Blake Lively Slammed For Plugging Alcohol Brand After Previously Committing To A ‘Dry’ Lifestyle: ‘She Doesn’t Even Drink!’

Blake Lively is facing criticism after launching a line of alcoholic beverages, despite previously stating she does not drink. This has caused an uproar among her fans, with many taking to social media to voice their opinions on the matter. Some are accusing the 35-year-old Gossip Girl alum of a “cash grab,” while others are defending her latest career move.

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants actress previously founded Betty Buzz, a brand of sparkling non-alcoholic mixers in 2021. This week, Lively released Betty Booze drinks that are composed of canned cocktails. As written in the captions of her recent Instagram posts, the mom of four is maintaining that she does not drink alcohol.

The It Ends With Us star celebrated her new Betty Booze drinks on Instagram with colorful advertisements and photoshoot pics of herself posing with the canned products. She showed off the three new flavors: sparkling tequila with lime shiso, sparkling tequila with oak smoked lemonade, and sparkling bourbon with apple ginger sour cherry.

Lively wrote to fans, regarding her new launch: “Drinking isn’t my thing. But for f—k sake, flavor is. Homemade recipes. Real fruit. Real ingredients. Quality booze. No crap. Also a real time saver. Which is why I really did it.”

Fans immediately headed to her posts’ comment sections to share their thoughts. “How can you market/create a product you don’t openly consume yourself?” one wrote, adding: “come the f on now.”

Another chimed in, commenting: “What a confusing way to promote your alcohol, by saying drinking isn’t your thing.” One other replied: “It’s so lame when celebrities who don’t drink suddenly promote alcohol.”