Blake Lively accused of trying to ‘ruin a man's life' over mild press

Blake Lively received scathing criticism after Megyn Kelly lashed out at her and called her a “bully” with “narcissistic qualities.”

After a judge dismissed Justin Baldoni’s $400 million lawsuit against Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds, Kelly accused her of using fame to control public narrative.

Speaking with Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, Kelly also accused Lively of overreacting to minor criticism following the release of It Ends With Us.

"She's a bully,” Kelly said. “That's my own conclusion. She's an obvious bully who can't take any rounds of negative press, which is so absurd."

"You and I both know that public figures, many of whom you've defended, including yours truly, have to take tons of negative press, and it's just part of being a public figure.

"To try to ruin a man's life over one mild round that she had to suffer when this movie came out is just insane."

Freedman agreed, suggesting Lively was upset that media coverage highlighted past videos and behaviour that triggered an “organic” public backlash.

He went on to say that the A Simple Favor star couldn't handle the heat after "press came out which was negative toward her,”

The lawyer also highlighted that Baldoni also received negative criticism. "But, whether it's internet sleuths were amazing or whether it's amazing reporters went back in time and pulled videos and pulled information — and generally, videos don't lie about how you've behaved in the past — reporters and other people in the media played that for people, and people [had] a reaction to it. And there was an organic response as a result of that," he added.

Before concluding, he said he is convinced "that was too much for her" to "believe that somebody could actually not like her based on her own conduct."