Is Blake Lively Actually 40 Years Old?

Conspiracy hypothesis: was Blake Lively born in 1984 as opposed to 1987?

I present the following information for consideration and discussion:

Blake Lively’s Mother Elaine was born in 1947.

Data^a arranged in the following sequential order:

TABLE 1: “The Lively Siblings” as arranged via Ascending Child’s Year of Birth, Child’s Name, Mother’s Age at Parturition (years; for simplicity, rounded to age Elaine turned in the corresponding year) [Sources: (1-3)]

1966: Lori born, Elaine 19

<2 year age gap>

1968: Jason born, Elaine 21

<4 year age gap>

1972: Robyn born, Elaine 25

Interim: Elaine Divorces Ronnie; 1979: Marries Earnie

<9 year age gap>

1981: Eric born, Elaine is 34

<6 year age gap>

1987: Blake born, Elaine is 40

I always found the following to be curious: ”Although Blake debated a career on the silver screen, she credited her brother Eric for being supportive. The Simple Favor star revealed that when she was 15 years old, they traveled around Europe together and he often quizzed her on what she wanted to do in the future”(1)

Really? Blake (15) travelling around Europe with her brother Eric (21)? Interesting.

Or could it be that Blake was actually 18 years old and travelling around Europe with her 21 year old brother?

Many of us have either experienced the thrills of traveling young, backpacking around Europe or at least vicariously wished to do so after watching the 2004 comedy EuroTrip (RIP Michelle!🕊️💗).

Now most the thrills and spills of travelling arguably aren’t experienced to their full extent until you’re of age - which legally is determined in most European countries to be 18.

Would it not make more sense for a 21 year old brother and 18 year old sister to travel as a pair at 21 and 18 respectively, rather than 21 and 15?

Would it not make more sense for a 21 year old brother to “often quiz” (1) his 18 year old sister “about what she wanted to do in her future” (1) than a 15 year old who’s still may be finding their feet in High School?

‼️ Now consider this curious recollection from Blake ‼️

"When I was only 3 years old, my mom enrolled me in the first grade. My older brother was supposed to start school, but he didn't want to go alone, so my mom told them I was 6 since I was so tall," Blake said in an interview with Marie Claire in it's December issue. "But after a few weeks, they said they would have to put me in mentally disabled classes because I wasn't up to pace with the rest of the kids." (4)

The actress said her toddler instinct to for naptime wasn't welcomed in her first grade class. (4)

”They thought that I was slow because all I wanted to do was sleep while the other kids were doing their projects," she said with a laugh. "So my mom took me out of school." (4)

My first reaction was this is horrific! This is child abuse, sending a 3 year old to school to be of emotional support to her 6 year old brother. How traumatic for Blake!

Astute user u/seaseahorse immediately detected a discrepancy in the timeline - pointing out that in the aforementioned anecdote, Blake points out that she’s 3 years old and neither Eric is 6.

However!

Media record shows that Eric was 6 years older than Blake - meaning when Eric was 6 and entering First Grade, Blake would have been a newborn! OR if Blake was in actuality 3 years old, according to the published data, Eric would have been 9!

How curious 🧐

I hypothesize that Blake Lively may actually have been born in 1984, making her 3 years younger than Eric at 6 years old. Making Blake 18 when she travelled Europe with Eric at 21 years old.

Blake who it’s always been observed, looks a little older than her age?

BUT THATS CRAZY! WHY WOULD A WOMAN IN HOLLYWOOD LIE ABOUT HER AGE?

Well if she did, she’d be in good company! So many in fact that it would seem fudging your age a little is a Hollywood prerequisite. So many celebs have lied throughout the ages about their ages!

There’s Eminem, Mila Kunis, Hilary Duff, Rebel Wilson, Niki Minaj, Ryan Reynolds’ very own previous co-star, Sandra Bullock…and that’s just for starters (5)

So can we add Blake Lively to that list? Not so fast - let’s think about this…maybe Blake lied about the Grade School story with Eric? Maybe Blake was a newborn and grew into a woman with a great imagination and/or a propensity to lie?

Or perhaps Blake really was 3 when her mother sent her off to GRADE ONE with her 6 year old brother. Who would notice? …*Well, even if Blake was a tall toddler, 3 year olds and 6 years olds look and behave markedly different in my experience…and Blake admittedly concedes that the school sure did notice and her mother, perhaps in her guilt, then indulged Blake with frequent trips to Disney.

As explained by NBC Chicago, Blake's mom might have caused concern when she lied about her daughter's age, but she made up for it with frequent childhood trips to Disneyland.

”I kind of feel like I grew up at Disneyland," Blake explained. "My mom would take me there twice a week. I did well in school, so I guess my mom just wanted to have some extra time to bond with me. Sometimes, when I was older, she'd keep me out till one in the morning. We only stayed out late on weekends. We'd get a hotel room and then go to Denny's, drink coffee, and talk for hours."

Blake says her late night adventures with her mom have helped her to become a better actress”

”I've always been a night owl. Even at home, we'd stay up all night talking. My mom tells the most amazing stories," she told the mag. "In a way, she was kind of raising me to be a great actress without even realizing it."

So perhaps Blake at 3 years old really was ordered to attend Elementary School and consequently recalled the events of that traumatic time that likely burnt into her psyche? Maybe Blake was not lying as she recalled that traumatic memory.

Perhaps the grim truth is that Blake Lively was a 3 year old enrolled in Grade One, alongside her 6 year old brother?

Perhaps in Blake’s recollection of this trauma to the media, she inadvertently slipped up in that she revealed the truth of her age?

If Blake was born August 25, 1984 rather than 1987, that would today make her 40 years old, turning 41 this August.