American actress and mom-of-three Blake Lively has come out swinging at her kids' stalker after a series of paparazzi shots of her children, aged 2, 5, and 6, again made rounds on Instagram despite an earlier call-out over the unauthorized pictures.
"The Rhythm Section" actress, mom to daughters James, 6; Inez, 5; and Betty, 2; and wife to Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds, took to Instagram to slam the Hollywood Star Kids Instagram account, commenting on its now-deleted post of her daughters, which she said was "so disturbing," E! Online reported.
"I've personally shared with you that these men stalk and harass my children. And you are still posting," Lively said. "You said you would stop. You personally promised me. This is not casual appreciation. This is YOU also exploiting very young children. Please. Delete. Please."
"Some parents are ok with this," the "Gossip Girl" alum continued. "We. Are. NOT."
The admin of the account was quick to shut down the controversial post. Blake has also since expressed her gratitude to fans and Instagram users who helped her call the stalkers out, BuzzFeed noted.
"Thank you to everyone UNFOLLOWING accounts who exploit children," she wrote on her Instagram story. "YOU make ALL the difference. Thank you for your integrity. Thank you."
The Hollywood Star Kids, which has over 74,000 followers on Instagram, offers fans a glimpse of the life of celebrity kids by reposting images shared by their celebrity parents or sharing their paparazzi shots when spotted outdoors.
Since Lively's recent complaints about the account, users have also begun slamming their subsequent posts, which noticeably blurred or covered the faces of Hollywood toddlers.
"If you can do this for Katy you can blur Blake and Ryan’s kids too," one user said on an Instagram post about Katy Perry's daughter with Orlando Bloom, Daisy Dove.
"You should be so very ashamed of yourselves for posting these pictures of children!!! Why don’t you get a real job instead of hounding people till it makes them crazy ??? Shame on you!!!!" another netizen would comment.
In July, Lively called out Daily Mail Australia for posting photos of herself walking with her children, noting that a "grown man" from the media publication had been tailing her and her daughters to take the unwanted shots.
Blake and Ryan have always kept their kids' lives largely private. When daughter Betty was born, the Hollywood couple announced the good news in October with a photo covering her face but stopped short of publicly revealing the baby's name at that time.
The typically wacky Reynolds would post a photo with wife Blake as they cradle baby Betty, whose face was covered with her father's hand-drawn work of art over privacy and security concerns.
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