{"id":389334,"date":"2026-04-20T21:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T21:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/389334\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T21:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T21:18:08","slug":"blake-lively-defends-intensely-criticized-justin-biebers-healing-coachella-2026-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/389334\/","title":{"rendered":"Blake Lively defends ‘intensely criticized’ Justin Bieber’s ‘healing’ Coachella 2026 performance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Blake Lively passionately showed her support for Justin Bieber after his viral back-to-back Coachella 2026 performances.<\/a><\/p>\n

The actress re-posted a video<\/a> from Instagram user djangodegree, who called Bieber the living embodiment of \u201cThe Truman Show,\u201d and criticized people who have no empathy for entertainers just because they\u2019re famous.<\/p>\n

The hit 1998 film told the story of Truman Burbank (played by Jim Carrey), who was unaware he was the star of a reality show. The IG user explained that after Bieber posted videos of himself singing on YouTube as a child, hoping to get famous, he got more than he bargained for and lived in a fishbowl during his adolescent years and well into his \u201920s.<\/p>\n

Blake Lively re-posted a video from Instagram user djangodegree on Sunday, defending Justin Bieber\u2019s 2026 Coachella performances. blakelively\/instagram<\/p>\n

Lively criticized people who treat entertainers with no empathy just because they\u2019re famous, referring to Bieber\u2019s life in the spotlight since childhood. He\u2019s seen here performing at 2026 Coachella Saturday. Cochella\/YouTube<\/p>\n

\u201cSo many people we loved have been hurt and never come back to themselves. We watch it happen every time,\u201d Lively wrote atop the clip.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd the collective looks back when it\u2019s too late with empathy that was missing at the time. Shocked everyone treated someone\u2019s most painful days as entertainment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lively said this type of treatment still happens today for money, clicks and viral fame.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe collective \u2013 often unintentionally \u2013 ravaging the health of an entertainer because everyone feels a right to them for being in the public eye,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n

Bieber\u2019s Coachella weekend one performance was controversial, with some criticizing him as \u201clazy\u201d for singing along to his greatest hits from a laptop. Cochella\/YouTube<\/p>\n

But the \u201cGossip Girl\u201d alum said to see Bieber\u2019s \u201chealing was stunning.\u201d Getty Images for Coachella<\/p>\n

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\u201cSeeing @lilbieber meet that with healing was stunning,\u201d she continued, referring to his Coachella performances.<\/p>\n

Bieber, 32, was the headliner at this year\u2019s Coachella, and his weekend one performance was controversial. His set included singing snippets of his greatest hits off a laptop, which some fans criticized as \u201clazy\u201d given his $10 million payout<\/a> for the back-to-back weekend gigs.<\/p>\n

However, during weekend two, he brought out special guests like SZA, Big Sean and Sexxy Redd, and even serenaded longtime superfan Billie Eilish<\/a> during \u201cOne Less Lonely Girl.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lively wrote while defending Bieber \u2014 seen here performing at 2026 Coachella \u2014 \u201cand the collective looks back when it\u2019s too late with empathy that was missing at the time. Shocked everyone treated someone\u2019s most painful days as entertainment.\u201d Kevin Mazur\/Getty Images for Coachella<\/p>\n

Lively has been going though her own drama in the spotlight, thanks to her ongoing legal drama with her \u201cIt Ends With Us\u201d director and co-star, Justin Baldoni. She\u2019s seen here in February 2024. Getty Images for Michael Kors<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Lively recently received support from her husband, Ryan Reynolds<\/a>, amid her legal battle with Justin Baldoni.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cPeople have no idea what\u2019s really going on, you know?\u201d the actor\u00a0told Willie Geist\u00a0during a live taping of \u201cSunday Sitdown,\u201d\u00a0when asked about how he and Lively are coping with the fallout of the nasty legal battle.<\/p>\n

Reynold gushed that he has \u201cnever in [his] life been more proud of [his] wife.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I\u2019ve just never in my life been more proud of someone with that level of integrity that brings that with them and carries that with them in everything that they do,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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