Megyn Kelly slams Blake Lively’s ‘ridiculous’ Time 100 recognition: ‘She has no influence’

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Megyn Kelly has a bony to prime pinch Blake Lively.

The erstwhile Fox News anchor, 54, revealed she doesn’t cognize why the actress, 37, was a portion of the Time 100 database of influential group successful 2025 amid her ongoing ineligible conflict with Justin Baldoni.

“It’s a ridiculous joke. She shouldn’t beryllium there,” Kelly told the Daily Mail on Thursday. “She has nary power complete anything.”

Blake Lively speaks during nan 2025 TIME100 Gala. Getty Images for TIME

Kelly’s comments travel connected nan heels of Lively attending nan Time gala connected Thursday pinch her husband, Ryan Reynolds, and mom, Elaine.

Inside, nan prima of “The Sisterhood of nan Traveling Pants” gave a poignant speech, addressing a past trauma her mom had gone through.

“I person truthful overmuch to opportunity astir nan past 2 years of my life, but tonight is not nan forum,” Lively began, alluding to nan ineligible feud pinch Baldoni, 41.

“What I will speak to separately, is nan emotion of being a female who has a sound today, and since I could speak, because of nan pain, cautions and conflict of nan galore women who person paved nan way, and nan men who stood beside them. Millions I will ne'er cognize nan sanction of.”

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds be nan 2025 TIME100 Gala. Getty Images for TIME
Blake Lively and Elaine Lively. Getty Images

She continued, “Because each life, each act, large aliases small, affects another. … My life was influenced astir by my mother, who’s present pinch maine tonight, an eternal optimist who’s ever leaving maine messages, hoopin’ and hollerin’ sayin’, ‘life’s conscionable a vessel of cherries.’”

Despite Elaine’s sunny disposition, Lively has seen her mom spell done reliable times.

“But, astatine her urging and unwavering bravery, she wanted maine to stock pinch you that she is simply a subsister of nan worst crimes personification tin perpetrate against a woman. I’ve watched her conceal her earthy and undeserved shame my full life, so, arsenic her daughter, being asked to stock this coming is monumental. If we sanction it, we alteration it.”

Blake Lively and Elaine Lively be nan 2025 TIME100 Gala. Getty Images for TIME
2025 TIME100 Gala. Gregory Pace/Shutterstock

In December, Lively sued nan “Jane nan Virgin” actor, making claims of sexual harassment — which included allegedly stepping successful connected her utilizing a bosom pump and speaking astir his past porn addiction. She besides accused him of orchestrating a retaliatory smear campaign against her.

Baldoni, who was her co-star and head of nan 2024 play “It Ends With Us,” denied nan allegations and revenge his ain defamation suit against her, Reynolds, 48, and their publicist Leslie Sloane and Sloane’s firm, Vision PR Inc.

Both Lively and Baldoni denied nan claims.

The deed movie premiered complete nan summertime and is based connected a caller by Colleen Hoover astir a home unit narration betwixt their characters.

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds be nan 2025 TIME100 Gala astatine Jazz astatine Lincoln Center connected April 24, 2025. Getty Images for TIME
Actress Blake Lively, begetter Ernie Lively and mother Elaine Lively be nan ceremonial honoring Ryan Reynolds pinch a Star connected nan Hollywood Walk successful 2016. FilmMagic

A  trial day has been scheduled for March 2026.

During Lively’s reside astatine nan Time 100 Gala, Lively said that being called “influential” was “a important responsibility.”

“How we usage that matters,” she added. “Who and what we guidelines up for, and what we enactment silent about, what we monetize versus what we really live, matters.”

Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively are seen connected nan group of ‘It Ends pinch Us’ connected January 12, 2024. GC Images
Blake Lively (R) and her mother Elaine Lively be nan Michael Kors show successful 2016. WireImage

However, Kelly doesn’t bargain it.

“I deliberation she launched a clone ‘Me Too’ allegation against him [Baldoni], and she’s lived to regret doing truthful because virtually each allegation she’s made has fallen apart,” she alleged to Daily Mail. “And so, for her to beryllium doing so, to effort and ruin a man complete perfectly thing is simply a scandal.”

The Post reached retired to Lively’s rep for comment.

After Lively’s Time nickname was announced, nan “Gossip Girl” alum took to societal media to stock her gratitude for making nan list.

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni connected group of “It Ends With Us.” Christopher Peterson / SplashNews.com

“It’s an grant to beryllium acknowledged connected nan @time 100 database for 2025🤍🙏🤍 To beryllium written astir by nan awesome @sherrilynifill is not thing I return lightly. Her activity has shaped our nation,” she wrote via Instagram on April 16. “WHO SHE IS — arsenic a human, woman, mother, leader, fighter, healer, empath, consequence taker and dream shaper — has shaped my bosom and besides my stamina to ne'er extremity believing successful a early that’s amended and safer for everyone.”

She added, “Thank you @time And convey you @sherrilynifill for 1 of nan astir surreal and meaningful moments of my life successful this honor. My 10-year-old aforesaid is beautiful blown distant correct now.”