A pregnant Blake Lively visited Jimmy Fallon on Monday to promote her film The Shallows and joined the Tonight Show host for a spirited game of "Know It All," a $100,000 Pyramid-like game in which contestants took turns listing words that would fall under various categories.
For the first category of the game, Lively chose "Harry Potter characters," and proved knowledgeableabout J.K. Rowling"s universe. When Fallon kept choosing the main characters, she called him out and goaded him to "do better ones" and eventually bested Fallon when he challenged her on "Hedwig."
In the next round Lively got flustered with the "Spanish words" category, and after her pick of "burrito" her time ran out. The laughs increased for the "four-letter words" category. Lively tried to explain why she used five-letter word "shoot" saying, "I"m not going to swear on television!"
Lively sat down with Fallon for an interview and talked about her recent awkward experience with in-flight entertainment. "Everywhere I look, every screen is my husband in a s*x montage throughout the holidays with another woman, because everybody wants to watch Deadpool on the plane," she said, specifically calling out the sexual mashed potato scene in the film.
Lively said it"s a "cruel and unusual form of torture" and things only get better when her daughter sees Reynolds on the screen and doesn"t understand why he"s not waving back at her because she thinks it"s Facetime and not a movie.
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Blake Lively continued her promotional tour for her new movie on Tuesday in another fabulously fashionable maternity outfit.
The pregnant 28-year-old has showcased her growing baby bump in a number of stunning ensembles but her latest might well take the biscuit.
She showed up for an interview at the SiriusXM studios in New York in a frothy number that featured feathery tassles and a low-cut sequined bodice.
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Maternity chic: Blake Lively stepped out on Tuesday in a mini dress that featured a white skirt with feathery tassles and a low-cut gray sequinned bodice
The mini dress had a white skirt with a sash tied in a bow at thew waist, while the silver gray top revealed plenty of her blossoming decolletage.
The actress added a simple gray hoodie that she left undone and made her lean legs even longer with a pair of very tall silver stilettos.
She wore her blonde hair tied back from her face and accessorized with some pretty flower-shaped earrings.
Lean look: The actress, 28, who"s expecting her second child with husband Ryan Reynolds, accentuated her impossibly long legs by donning a pair of very tall silver stiletto heels
Promoting her brand: The former Gossip Girl star added a simple gray hoodie to keep out the early morning chill and wore her blonde hair swept back from her face as she headed to the SiriusXM studios in New York
Glowing: The actress was clearly in great spirits as she continued to promote her new movie The Shallows that opens in theatres on Friday
Fashion sense: Her mini dress featured a sash tied in a bow at her waist, just above her baby bump, and is the latest stylish outfit Blake has shown off in a strong of media appearances during the past 48 hours
Blake is expecting her second child with husband Ryan Reynolds. The couple are already parents to 18-month-old daughter James.
Her new film The Shallows opens in theatres on Friday and the former Gossip Girl star is busy getting the word out.
On Monday evening, she showed up for an appearance at The Tonight Show in a stunning royal blue off-the-shoulder frock that featured a cut-out section under her bosom.
Stunning: Blake wore a royal blue off-the-shoulder dress with a cutout section under her cleavage for an appearance on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon on Monday
Leggy look: She wore a lacy n**e-colored semi-sheer mini dress for an interview on Good Morning America on Monday. The feminine frock featured tiers and a belt to cinch in her waist and she added strappy heels
And earlier in the day, she had debuted yet another chic ensemble while heading to the Today Show in Manhattan.
Blake put on another leggy show in a n**e semi-sheer tiered mini dress, featuring delicate floral embellishing.
The effortlessly elegant number was cinched at the waist with a thick n**e band and she paired it with chic lace-up heels.
The Age of Adaline actress has been married to Deadpool star Ryan for four years, and revealed they may not stop at baby number two.
"I"m one of five kids, my husband is one of four. So we are officially breeders," she said.
Expecting: Blake is already mom to 18-month-old daughter James with her Deadpool star hubby and she"s hinted the couple will likely want more children down the road
Mellow yellow: Later, Blake changed into a different ensemble, choosing a billowing yellow gown with heavy adornments on the bust
Radiant:Proffering a hint of bust through a plunging neckline, she covered up with a cropped denim jacket which gave a casual edge to the ensemble
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Cover up your early-pregnancy baby body and you"re keeping a secret; acknowledge those curves on social media and you"re -- racist? Maybe, maybe not.
Blake Lively"s curves are kickin", as she pointed out Wednesday on Instagram when she slapped the caption "L.A. face with an Oakland booty" on front and back views of herself arriving at the May 11 premiere and opening night gala for "Cafe Society" at the Cannes Film Festival. In response, people on social media had things of their own to point out.
There"s no practical way to quantify how many comments it took to inspire the "Blake Lively accused of racism" headlines that began popping up after she posted, but the actress, 28, didn"t acknowledge the supposed hubbub and left the image up on her page.
