The Blake Lively PR Disaster No One Is Talking About

About this episode

Molly McPherson analyzes the PR missteps surrounding Blake Lively's lawsuit and the media's coverage of it.

When a celebrity files a lawsuit citing harassment and a hostile work environment, her PR team is supposed to make her the sympathetic figure. Blake Lively's team did the opposite. Everyone is covering the lawsuit. Molly is covering the PR collapse underneath it, and the numbers tell a story the legal coverage is missing entirely. We dissect: Why the "grab your friends, wear your florals" press tour was a five-alarm fire from week oneHow cross-promoting Betty Buzz during a domestic violence f...

People in this episode

Host: Molly McPherson

Topics covered

• PR disaster
• celebrity lawsuits
• media coverage
• public relations
• harassment
• hostile work environment

Keywords

• Blake Lively
• PR collapse
• harassment lawsuit
• Betty Buzz
• media analysis
• celebrity PR

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Organizations: Betty Buzz

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