Blake Lively makes groveling apologies for Kate Middleton ‘Photoshop’ jibe before Royal reveals cancer diagnosis: ‘I’m mortified today’

Blake Lively has issued a groveling apology for making an ill-advised Kate Middleton joke, days before the Royal announced she has cancer.

The actress, 36, was slammed by fans after plugging her drinks range on March 13 – addressing the photo editing controversy surrounding a family photo of the Princess of Wales, 42, and her children taken in Britain on Mother’s Day released. .

She wrote, “I’m so excited to share this new photo I took today to announce our 4 new @bettybuzz and @bettybooze products! Now you know why I’m missing.’

In the wake of Middleton’s announcement of her health crisis on Friday, Lively wrote on Instagram, “I’m sure no one cares today, but I feel like I need to acknowledge this.”

“I made a stupid post about the ‘photoshop fails’ frenzy and, oh man, that post bummed me out today.”

Fans told Lively she should be ‘ashamed of herself’ and accused her of hypocrisy for keeping the names and genders of her children secret while ‘mocking’ Kate for wanting privacy.

Lively’s original post has now been deleted.

‘I’m sorry. I always send love and good wishes to everyone.”

Blake was among a number of celebrities to make rude comments about Kate’s time off – with Kim Kardashian, Andy Cohen and John Oliver all making light of the drama.

From Instagram posts to ill-informed late-night pieces, they cast doubt on whether it was really the princess spotted in a farm shop with Prince William, jokingly comparing her to the ‘Weekend at Bernies’.

No one – except Blake – has retracted their comments since Kate’s sad announcement.

Kardashian has been criticized by fans for her Instagram post ‘On the way to find Kate’ – days before the Royal announced she was battling cancer.

On Sunday, Kardashian, 43, shared photos posing next to her sports car as she weighed speculation about the Princess of Wales’s whereabouts, but the post faced an avalanche of criticism after Middleton revealed her diagnosis on Friday.

Furious followers flooded the comments section, writing: ‘You need to delete this!’, ‘Kate Middleton has cancer Kim’ and ‘She’s getting cancer treatment… this didn’t turn out well.’

Others wrote: ‘Busy trying to get treatment for the cancer she has been diagnosed with’; ‘I would take this down and apologize, she has cancer’; “Take down your stupid post about Kate!” — before calling Kardashian a “snake.”

At the time of publication, Kardashian’s post remains live, with the caption unedited.

Before the diagnosis was revealed, Kardashian’s commentators had already branded the star ‘classless’, ‘tacky’ and ‘ignorant’ for fueling speculation about Kate’s whereabouts following her abdominal surgery.

In a deeply personal, unprecedented and emotional video message filmed in Windsor on Wednesday, Kate revealed that the news had come as a “huge shock” and that she and William have “done everything we can to process and manage this privately.” of our young family’.

It came days after she was seen smiling with Prince William as they left their favorite farm shop close to their home in Windsor, and she said her husband had been “a great source of comfort and reassurance” during her battle with cancer.

From a bench surrounded by daffodils and spring blossoms, the future queen said: ‘It has taken us time to explain everything to George, Charlotte and Louis in a way that suits them, and to reassure them that I will do that. OK.

“As I told them; I am doing well and getting stronger every day by focusing on the things that will help me heal; in my mind, body and spirit.

‘Having William by my side is also a great source of comfort and reassurance. As does the love, support and kindness shown by so many of you. It means so much to both of us.”

Catherine’s cancer was only discovered after she underwent major abdominal surgery at the London Clinic in January. Kensington Palace has said it will not share details about what type of cancer the princess has, or what stage of cancer it is, and has asked people not to speculate.

The King – who is currently undergoing cancer treatment himself – and the Queen were both informed of the news.

‘In a statement this evening, His Majesty said he is ‘so proud of Catherine for her courage to speak as she did’ and that he remains ‘in the closest contact with his beloved daughter-in-law’.

The king and queen said they “will continue to offer their love and support to the entire family during this difficult time.”

It is not known whether Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were informed before the 6pm announcement.

“We wish Kate and the family health and healing, and hope they can do this privately and in peace,” the couple said in a brief statement to Harper’s Bazaar.

Harry, who once described Kate as the ‘big sister I never had’ and affectionately called her ‘Cath’, is estranged from his brother and sister-in-law. It remains to be seen whether he will fly back to Britain to see her.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said the Princess of Wales has “the love and support of the whole country” as her battle with cancer was revealed tonight, with well wishes pouring in from around the world, including from the White House where Joe Biden is “incredibly sad” to hear the news’. Her courage in revealing her cancer to the world has also been praised.