Blake Lively returns to Instagram with heartwarming post one month after ‘It Ends With Us’ drama

Blake Lively took to her Instagram Stories to post a birthday wish for celebrity photographer and friend Guy Arochon on September 22
UPDATED SEP 23, 2024
Blake Lively was away from Instagram for over a month amid the ‘It Ends With Us’ drama (Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)
Blake Lively was away from Instagram for over a month amid the ‘It Ends With Us’ drama (Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Blake Lively was away from Instagram for over a month amid the ‘It Ends With Us’ drama that saw her getting a lot of criticism for her alleged tone-deaf attitude.

However, on Sunday, September 22, she returned to the platform.

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Blake Lively wished her friend Guy Aroch on her Instagram Stories (@blakelively/Instagram)

The actress shared a sweet birthday post for her photographer pal, Guy Aroch, on her Instagram Story.

Blake Lively calls her friend ‘beautiful and equally generous’

Blake Lively wrote, as per Us Weekly, “@guyaroch appreciation day is every day in my household. But today is his birthday. This man SHOWS UP. Literally. Creatively. Practically. Emotionally.”

“He is there for you in the best of times. In the worst of times. He makes everyone around him their most creative selves. Their most confident selves,” the 37-year-old mentioned as a photo showed Aroch along with Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds.

The ‘Gossip Girl’ star continued, “He makes you feel like anything is possible. And it IS with him in your corner. I’m the lucky beneficiary of two decades of friendship with this man and his beautiful and equally generous, kind, and talented family.”


 
 
 
 
 
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“My life wouldn’t be what it is today without you, Guy. I love you dearly. Today and always,” she added.

Blake Lively dubbed her Vogue shoot a ‘lifelong dream come true’

One of Blake Lively’s last posts was from August 8 when she shared photos from her Vogue shoot for the September issue.


 
 
 
 
 
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Her lengthy caption read, “This article feels like, if I was able to attend my own funeral & leave happy, & alive. Thank you @asgreer for your time & gift of words. You met me with curiosity & were generous with that, nothing could mean more to me.”

Thanking the people working behind the lens, the mother-of-four said, “@bazluhrmann & @catherinemartindesigns you know this, but you’re two of the artists I’ve admired the most & longest in my lifetime. 

“To get to work with you both, was in the most literal sense, a lifelong dream come true. And you’re even more wonderful as people. You see the best in everyone & everything, & because of that, that’s what you get from everyone.”

“Thank you Anna Wintour for being in my corner since I was more Burbank than NY, & for never encouraging me to wash the Burbank away, but instead remain true to who I am at my core,” she noted.

Lively added, “To the team of people who’ve been through it all with me- This is all of our first September issue. What. A. Moment.”

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