‘Money grab’: Blake Lively sparks backlash from ‘confused’ fans over launch of her new alcoholic beverages after admitting she NEVER drinks booze
- Blake is receiving backlash for promoting booze line when she does not drink
- She launched Betty Buzz in 2021 as a non-alcoholic mixer line
- Her husband Ryan Reynolds owns the gin brand, Aviation American Gin
Blake Lively raised plenty of eyebrows on Wednesday as she announced that her Betty Buzz brand will be releasing alcoholic drinks — despite her being a non-drinker.
The actress, 35, shared promo shots to Instagram, all of which showed her lifting the lid off her new drink selection.
‘Drinking isn’t my thing. But for f* sake, flavor is,’ captioned the Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants star.
She claimed that the superb quality of the drink line — using words like ‘clean’ — is what convinced her to pursue this route.
‘Homemade recipes. Real fruit. Real ingredients. Quality booze. No crap. Also a real time saver. Which is why I really did it,’ she wrote.
Alrighty then: Blake Lively raised plenty of eyebrows on Wednesday as she announced that her Betty Buzz brand will be releasing alcoholic drinks — despite her being a non-drinker
The actress, 35, shared promo shots to Instagram, all of which showed her lifting the lid off her new drink selection
Fans quickly took to the comments to call out the Gossip Girl star, with one asking: ‘if drinking isn’t your thing… how do you know of [sic] it tastes correct or good?’
Some expressed that they found Lively’ entrance into the liquor space ‘irritating’ and that her captioned seemed as though it was ‘shaming’ drinkers.
Another teased: ‘I don’t drink but you should [HAND ON FACE EMOJI]’
Many hoped she was introducing ‘non-alcoholic cocktails,’ so it turned out to be a disappointment.
One fan accused it of being a ‘cash grab’ while others compared her to Jennifer Lopez, who caught similar flack for the launch of her alcohol brand Delola this year.
In April, the On The Floor singer claimed she doesn’t ‘drink or smoke or have caffeine.’
In 2018, Lively claimed to be ‘an amazing mixologist’ despite not drinking.
She told PEOPLE that she does not ‘like the effects of alcohol’ and that she feels better sober.
‘I found that sometimes not drinking, the thing that was interesting was that it was a little alienating, because you don’t feel—and maybe it’s just in your own head—but you just don’t really feel a part of it,’ she expressed.
It’s important to note that Blake’s husband Ryan Reynolds owns the gin company Aviation American Gin — which he recently advertised for Father’s Day.
Blake launched her sparkling mixers Betty Buzz in 2021.
‘Over the past many years of mixing but not drinking cocktails, it became clear mixers are the unsung heroes of the drink world and deserve just as much love as alcohol,’ the actress penned.
‘We spent over three years crafting Betty Buzz and are so excited for people to finally taste it.’
She told PEOPLE at time of launch: ‘I don’t drink. I know that’s odd coming from the wife of an infamous gin slinger.
‘Over the past many years of mixing but not drinking cocktails, it became clear mixers are the unsung heroes of the drink world and deserve just as much love as alcohol.
‘We’ve spent the last three years crafting Betty Buzz and are so excited for people to finally taste it,’ she concluded in her statement.
‘Homemade recipes. Real fruit. Real ingredients. Quality booze. No crap. Also a real time saver. Which is why I really did it,’ she wrote
She teased the release earlier this week
Many hoped she was introducing ‘non-alcoholic cocktails,’ so it turned out to be a disappointment
