“Blake Lively’s Controversial Past: Resurfaced Interviews Reveal Shocking Transgender Slur”
Three resurfaced interviews show Blake Lively using a derogatory slur to describe transgender people
Image credits: Blake Lively
He shared an image of her quote, which was part of an interview with Elle Magazine in 2012: “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 is a derogatory slur for a transgender person, often specifically a transgender woman.
While some transgender people may reappropriate the term “tranny” and use it to describe themselves, others find it extremely offensive even when used by another trans person, GLAAD notes.
sometimes ill be quietly going about my day and then ill remember the time blake lively said this to a journalist pic.twitter.com/SIHZcrlzui
— joshua 🍒 (@joshcharles_21) August 18, 2024
Blake previously used the slur during a 2008 interview with Nylon alongside Leighton Meester, in which she dispelled rumors of a feud with her Gossip Girl co-star.
“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. You don’t listen to the rumors.”
The backlash comes after journalist Kjersti Flaa called out Blake for her behavior in “the most uncomfortable interview situation” she had ever experienced
Image credits: Kjersti Flaa
The following year, she used the slur again during a 2009 interview with Allure when she discussed her body insecurities.
