Blake Lively Shares Emotional Note Thanking Fans for 'Embracing'It Ends with Uswith 'Same Love, Pain and Joy'

Mar. 15, 2025

Blake Lively in London on Aug. 8, 2024.Photo:Gareth Cattermole/Getty

Gareth Cattermole/Getty

Blake Livelyis thanking her fans for supportingIt Ends With Usand the film’s “important” messages.

Based on Colleen Hoover’s bestselling novel, the romantic drama debuted in theaters with a strong $50 million opening weekend at the domestic box office. In the film, Lively plays a woman named Lily Bloom, who gets tangled in an abusive relationship before making the decision to leave.

On herInstagram StoriesAug. 13, star and producer Lively, 36, shared a message to her followers, writing, “Thank you to everyone who came out to show that people WANT to see films about women, and the multitudes we hold.”

“It Ends With Usis a story of the female experience. Al the highest highs, and lowest lows. And we are so proud of it,” she continued. “We have been in celebration of this film and of getting a message so important out there to the masses.”

Lively added, “Thank you all for embracingIt Ends With Uswith the same love, pain and joy we had sharing it with you all.”

Blake Lively in “It Ends With Us”.Nicole Rivelli/SONY PICTURES

Nicole Rivelli/SONY PICTURES

With the post, Livelyshared a clipof herself speaking about the themes on the red carpet at the London premiere.

“I think that that’s deeply empowering to remind people that no one else can define you, no experience can define you — you define you,” Lively told the outlet. “I really feel like we delivered a story that’s emotional and it’s fun and it’s funny and it’s painful and it’s scary and it’s tragic and it’s inspiring. And that’s what life is.”

Blake Lively in New York City on Aug. 6, 2024.Cindy Ord/Getty

Cindy Ord/Getty

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“Everyone deserves relationships free from domestic violence. The National Domestic Violence Hotline provides confidential support 24/7/365,” she wrote,adding a link to the hotline, plus: “For immediate help text “START” to 88788.”

The film’s end credits also point to: “If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, help is available. Visit:www.nomore.orgfor information and support.”

Baldoni recently toldVarietythe takeaways he hopes men have when seeing the film: “My hope was that this is a film that could help somebody who was on the path to becoming a Ryle. That’s why I didn’t want to show him as this angry villain from the beginning; I wanted to be more subversive and slow with it. Trauma doesn’t discriminate. And men are also victims of domestic violence."

It Ends With Usis in theaters now.

source: people.com