Blake Lively Addresses Trauma at Time100 Gala
NEW YORK — January 1, 2025 — At the Time100 gala, Blake Lively addressed the sensitive topic of abuse, focusing on women’s support networks and the importance of speaking out. The actress spoke candidly about the “silent torch of womanhood,” detailing generational resilience, and also alluded to her legal battle. Lively’s speech, emphasizing solidarity and action, reflects the experiences women often face, adding weight to women encouraging other women.
Blake Lively Addresses Trauma and the ‘silent Torch of Womanhood’ at Time100 gala
NEW YORK — Blake Lively, alongside her mother, is openly discussing trauma, using her platform at the Time100 gala to highlight the importance of women supporting each other and speaking out against abuse.
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Blake Lively was named one of Time magazine’s most influential people in the world. This recognition underscores her impact beyond acting, highlighting her advocacy and influence on societal issues.
The “It Ends With Us
” star, 37, delivered a powerful speech on April 24 at the Time100 gala in New York City, emphasizing the need for women to break the silence surrounding abuse. This occured amidst her ongoing legal battle with actor Justin Baldoni.
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Although Lively did not directly mention Baldoni or the sexual harassment allegations, she alluded to the ongoing litigation, emphasizing the notable responsibility
that comes with influence.
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She stated,
Who and what we stand up for, and what we stay silent about, what we monetize versus what we actually live, matters.
Lively further added,
I have so much to say about the last two years of my life, but tonight is not the forum. What I will speak to separately is the feeling of being a woman who has a voice today, and since I could speak, because of the pain, caution and fight of the many women who have paved the way, and the men who stood beside them.
Lively shared a deeply personal reflection on the strength and resilience passed down through generations of women:
She was saved by a woman whose name she’ll never know. I am alive and standing here with you all today,being honored because of a woman whose name I’ll never know. I am here, and my mom is here, because that woman not only survived, but she told others how.
She continued, highlighting the unspoken burden women often carry:
It’s a silent torch of womanhood that we come to know, a pact that privately, we must show others how to survive, literally or spiritually. We don’t let our daughters know, but one day, we break their hearts by letting them in on the secret we kept from them as they pranced around in princess dresses: that they are not, and will likely never be, safe — at work, at home, in a parking lot, in a medical office, online, in any space they inhabit, physically, emotionally, professionally. But why does that torch have to be our burden to carry in private? How can we not all agree on that basic human right?
her husband,Ryan Reynolds, joined Lively at the event.She acknowledged him at the end of her speech, thanking every man, including my sweet husband, who are kind and good when no one is watching.
The Time100 gala, hosted by Snoop Dogg, also honored other influential figures such as Demi Moore, Adrien Brody, Serena Williams, and Simone Biles. The evening concluded with a performance by Ed Sheeran.
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Moore, reflecting on her career, shared:
I’ve spent a lot of my life up until now running from who I wasn’t, racing towards who I thought I should be, and never really appreciating who was right in front of me…but when I had the courage to pause, to get still, to stop running, I found grace, compassion, and most importantly, acceptance. Because when we embrace who we are, where we are, exactly as we are, we stop missing the moment we’re in.
Demi Moore
