Cyrus Langhorne
Hollywood actress Blake Lively has stood behind referencing rap veteran Sir Mix-A-Lot‘s “Baby Got Back” in a recent social media posting.
During an interview this week, Lively explained where her “Oakland booty” caption came from.
“It’s something I was proud of. I never meant to offend anyone. It’s just about celebrating women’s bodies and that’s what I was doing. I would never want to hurt anyone’s feelings or upset anyone. I was celebrating my body.” (“Sway In The Morning”)
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Last month, a curvy Lively Instagram post sent social media users into an uproar.
Wait. Did Blake Lively really think it was okay to say this? The girl needs to start having her Instagrams screened. pic.twitter.com/qo3vzCejMm
— Robert Norman (@RobertNorm) May 18, 2016
Another day, another rich white woman using WOC's bodies as a punchline and commodity. As if Blake Lively wasn't the worst already.
— Kat Bee (@katbeee) May 18, 2016
I want to follow Blake Lively just to unfollow after this LA/Oakland business. So much privilege even GOOP feels uncomfortable.
— Melinda (@mindamaureen) May 18, 2016
DON'T @blakelively idc HOW gentrified Oakland is becoming, you are not qualified! https://t.co/0jvQpIT8FL
— Queen N (@Choclateshawty) May 18, 2016
Some followers lashed at Lively and even referenced her wedding day to fellow actor Ryan Reynolds.
“As if getting married on a slave plantation wasn’t reason enough to hate her,” one upset follower noted, reminding the Gossip Girl alum of her 2012 wedding to husband Ryan Reynolds. The ceremony took place at South Carolina’s Boone Hall Plantation, an operation that once took advantage of slave labor pre–Civil War. (Us Weekly)
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