Blake Lively has slammed a “disturbing” social media post featuring her three children.
The actress, who shares daughters James, Inez and Betty with her husband Ryan Reynolds, hit out at an account on Instagram after it shared a photo of the couple with their young kids.Â
Blake commented: “This is so disturbing. I’ve personally shared with you that these men stalk and harass my children. And you are still posting.”
“You said you would stop. You personally promised me. This is not casual appreciation. This is YOU also exploiting very young children. Please. Delete. Please.”
“Some parents are ok with this. We. Are. NOT,” she added.
The post was swiftly deleted by the Instagram account.
After it was taken down, Blake wrote on her Instagram Story: “Thank you to everyone UNFOLLOWING accounts who exploit children. YOU make ALL the difference. Thank you for your integrity. Thank you.”
This isn’t the first time Blake has expressed her frustration over outlets publishing paparazzi photos of her children.
Back in July, the actress publicly slammed a publication for printing photos of her and her three daughters, following a “frightening” incident with a paparazzo in New York City.
In a comment posted on Instagram, the 34-year-old wrote: “You edit together these images together to look like I’m happily waving. But that is deceitful.”
“The real story is: My children were being stalked by a men [sic] all day. Jumping out. And then hiding. A stranger on the street got into words with them because it was so upsetting for her to see.”
Blake said she tried to “calmly approach” the photographer to speak to him, but claimed he would “run away” before reappearing to take more photos.
The mother-of-three continued: “Do you do background checks on the photographs you pay to stalk children? Where is your morality here? I would like to know. Or do you simply not care about the safety of children?”
Blake then said she spoke to other members of the paparazzi, who agreed to leave her kids alone if she posed for some photos on her own.
Describing the incident as “frightening,” Blake asked the outlet to “tell the whole story.”
She added: “At minimum, listen to your followers. They too understand this is dark and upsetting that you pay people to stalk children.”
“Please stop paying grown ass men to hide and hunt children. There are plenty of pictures you could’ve published without the kids. Please delete. C’mon. Get with the times.”
