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Blake Lively's unexpected reaction to burning her designer wedding dress
By Jenni McKnight,
11 hours ago
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 06: Blake Lively attends the "It Ends With Us" New York Premiere at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on August 6, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Gotham/WireImage) (Getty Images)
"My heart just stopped, because it was such a sensitive little subject. And he said, 'You'll always remember that moment with Florence singing and the sparklers. You have that forever, right there, preserved.'"
She added: "Now that's my favorite part of the dress."
Blake and Ryan exchanged vows at Boone Hall Plantation in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, on September 9, 2012.
The couple shared their wedding day exclusively with Martha Stewart Weddings, and photos from the intimate nuptials showcased elaborate details including a dessert table filled with sweet treats, a glimpse of Blake's stunning gown, and their Lorraine Schwartz wedding bands.
Ryan later admitted that the one regret he has about their wedding day is their venue.
Ryan called marrying at the plantation "a giant mistake" after he and Blake came under scrutiny for glamourizing a site where violence against Black slaves once took place.
"It's something we'll always be deeply and unreservedly sorry for," Ryan said in Fast Company' s September 2020 issue.
"It's impossible to reconcile. What we saw at the time was a wedding venue on Pinterest. What we saw after was a place built upon devastating tragedy."
Pinterest even responded to the controversy by banning pictures of all plantation weddings on its platform, including Ryan's and Blake's.
"Weddings should be a symbol of love and unity. Plantations represent none of those things," a spokesperson for Pinterest said at the time.
"We are working to limit the distribution of this content and accounts across our platform and continue to not accept advertisements for them."
In the same interview, Ryan shared that he and Blake held a secret second wedding at their home years later, although he did not divulge any specific details about their special day.
"Years ago, we got married again at home — but shame works in weird ways. A giant [expletive] mistake like that can either cause you to shut down or it can reframe things and move you into action," he explained.
"It doesn't mean you won't [expletive] up again. But repatterning and challenging lifelong social conditioning is a job that doesn't end."
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