Blake Lively apologizes to Kate Middleton.
The Princess of Wales disappeared for months. After one infamous photoshop glitchnumerous real conspiracy theories and jokes circulated.
In the wake of Kate Middleton Cancer Newssome are rethinking their past jokes.
Blake Lively, for example, would like to apologize.
After Kate Middleton’s fake family photo, everyone was cracking jokes
In a now-deleted Instagram post, Blake Lively announced updates to her alcoholic beverage brand, Betty Buzz and Betty Booze.
Her post included a deliberately obvious photoshop with the caption: “Now you know why I’m missing.” Blake posted this on March 15, well over two months since Kate’s last official appearance.
The official Betty Buzz account added a comment: “Haters will say it’s photoshop.” It was a cute and current promotion.
In fact, the ad didn’t mention Kate Middleton by name
However, it was an obvious nod to Kate’s months of seclusion following abdominal surgery in January. And, of course, the botched (British) Mother’s Day post that deepened suspicions.
(After all, if someone is alive and well, they can simply pose for a family photo without fabricating one)
Rumors ranged from claims that Kat was in a coma to suggest marital problems with Prince William following years of reports about their alleged affairs. A normal celebrity might simply go into seclusion; a princess will have a harder time doing this.
In light of cancer news, Blake Lively apologized
On Friday, March 22, shortly after Kate’s public revelation that she has cancer and is undergoing treatment, Blake Lively took to her Instagram Story. Instagram automatically deletes Story posts, but Deadline and other media outlets preserved the message.
“I’m sure no one cares today, but I feel like I have to acknowledge it,” Blake Lively began.
“I made a silly post about the ‘photoshop fails’ frenzy,” she acknowledged. “And oh man, this post mortified me today. Sorry.”
SHOULD Blake Lively apologize to Kate Middleton?
Celebrity excuses are so ubiquitous that the “Notes app,” ostensibly for jotting down a reminder or shopping list, has become synonymous with them.
Sometimes these apologies come too late, or are incomplete or otherwise flawed. Other times, they are kind and appropriate.
Not everyone is convinced that Blake Lively owes Kate an apology for this, however.
Obviously, Blake wasn’t joking about cancer, directly or indirectly. Not only did she not know Kate had cancer, but the butt of the joke was a clumsy PR mistake on the part of the royal company.
And to be clear, this was a public relations mistake. The royal company decided to withhold Kate’s cancer diagnosis for months. The baffling PR strategy simply caused one of the most famous women in the world to disappear for months with a dubious explanation and also included a blatantly fake Photoshopped image.
Blake Lively is Welcome apologize for anything she likes. But mocking one of the richest families on the planet by making an amateur public relations mistake isn’t actually wrong.
