{"id":895,"date":"2026-05-05T16:49:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T16:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/viral-video-of-blake-lively-at-met-gala-2026-divides-internet-bossy-or-like-a-boss\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T16:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T16:49:10","slug":"viral-video-of-blake-lively-at-met-gala-2026-divides-internet-bossy-or-like-a-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/viral-video-of-blake-lively-at-met-gala-2026-divides-internet-bossy-or-like-a-boss\/","title":{"rendered":"Viral video of Blake Lively at Met Gala 2026 divides internet: &#8216;Bossy&#8217; or &#8216;like a boss&#8217;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/blake.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Did Serena van der Woodsen <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/04\/style\/met-gala-red-carpet-2026-live-updates-see-all-the-celebrity-outfits\/\">show up to the Met Gala 2026<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Social media users can\u2019t decide whether Blake Lively\u2019s interaction with her <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/05\/celebrity-news\/blake-livelys-met-gala-2026-entourage-post-justin-baldoni-settlement-included-her-family-member\/\">red carpet entourage<\/a> was the actress being \u201cbossy\u201d or \u201clike a boss.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/DX7_JtPtR-s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">viral clip circulating on Instagram<\/a>, the \u201cGossip Girl\u201d alum walked the iconic Metropolitan Museum of Art steps in her <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/04\/celebrity-news\/blake-lively-attends-met-gala-2026-after-shocking-justin-baldoni-settlement\/\">archival Atelier Versace gown<\/a>, before turning back to correct the men \u2014 which <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/05\/celebrity-news\/blake-livelys-met-gala-2026-entourage-post-justin-baldoni-settlement-included-her-family-member\/\">included her cousin<\/a> William McAlpin \u2014 holding up the voluminous skirts.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>A video of Blake Lively at the Met Gala 2026 red carpet on Monday has gone viral. <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The actress instructed her entourage on how to display her Versace gown\u2019s 13-foot train in the clip. <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The 38-year-old smiled as she appeared to request her 13-foot train be \u201cdraped\u201d straight behind her.<\/p>\n<p>While some Instagram users accused Lively of \u201cbossing everyone around\u201d with \u201cmean girl energy\u201d at the \u201cCostume Art\u201d-themed event, many jumped to her defense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt looks to me like she\u2019s instructing the people who are hired to assist celebrities on the carpet how to help or not help with her dress,\u201d one fan wrote. \u201cNot mean or bossy just delegating like a boss.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another called the \u201cmisogyny in the comment section \u2026 disappointing,\u201d pointing out that \u201ca woman can give orders and not be mean about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The \u201cGossip Girl\u201d alum smiled as she did so. <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Social media users debated whether Lively was acting \u201cbossy\u201d or \u201clike a boss.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One netizen dubbed haters \u201cinsane\u201d for calling out Lively \u201ctone-deaf and entitled\u201d over the \u201ctotally polite\u201d moment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so confused,\u201d another added. \u201cShe\u2019s kindly (with a smile) directing the people that she pays to do a job that she pays them to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cShallows\u201d star <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/04\/celebrity-news\/blake-lively-and-justin-baldoni-reach-shocking-agreement-in-it-ends-with-us-battle-before-trial\/\">settled her legal war<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/08\/07\/entertainment\/it-ends-with-us-review-blake-lively-dark-romance-drama-forces-you-to-cry\/\">\u201cIt Ends With Us\u201d<\/a> co-star Justin Baldoni hours before attending her 11th Met Gala.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Many insisted it was a \u201ctotally polite\u201d interaction. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>One clapped back at \u201cdisappointing\u201d negativity, writing, \u201cA woman can give orders and not be mean about it.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>In a joint statement, the duo wrote, \u201cWe acknowledge the process presented challenges and recognize concerns raised by Ms. Lively deserved to be heard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They \u201cremain firmly committed to workplaces free of improprieties and unproductive environments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lively and Baldoni, 42, each <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/05\/celebrity-news\/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-got-no-money-in-lawsuit-settlement\/\">did not make a penny<\/a> in the agreement \u2014 after, we hear, <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/05\/hollywood\/the-real-60m-winners-from-blake-lively-justin-baldonis-career-immolation-and-whether-either-can-ever-come-back\/?_gl=1*8dumdm*_gcl_au*NTE0ODc2NTkuMTc3NjYyMTc4Mg..*_ga*MTU5Mzc2Njc4My4xNzY3ODkwNDU4*_ga_0DZ7LHF5PZ*czE3Nzc5ODk5MDMkbzE1OCRnMSR0MTc3Nzk5NzY1MiRqMjQkbDAkaDA.\">spending \u201c60 million combined\u201d on lawyers<\/a> during <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/entertainment\/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-drama-it-ends-with-us-movie\/\">more than a year of litigation<\/a> \u2014 according to TMZ.<\/p>\n<p>Lively subtly addressed the shocking settlement on Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/blake-lively-2026-met-gala-archival-atelier-versace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">telling Vogue<\/a> her dress represented \u201cthe many layers and nuances in the closing of one day and the beginning of another\u201d and \u201chonor[ed] the cycles of life.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Lively attended the star-studded event hours after she and \u201cIt Ends With Us\u201d co-star Justin Baldoni settled their contentious legal war. <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The \u201cShallows\u201d star said the event represented \u201cclosing of one day and the beginning of another.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Kevin Mazur\/Getty Images for The Met Museum\/Vogue<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Noting that she hasn\u2019t attended the star-studded fundraiser since welcoming her and husband Ryan Reynolds\u2019 fourth child, the \u201cAnother Simple Favor\u201d star said, \u201cEvery year I am a different version of myself than the last.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo to be able to stand in the version of myself that I am today \u2014 and all the experiences I\u2018ve had \u2014 in strength and confidence is important to me,\u201d she continued. \u201cSo is staying home on the couch with my kids in pajamas. Getting to do both is an honor I will never stop being grateful for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The custom Judith Leiber <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/04\/style\/blake-lively-carries-her-kids-art-on-met-gala-2026-red-carpet-handbag\/\">bag Lively carried<\/a> to the gala, notably, featured designs based off artwork <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/article\/blake-lively-ryan-reynolds-kids\/\">her kids<\/a> \u2014 daughter James, 11, daughter Inez, 9, daughter Betty, 6, and son Olin, 3 \u2014 created.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/05\/celebrity-news\/viral-video-of-blake-lively-at-met-gala-2026-divides-internet-bossy-or-like-a-boss\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did Serena van der Woodsen show up to the Met Gala 2026? 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