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Blake Lively condemns Instagram account for posting ‘disturbing’ photos of her and Ryan Reynold’s children
Blake Lively and husband Ryan Reynolds have asked repeatedly for their children not to be photographed (Picture: Getty)
Blake Lively has accused an Instagram account of ‘exploiting very young kids’ after they made a ‘disturbing’ post about her and Ryan Reynolds’ children.
The Gossip Girl star left a scathing comment under a photograph of her, her husband Ryan and their three children, taken and posted to the internet without their consent.
According to E! Online, the image was posted to the Instagram account @hollywoodstarkids which focuses on posting pictures of the children of celebrities.
But as Blake – who shares daughters James, Inez, and Betty, with Ryan – explained in her comment, she has repeatedly requested that her children not be harassed by paparazzi or posted online, and said the post was ‘so disturbing’.
‘I’ve personally shared with you that these men stalk and harass my children. And you are still posting,’ she wrote.
‘You said you would stop. You personally promised me. This is not casual appreciation.’
She went on to accuse the people behind the account of ‘exploiting very young children’ and said ‘Please. Delete. Please.’
‘Some parents are ok with this’, she added. ‘We. Are. NOT.’
Blake has ‘repeatedly’ told the account she is uncomfortable with her children being photographed (Picture: John Lamparski/WireImage)
The post itself has since been deleted and the account has seemingly lost a chunk of followers after the 34-year-old appealed to her fans to unfollow any account which exploits children.
Taking to Instagram stories, Blake confirmed the picture had been taken down and thanked everyone for their support, writing ‘YOU make ALL the difference. Thank you for your integrity.’
Blake and her Deadpool star husband Ryan have made it clear that they are not comfortable with paparazzi taking photographs of their children.
In July of this year Blake spoke out about a ‘frightening’ incident where the family were ‘stalked’ by paparazzi.
The furious mother described how male photographers were ‘jumping out’ at her children ‘and then hiding’ before emerging to take more photographs.
‘This is dark and upsetting that you pay people to stalk children,’ she said. ‘Please stop paying grown ass men to hide and hunt children.’
The couple almost never share photos of their kids on their personal social media accounts, and block out their faces on the rare occasions they do so, as seen in a 2019 post from Ryan which called for people to vote in the Canadian election.
The post featured a picture of Ryan, Blake, and their then-two-month old baby, whose face was covered over with a crudely-drawn smiley face using an app.
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