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Blake Lively Is Having A Complicated Time At Cannes

Blake Lively Is Having A Complicated Time At Cannes

Over an Instagram post.

Matthew Cooper

Matthew Cooper

The Cannes Film Festival is currently taking place and anybody who's anybody is there. So far, Super Troopers 2 has been teased via a shiny new poster, The Nice Guys starring Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling made its debut and also Blake Lively might be a racist.

Well, that's if you want to believe The Daily Dot, Lively uploaded a picture to her Instagram of her at the event with the caption: "L.A. face with an Oakland booty."

Now, for those who aren't sure, they're lyrics from Sir Mix-A-Lot's 1992 "classic" 'Baby Got Back'. Now, if this is actual racism and not just miseducation, ignorance, or a troublesome caption is open for debate but it certainly hasn't done her any favours.

This follows just days after Lively defended Woody Allen, saying that he empowers women. It didn't take long before people started addressing the issue:



Other people think it's all gotten a bit out of hand however:




What do you think?

Words by Matthew Cooper

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Topics: Instagram, Racism, Blake Lively