Blake Lively Shares Domestic Violence Hotline to Social Media Followers Amid ‘It Ends With Us’ Success
variety.comJack Dunn Blake Lively, star of the breakout summer hit “It Ends With Us,” took to Instagram Tuesday morning to discuss the film’s domestic violence narrative.
Accompanied by a video of a BBC red carpet interview, Lively wrote in a story post, “Thank you to everyone who came to show that people WANT to see films about women, and the multitudes we hold. ‘It Ends With Us‘ is a story of the female experience.
All the highest highs, and the lowest lows. And we are so proud of it. We have been in celebration of this film and of getting a message so important out there to the masses.” In a follow-up post, Lively shared a link to the National Domestic Violence Hotline resource page, adding that, “1 in 4 women aged 18 and older in the U.S.
alone have been the victim of severe physical violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime. Intimate partner violence affects all genders, including more than 12 million people every year in the United States.
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