New Delhi, April 29 -- Amid an ongoing legal battle with Justin Baldoni, Blake Lively was named one of TIME Magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2025. In her speech at the event, the 'It Ends With Us' actor shared that her life was "influenced most" by her mother Elaine Lively, who she said was the "survivor of the worst crime someone can commit against a woman".

However, netizens were unimpressed! Appalled by her speech, social media users said it was "a slap in the face to real victims" and questioned the merit of her award.

Several users questioned the timing of her speech on domestic violence, and asked why she didn't use it at the time of promoting her movie about the issue.

"Are they serious with this?" a netizen asked, sayi...