By Thursday, the Instagram comments and Twitter mentions were overwhelmingly supportive, with some people questioning how anyone could interpret the "Baby Got Back" lyric reference as racist and others declaring there were bigger fish to fry when it came to racial politics.
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Maybe people just didn"t get it? Lively was born in 1987. Sir Mix-a-Lot released "Baby Got Back" in 1992, along with its banned-by-MTV music video, which features booty-shaking dancers and the rapper performing on top of massive yellow buttocks. Meanwhile, Instagram has been around only since 2010, Twitter since 2006, and yes, MTV used to play music videos.
For some, the issue was not racism but rather cultural appropriation, which celebrities including Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus and Pharrell have been accused of. Others said they didn"t remember the fundamentals behind "Baby Got Back" pertaining exclusively to women of color.
Khloe Kardashian did something similar to Lively"s post in August 2015, putting the same caption on a shot of her backside taken while out on a Chipotle run with then-boyfriend James Harden. Commenters that time around seemed less obsessed with the socio-political ramifications of her caption and more fixated on whether Kardashian"s b**t was in fact real.
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"Pop culture says that if a black girl is to be taken seriously, she has to assimilate and be as white as possible, to the point of bleaching her hair blonde. But the entire point of the song was the opposite," Sir Mix-a-Lot, real name Anthony Ray, told Vulture in 2013 in an oral history about the song he didn"t think would be a hit. It wound up being 1992"s No. 2 seller, behind "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston.
"For the casting of all the dancers, Mix and his friends wanted to have b**t approval," the video"s director, Adam Bernstein, told Vulture. "So the dancers would come in for the audition, and I had to snap a Polaroid of their butts. I was mortified: "OK, now I have to take a close-up picture of your buttocks." But a lot of the women auditioning thought it was hilarious. We took all the Polaroids, and made a giant grid of the buttocks, which we Fed-Exed to Seattle so that Mix and his friends could approve the butts."
Lively probably wouldn"t have made it through the door of the casting office. For the record, the actress, who is expecting her second baby with Ryan Reynolds, actually doesn"t pack much back when she"s not pregnant.
Lively"s rep did not respond to a request for comment.
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When shes not keeping us guessing as to the current occupancy level of her womb, Blake Lively loves to post on Instagram. In fact, she might work just as hard on her captions as she does on her lovingly crafted photos of her outfit details, nail polish towers, and lipstick selections. Today, however, one caption in particular got Lively into a bit of trouble.
In the photo, Lively has on the Atelier Versace gown she wore to the Caf Society premiere and opening gala at the 69th annual Cannes Film Festival. The Instagram image is a composite; we get a front and rear view of Lively in the glittery, paneled gown. The caption is a line from Sir Mix-a-Lots Baby Got Back.
Many of Livelys Instagram followers saw it as a joke. Caption is goals, @annaa_paulina wrote. Not racist, its lyrics to a song. Take a chill pill, love, @noushiebabeyy replied to another commenter. So what"s the issue now . . . She made reference to a song by a black artist about black people but shes white? Isnt that also being racist? Clearly there was no hateful meaning behind it. Its not even misquoted. She knew what and why she was putting it . . . Cos the song is about big behinds and in that pic she has a big behind! . . . Dont stop the humour Blake Lively, its nice to see a celeb with a sense of one for a change, @judasj65 said.
Other commenters took umbrage with Livelys usage of the lyric as well as her posturing. Its not by being curvy that people say white people are trying to be black. If you have it naturally, then you just got it. The problem is getting your lips injected to make them fuller, or getting surgery to make your b**t bigger to look beautiful, when those features were looked at as ugly for years on black women, @nic915 explained to another commenter.
Some called Lively racially insensitive, bringing up her wedding to Ryan Reynolds at Boone Hall Plantation in South Carolina, which used to employ slaves before the Civil War. As if getting married on a slave plantation wasnt reason enough to hate her, one commenter wrote. Unbelievably problematic, using women of colors bodies as a joke. I guess you just want people to know youre racist and you dont give a s**t, said another.
Still, it seemed like most of Livelys followers were able to see the humor in the actresss usage of the quote. As a BLACK woman, I applaud you @blakelively. You look great. Embrace your beauty and your curves. These commenters are looking for trouble so that they can feel somewhat significant, wrote @rockhard_bella. Ignorance like this is why BLACK CULTURE is misappropriated. Let the woman live! She has a better b**t than most others Ive seen so leave her be. Also, Boone Hall is a gorgeous establishment where I myself would love to be married. Did she have black people serving cocktails and food in little French-maid outfits? I doubt it. Was Ryan called Massuh? I doubt it. STAND DOWN. Sound the retreat.
Weve reached out to Livelys reps for comment. She has since posted a photo of the bejeweled clutch she carried to the Slack Bay premiere on May 13. The caption is a play on a line from Cinderella, who she very much resembled on the red carpet. The majority of comments on that photo seem to agree that Blake Lively is perfect.
