Blake Lively and the Amber Heard Effect

A Bit Fruity with Matt Bernstein

Matt Bernstein

Society & Culture, News Commentary, News

4.9 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2025

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

The first episode of this podcast ever recorded was about Amber Heard and the online public’s inability — or unwillingness — to distinguish between their organic feelings about celebrity abuse allegations and their participation in a strategic, well-funded smear campaign against a woman coming forward. Since that episode, journalist Kat Tenbarge and I have become best friends. She’s also reported on this exact news cycle over and over again with different women. Today, we break down the new yet familiar legal battle between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni and attempt to sharpen our critical thinking skills, because the decisions we make online matter — and the success of these misogynistic campaigns can end with us. Support me + listen to bonus episodes on Patreon! Start managing your money better and cancel unwanted expenses at www.rocketmoney.com/fruity. Get 15% off a cuter, more sustainable way to clean at www.blueland.com/fruity. Me on Instagram. A Bit Fruity on Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What does Tiffany Trump need a crisis PR person for?
0:04.2	Well.
0:10.3	Hello, hello, and welcome back to A BitFruity.
0:14.4	I'm Matt Bernstein.
0:16.1	I'm so happy that you're here.
0:17.9	Happy New Year.
0:18.9	We are recording this on New Year's Day, which I do just want
0:23.5	a little bit of recognition for it because I think that's commitment to the craft. Thank you very
0:27.0	much. So I was home for the holidays and I was with my parents and I was like, did you guys
0:34.0	hear about the Blake lively Justin Baldoni situation?
0:40.0	And my parents are pretty checked out from pop culture.
0:43.3	And they were like, we're pretty checked out from pop culture.
0:45.1	We don't really care about this.
0:46.7	They're just two celebrities.
0:50.1	My dad was like, I think I might have seen something in the New York Post.
0:51.8	Unfortunately, he does read the post.
0:54.8	It's something we're working on as a family unit.
1:03.4	And so I was trying to explain to them why the Blake lively Justin Baldoni lawsuit battle situation, which we will explain to you in full as this podcast continues, is what I think is much bigger
1:10.1	than a celebrity drama. It's much bigger than
1:13.6	rich movie stars warring, even though that is, you know, technically what it is. I think the
1:18.4	implications are much bigger. I think it harkens back to conversations we've had on this podcast
1:23.8	about sexual abuse, about Amber Heard, about celebrity PR campaigns, about the Me Too
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