Blake Lively’s biggest controversies and rumored feuds, from her plantation wedding to the ‘It Ends With Us’ drama

Appearing on “Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen,” Armie Hammer was asked by an audience member to name the “biggest diva” on the set of “Gossip Girl.”

Hammer had a four-episode arc on the series during its second season. He played Gabriel Edwards, a conman who briefly dated Lively’s character.

In response to the question, Hammer diplomatically said: “Let me just say that was a tough show to film, and I didn’t end up actually filming all of the episodes I was supposed to because it was such a tough film.”

“Really? Literally, you said, ‘Get me out of this’?” Cohen asked.

“It was also like, ‘Get him out of here,'” the actor said.

Cohen followed that up by asking whose love interest he played in the series, prompting Hammer to drop Lively’s name.

Chelsea Handler, who was also appearing on the talk show, joked, “Sounds like she was the problem.”

Cohen added: “It sure does, Chelsea. That’s exactly what I was thinking.”

“No, no, that’s not what I’m saying,” Hammer said with a seemingly awkward laugh.

In 2012, Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, tied the knot at Boone Hall plantation in South Carolina. The plantation features nine slave cabins built between 1790 and 1810, which are referred to as “Slave Street.”

Reynolds apologized for the decision in a 2020 interview with Fast Company after the couple was called out for the hypocrisy of a joint statement — accompanied by a $200,000 donation to the NAACP Legal Defense — they shared on Lively’s Instagram following the death of George Floyd.

Reynolds said they chose Boone Hall based on Pinterest photos and only realized it was a “place built upon devastating tragedy” after the event.

Reynolds added that after learning about Boone Hall’s history, the actors had another wedding at home years later.

Lively has not addressed the controversy over the wedding venue.

Two years after her wedding at Boone Hall, Lively launched a lifestyle website named Preserve.

In just a matter of months, it attracted controversy when its fall issue featured a photo shoot and article that appeared to romanticize the world of the monied women of the Confederate South.

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As fans noted, Lively’s approach contrasted starkly with that of her costar and director, Justin Baldoni, who has been praised for highlighting the important message behind the movie during his interviews.

It didn’t help that the two were also pitted against each other following rumors of a feud between them.

The charity Women’s Aid also criticized the marketing around the movie, sharing a statement with the BBC that read: “Despite domestic abuse being a key theme of the film, much of the marketing has ignored this and viewers have not been warned about the potentially distressing content.”