has to say, she is correct right here. The textual content messages Baldoni has posted have poked holes in virtually all of Energetic’s harassment claims, and her personal admission of a “secret plan” to take over motion pictures she’s solid in has solely made folks extra skeptical of her intentions when she determined to file this lawsuit.