Meghan McCain slams Blake Lively amid ‘It Ends With Us’ drama

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The press tour for It Ends With Us has garnered a mix of both buzz and backlash, and actress Blake Lively has managed to make an enemy out of Meghan McCain. The former co-host of The View took to her Citizen McCain podcast to express her chagrin toward Lively, 36, and how she’s promoted the movie.

On the podcast, McCain, 39, criticized Lively’s responses to the press, and how she’s been recommending seeing the movie as a fun way to spend a day with fellow women friends.

“If you’re taking on the responsibility of telling the story about a woman in a domestic violence situation, you have to be respectful that you’re representing victims millions and millions of women and men who are victims of domestic violence. I was very surprised at some of her responses,” McCain said. “I think the tone she’s setting in a lot of the press with this, saying, put on your florals and come together, girls.”

She continued, calling Lively’s strategy “very insensitive and, quite frankly, strange.”

Though McCain’s criticisms seemingly came from a place of concern, she quickly took her comments to personal territory. McCain questioned Lively’s fame and said she doesn’t believe she’s seen anything Lively has starred in.

“I don’t understand why she’s famous other than Gossip Girl and [being] married to Ryan Reynolds,” McCain said.

While Lively, and the movie itself has proven polarizing, It Ends With Us actor Brandon Sklenar posted on Instagram on Tuesday, August 20, in defense of the women who worked on the movie.

“Vilifying the women who put so much of their heart and soul into making this film because they believe so strongly in its message seems counterproductive and detracts from what this film is about,” Sklenar wrote. “It is, in fact, the opposite of the point.”