Blake Lively’s sister is coming to her protection on social media amid recent online backlash.
In honor of the “It Ends With Us” actor’s thirty seventh birthday, Robyn Lively posted a carousel of pictures for her sister on Instagram, writing, “That’s my bday queen right there! I love this girl, my sister, my best friend, my little piggy back buddy!”
“You are one of the best humans I know,” the caption continued. “HAPPY birthday sissy britches!”
The publish continued a sequence of images of the sister duo, together with a selfie, a shot posing at the seaside and a throwback picture.
With the August launch of “It Ends With Us,” the movie adaptation of the widespread guide, a controversy has begun to fester involving Blake Lively, who stars in the movie as Lily Bloom.
One of the comments in Robyn Lively’s birthday publish appeared to reference the current drama, praising Blake Lively for her character.
“Blake is a lovely human being!! I hope she knows that the multitudes of people who love her is so much greater than the negative voices,” one particular person wrote, including, “Happy birthday Blake!!”
Robyn Lively responded to the message, writing again, “thank you for this,” with the hands-up and pink coronary heart emoji.
Blake Lively, who’s married to “Deadpool” star Ryan Reynolds, has 4 siblings in a formidable Hollywood household.
Read on to be taught all about her star-studded group, significantly her older sisters, Lori and Robyn Lively, and brothers Jason and Eric Lively.
Their dad and mom
The leisure trade runs in the Lively blood. Mother to all 5 of the Lively children, Elaine Lively is a expertise supervisor. She had Lori, Jason and Robyn together with her first husband, Ronnie Lively.
After their divorce, Elaine married Ernie Brown, an actor, director and appearing coach who took her final identify and have become Ernie Lively. The couple then welcomed Eric and Blake collectively.
Ernie died in 2021 at the age of 74; Ronnie died in 2023 at the age of 80, in accordance to his obituary.
Lori Lively
Blake’s eldest half sister, Lori Lively, was born in 1966 and has been a working actor since her first big-screen function in the 1979 thriller “The Double McGuffin.”
In addition to filling her résumé with one-off tv credit, together with spots on “ER,” “Two and a Half Men,” “Cold Case” and “The Mentalist,” Lori starred with Blake and Eric in the 1998 movie “Sandman,” directed by Ernie.
Behind the lens, Lori has branched out into manufacturing design and adopted in her stepfather’s footsteps by changing into an appearing coach.
Jason Lively
Jason Lively, Blake’s huge half brother, was born in 1968, and like Lori, he kicked off his personal leisure profession in 1979. His very first onscreen credit score was for an episode of “The Dukes of Hazzard.”
Later, Jason guest-starred on a number of sequence and memorably took over for Anthony Michael Hall in the function of Russell “Rusty” Griswold in the 1985 movie “National Lampoon’s European Vacation.”
Jason additionally lent his voice to the 1993 online game “Return to Zork,” which was one other household affair: His mom and stepfather, in addition to sisters Lori and Robyn, had voice roles in the manufacturing, too.
Married to Lani Lively, Jason and his spouse have three sons, who usually make cameos on his Instagram feed.
Robyn Lively
Robyn Lively was bit by the appearing bug early. Born in 1972, she was simply 6 when her first film, “Summer of My German Soldier,” hit TV screens. As for the huge display screen, you possibly can see her in cult favorites like “Teen Witch” and “The Karate Kid Part III,” each launched in 1989.
Also a sequence star, the Daytime Emmy-nominated actress landed a number one function in the late-’90s prime-time cleaning soap “Savannah.” Smaller roles included stints on “Chicago Hope,” “Twin Peaks” and “Doogie Howser, M.D.,” which she posted about on Instagram in 2023. She’s additionally guest-starred on dozens of hit exhibits like “Hawaii Five-0,” “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” “Cobra Kai” and “The Affair.”
Despite a 16-year distinction in her and Blake’s ages, Robyn considers her youthful half sister to be her “best friend,” a bond she’s gushed over on Instagram, in addition to in a 2022 interview.
“There’s a significant age gap which feels almost nonexistent because (Blake’s) now a mom,” Robyn advised Fox News. “We have so many similarities. Our relationship is on a deeper level. We used to help each other with our projects and lines, things like that. Now we’re doing the mom thing together. … I genuinely feel like her children are mine as if I gave birth to them, and vice versa.”
As for Robyn’s children, she has three together with her husband, “High School Musical” alum Bart Johnson.
Eric Lively
The youngest of Blake’s older siblings, brother Eric Lively, was born in 1981 and holds a particular distinction amongst the Lively bunch. The actor, who’s appeared in motion pictures together with “American Pie,” “Uprising” and “A Madea Christmas,” will get credit score for convincing Blake to be a part of the household enterprise.
“He’s the one who got me into acting,” she advised Interview journal in 2010.
When she was nonetheless a teen, Eric advised movie producing to Blake. But finally, he led her to her true calling.
“I did not want to be an actor because my whole family did it — going into the family business was the last thing I wanted to do,” she shared.
“But then about a year later he was running lines with his friend and he talked me into going to this audition,” she added. (*1*)
