{"id":5092,"date":"2025-10-24T01:47:56","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T01:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/?p=5092"},"modified":"2025-10-24T01:47:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T01:47:56","slug":"blake-lively-admits-to-secret-modeling-past-i-was-totally-a-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/?p=5092","title":{"rendered":"Blake Lively Admits to Secret Modeling Past: \u201cI Was Totally a Fraud\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before Blake Lively became a household name for her portrayal of Serena van der Woodsen in Gossip Girl<\/em> and her standout performances in The Age of Adaline<\/em> and A Simple Favor<\/em>, the actress was living a very different kind of life \u2014 one she deliberately kept hidden. In a recent interview, Lively revealed that she secretly worked as a model for four years before stepping into the Hollywood spotlight.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI was totally a fraud,\u201d she said with a laugh. \u201cFor four years, I modeled quietly and didn\u2019t tell anyone. I wanted to be taken seriously as an actress, and I thought if people knew I had modeled, they\u2019d assume I was just another pretty face trying to act.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Lively began modeling as a teenager, taking small jobs to support herself while pursuing her dream of acting. \u201cIt started as a way to make a little money,\u201d she explained. \u201cBut it became this double life. I\u2019d do a photo shoot during the day, then rush to acting classes at night and tell people I worked at a clothing store.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

When she landed her first major film role as Bridget Vreeland in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants<\/em> (2005), she went to great lengths to keep her modeling past private. \u201cI remember being terrified someone would find those old photos,\u201d she admitted. \u201cI didn\u2019t want casting directors to see me as a model trying to act \u2014 I wanted them to see me as an actor who earned it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

As her career flourished, Lively\u2019s confidence grew \u2014 and so did her perspective. \u201cNow I can laugh about it,\u201d she said. \u201cThat version of me \u2014 the one who thought she had to hide who she was \u2014 she was scared. But she was also determined.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Lively credits those formative years with giving her a foundation of discipline and resilience. \u201cModeling taught me a lot,\u201d she reflected. \u201cYou learn how to handle rejection, how to present yourself, how to keep working even when no one\u2019s cheering you on. That mindset helped me survive in Hollywood.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

She also acknowledged how her fears were shaped by the industry\u2019s attitude toward women. \u201cBack then, people didn\u2019t believe you could be both beautiful and talented,\u201d she said. \u201cIf you were known for your looks, they\u2019d question your abilities. I wanted to prove I could be more than what they saw in a photograph.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, with nearly two decades of acting success and a reputation as both a style icon and an entrepreneur, Lively embraces her full story. \u201cI\u2019m not hiding anything anymore,\u201d she said with a smile. \u201cThose four years taught me how to fight for myself \u2014 even if I had to fake confidence at first. Maybe that\u2019s what being a little bit of a fraud really means \u2014 pretending until you become the real thing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Before Blake Lively became a household name for her portrayal of Serena van der Woodsen in Gossip Girl and her standout performances in The Age of Adaline and A Simple Favor, the actress was living a very different kind of life \u2014 one she deliberately kept hidden. In a recent interview, Lively revealed that she…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5092\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}