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 “relatively sh-tty individual” whereas noting that the “Gossip Lady” alum “completely ruined her personal model” by beginning “a struggle she can not win.”

“I’ve but to see one in every of her complaints borne out. Actually, all the ones I’ve seen have been undermined by [Baldoni’s] hardcore proof in textual content messaging and so forth that places a completely totally different gentle on her horrific allegations,” Kelly continued. “Then you definitely see what she truly mentioned and wrote. It’s extremely totally 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 attempting 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 only 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. While you faux you wish to do the one factor and you will do the factor they’re hiring you for, however all alongside you might have secret plans to do one thing very, very totally 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 actually wasn’t at Ryan Reynolds–degree fame, by no means thoughts Blake Energetic, and he or she bullied him into giving her the film the place she did her personal lower,” she added.

In his lawsuit, Baldoni claims that two totally 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 numerous threats to be able to get her model used, akin to 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 dangerous publicity” on Baldoni, saying, “None of it was simply as a result of the truth that she looks as if a relatively sh-tty individual.”

Energetic was closely criticized for selling her personal hair merchandise, non-alcoholic drinks, and different manufacturers whereas she was speculated 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 needed Baldoni and his manufacturing firm, Wayfarer Studios, to launch, basically taking full accountability for Energetic’s feedback. Clearly, they refused.

Throughout the podcast, Kelly mentioned, “She does seem like 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, straight, he sued her for defamation and was awarded $15 million in compensatory and punitive damages.

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

Now that Baldoni has created a web site to indicate the allegedly unedited variations of the textual content messages, the general public has an opportunity to resolve for themselves who’s telling the reality. As a lot as I don’t often agree with plenty 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 films she’s solid in has solely made individuals extra skeptical of her intentions when she determined to file this lawsuit.