Blake Lively urged to ‘take notes’ from Julia Roberts’ answers on domestic violence in 1991 interview – amid It Ends With Us backlash [Video]

18:50 EDT 16 Aug 2024, updated 19:05 EDT 16 Aug 2024

Blake Lively is being urged by fans to follow Julia Roberts‘ lead when it comes to speaking about domestic violence, a central storyline in her new film, It Ends With Us.

Amid backlash over how she’s handled her press tour for the film adaption of Colleen Hoover’s best-selling novel, social media users have come together to suggest the  actress, 36, could benefit from approaching the sensitive topic in a more serious manner, like Roberts, 56, did while promoting her movie, Sleeping with the Enemy.

In a video, uploaded by a TikTok user, who goes by the username @dammitsarah79, of the Oscar winner during a 1991 interview with Bobbie Wygant, the mother-of-three can be seen taking the subject matter of domestic violence very thoughtfully as she is asked how she would ‘personally react’ if in her character’s position.

As she thinks about the answer, Roberts, who plays a woman …