Blake Lively is under fire after making an 'cruel and inappropriate' joke about her Gossip Girl co-star Leighton Meester in a resurfaced clip. In a viral TikTok video taken from an undated panel discussion, the 37-year-old actress – who is currently embroiled in a bitter legal battle with It Ends With Us co-star and director Justin Baldoni – makes a cutting remark about Leighton being born in prison.
![[Leighton was born while her mother, Constance, was incarcerated]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/14/16/94084885-0-image-m-63_1736871147714.jpg)
Sitting next to Leighton, 38, and the rest of the Gossip Girl cast, Blake declares: 'Well, some of us started in a cage.'. As she delivers the savage joke, she waves her hand in Leighton's direction. After her quip fails to amuse the audience, Blake adds: 'Come on, it was a joke! Lord have mercy.'.
![[Leighton and Blake starred opposite each other in the CW series Gossip Girl]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/14/16/94084931-0-image-m-67_1736871184671.jpg)
Social media users were shocked by Blake's attempt at a joke and accused her of 'being mean.'. Taking to the comments, one said: 'Making a joke at someone's expense is very telling that you have low class mentality.'. 'Always joking BUT in reality being mean,' another said.
![[The actresses were not friends during the show's six season run]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/14/16/94085203-0-image-m-65_1736871168932.jpg)
Blake Lively is under fire after making a joke about her Gossip Girl co-star Leighton Meester in a resurfaced clip. Leighton was born while her mother, Constance, was incarcerated. A third added: 'She did not… that's effed up.'. A fourth continued: 'Always joking but nobody is laughing.'.
'She waved her hands in Leighton's direction when saying it as well,' another observed. Leighton was born while her mother, Constance, was incarcerated and was raised up by her grandmother until she was released in 1995. Constance was convicted in 1985 on drug trafficking charges and served 10 years in a Texas state prison for her involvement in a drug smuggling ring that brought large quantities of marijuana to the US from Jamaica.
