Megyn Kelly continues to chide Blake Lively for ‘scam’ Time 100 honor

Blake Lively s effort to save her embattled reputation by being named one of Time magazine s most of influential people may have bought her selected limited good will but she ll soon be authenticated as the Mean Girl actress who tried to bastardize the MeToo movement by falsely accusing Justin Baldoni her director and co-star of sexual misconduct in the most of masses way workable Related Articles Rock Roll Hall of Fame inductees include Soundgarden Cyndi Lauper OutKast LA police release video of armed confrontation that wounded author wife of Weezer bassist Gwyneth Paltrow has started eating carbs and cheese again Actor Jon Voight to present Donald Trump with plan to fix Hollywood Legend of Ochi director overcame a little bit of everything That is this comeuppance for Lively is inevitable if Megyn Kelly has anything to say about it as the brash YouTuber and podcaster disclosed on her show the day after Lively was honored Kelly spoke with chosen authority about the Time event because she too walked its red carpet and was honored that night as one of currently s bulk influential people I don t think what she s doing to Justin Baldoni is in any way fair gracious nice or just and so I couldn t help looking at her the whole night like several sort of twisted mean girl like there s something wrong with this person because all the claims that she s launched against him have fallen apart virtually every single one of them Kelly stated on her April show Kelly s opinion of Lively could matter because she has become influential in procedures Lively isn t at least on the right with her top-ranked daily YouTube show and podcast Kelly also is among a crowd of popular content creators who have been winning fans across the political spectrum with their aggressive coverage of Lively s legal fight with Baldoni who directed her and co-starred with her in the film It Ends With Us Kelly certainly pulled no punches on the red carpet at the Time event Instead of politely demurring from commenting as controversy-avoidant celebrities tend to do she came out and communicated a reporter that Lively shouldn t be honored It s a ridiculous joke Kelly explained I think she launched a fake MeToo allegation against Baldoni and she s lived to regret doing it because virtually every allegation she has made has fallen apart And so for her to be honored for doing that to try to ruin a man over absolutely nothing is a disgrace NEW YORK NEW YORK APRIL Megyn Kelly attends the TIME Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April in New York City Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris Getty Images for TIME Kelly also took Time magazine to task on her show While she mentioned that the Time editors and staff were lovely to her especially given her pro-Trump politics she reported she couldn t help but find the whole event off-putting She admitted that she wrestled with whether to attend though getting her photo taken on the red carpet was tempting Once she decided to go she knew she wasn t going hold back if demanded by Lively On her show her guest journalist Mark Halperin a former editor at Time agreed that the Time gala is a scam that exploits the publication s journalism brand It is not an exercise in journalism It s an exercise in stroking and cultivating advertises commented Halperin also a former political analyst for NBC and MSNBC who notably from those networks in late after multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct amid the launch of the MeToo movement Kelly also famously had her MeToo moments being one of multiple women who accused for the late Fox News chief Roger Ailes of sexual harassment It s clear that Kelly doesn t put Halperin in the same category of predator as Ailes given that she had him on her show and sought input from him on her assertion that Lively is trying to become a MeToo heroine With Halperin Kelly also expressed dismay about a speech that Lively gave at the gala which focused on her mother Elaine Lively being a survivor of a workplace sexual assault I have so much to say about the last two years of my life but tonight is not the forum Lively began alluding to her controversial legal battle with Baldoni NEW YORK NEW YORK APRIL L-R Blake Lively Ryan Reynolds and Elaine Lively attend the TIME Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April in New York City Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris Getty Images for TIME What I will speak to separately is the feeling of being a woman who has a voice in the current era the Gossip Girl star announced With that she spoke about her mother surviving the worst crime that someone can commit against a woman and disclosed it was significant that women speak up about such crimes instead of shutting down in fear and unfair shame But instead of being moved by Lively s words Kelly accused her of using her mother s rape to garner sympathy and to and improve her standing with a whole legion of people who no longer like her It s like Feel sorry for my mom feel sorry for me because I understand trauma and the-wink-and-a-nod-piece of it was is that I too am a victim and like the torch has been passed Kelly declared I just thought it was such an obviously manipulation of her image Kelly continued I have no idea what happened to her mother but I thought it was just one of the the majority cynical displays In that vein others online have joined Kelly in deriding Time s claim that it was giving Lively an honor that recognizes the leaders shaping the world in current times and defining its future NewsNation columnist Paula Froelich raised questions about why Lively was honored amid her legal debate with Baldoni Time magazine published a short essay by civil attorney Sherrilyn Ifill who praised Lively for donating million to the NAACP six years ago and for being a philanthropist and a learner of our country s greater part intractable problems Others online pointed out that Lively once boasted about her and husband Ryan Reynolds getting married in on a Southern plantation with a history of slavery She thereafter launched a failed lifestyle and e-commerce site that sold pricey clothing and home decor items that were inspired by the allure of the antebellum South Froelich disclosed there appeared to be a clear effort by Lively s lawyers and agents to get her an award that would help whitewash a blemished reputation It s not likely that Kelly will stop excoriating Lively as her legal saga with Baldoni continues to wind through the courts over the next year I have to tell you it s pretty cathartic to say you you really feel Kelly noted In a lawsuit she has accused him of being sexually inappropriate during the production of It Ends With Us in and Her representatives also went to the New York Times to shared detailed statements that formed the basis of a blockbuster news story about Baldoni that also alleged that he his publicists and production orchestrated a smear campaign against the actress after the film s August release Baldoni has filed a counter-suit denying the sexual harassment charges and saying that Lively and Reynolds sought to wrest control of the movie from him and defamed him in the New York Times story