Blake Lively faces backlash for repeatedly using transgender slur in past interviews
nypost.composted on X, “sometimes ill [sic] be quietly going about my day and then ill [sic] remember the time blake lively said this to a journalist.”He then posted an image of her quote: “I hope to have a few girls one day.
If not girls, they better be trannies. Because I have some amazing shoes and bags and stories that need to be appreciated.”The term “tranny” has been deemed defamatory by some members of the transgender community, as pointed out on GLAAD’s website.Followers took to the comment section to voice their disapproval.“Not Lady Deadpool…” one user wrote, while another reacted, “This is disgusting.”However, some fans also defended Lively’s choice of words, with one social media user sharing, “There was absolutely nothing wrong with that word when she said it, now people are oversensitive.
RuPaul even had a song with it in the title.”A second follower wrote, “I get what she was trying to say because someone better appreciates all that Vintage Versace she has.
But she could’ve used different wording.”But this wasn’t the first time Lively used the word. In 2008, the star said the slur during an interview with Nylon alongside “Gossip Girl” co-star Leighton Meester.Dismissing rumors of a feud with Meester, Lively said, “You read the gossip magazines and everybody is dating everyone, everybody hates everyone, everybody’s had tons of plastic surgery and we’re actually men and trannies.
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