Blake Lively makes shocking announcement about her website
Last summer, glam Queen Blake Lively launched her own website called Preserve.
The space was intended to "connect users with makers (of things, of experiences, of stories)." She even got a splashy cover on Vogue for the debut and everything!
But now, a year later, Blake has announced that she is closing the site.
“We have an incredible team of people who do beautiful work, but we launched the site before it was ready, and it never caught up to its original mission: It’s not making a difference in people’s lives, whether superficially or in a meaningful way, " Blake told Vogue.
But not to worry that much as Blake is going to do a thorough re-launch of the site – in her own time.
“I never thought I would have the bravery to actually do that, to take the site dark and to say, ‘You know what? I haven’t created something that is as true and impactful as I know it can and will be."
"And I’m not going to continue to chase my tail and continue to put a product out there that we, as a team, are not proud of."
And even though Ms Lively is anticipating public backlash – "Failure! Folly! We knew she couldn't do this!" – the actress feels she will be ready to face it.
“I know what it’ll look like, what I’m facing publicly, that people are just going to have a heyday with this. But it’s so much worse to continue to put something out there—to ask my team to put something out there—that isn’t the best we can do."
"I’m going to take this hit, and the only way I can prove all the negative reactions wrong is to come back with a plan that will rock people. And I have that plan."
Ooh, Blake, we're excited now!
