Sophie Turner praises Blake Lively for opening up about her post-baby insecurities

Game of Thrones actress Sophie Turner refers to Blake Lively as “Khalessi,” and the Gossip Girl star has called Turner a “queen.” This is the energy we love to see in 2021, and it’s all the result of Lively opening up about her postpartum struggles.

Lively reposted her January 2020 appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (weeknights at 11:30 p.m. ET on CTV) on Instagram, where she opened up about her postpartum struggles and why she felt “insecure” about her body after giving birth to her third child. Lively and her husband, Canadian superhero Ryan Reynolds, welcomed their third child, daughter Betty, in October 2019. They are also parents to James Reynolds, 6, and Inez Reynolds, 4. 

Over the weekend, the mother-of-three shared a bunch of throwback photos on her Instagram Stories from the press tour for her 2020 film The Rhythm Section, and she said how much she loved many of the outfits she wore during the press run. One of the posts included her appearance on The Tonight Show, and she explained that her outfit for the appearance was one she put together “because no one had samples that fit me after giving birth and so many clothes from stores didn’t fit either.”

“It doesn’t send a great message to women when their bodies don’t fit into what brands have to offer,” the 33-year-old actress wrote. “It’s alienating and confusing. And I wish I felt as confident then as I do now, a year later looking back.”

Lively said that her body gave her a baby, and it was producing her baby’s food supply, calling it “a beautiful miracle.” She continued, “But instead of feeling proud, I felt insecure. Simply because I didn’t fit into clothes. How silly is that in retrospect.” 

She also tagged Katie Sturino, who has also called out brands for their lack of inclusive sizing. "@katiesturino and others are out there challenging brands to do better, helping women to not feel alone," the actress shared. "And she's making meaningful progress. She reminds me, we all can ask for better from the brands we love."

Lively’s post caught Turner’s attention, who gave birth to her first child with husband Joe Jonas last July. She shared a screengrab of an article about Lively’s honest Instagram post. “Yes @BlakeLively one more time for the people in the back!!,” Turner wrote, adding “Not a Queen, a Khalessi,” referencing the Mother of Dragons from Game of Thrones. Lively responded to Turner’s praise, calling her “queen of the north.”

Lively previously opened up about needing two personal trainers and a nutritionist to get in shape for her movie The Shallows, following the birth of her first daughter. "It's not normal to look like that eight months after having a kid," she told The Sun. She said that although it’s her job to look a certain way, she thinks it’s “absolutely absurd” for women to pressure themselves to look like a model after giving birth. "I think a woman's body after having a baby is pretty amazing. You gave birth to a human being. So I would really like to see that celebrated,” she added.

In a society that puts so much pressure on women to look a certain way, it’s refreshing when celebrities speak honestly about their post-pregnancy bodies. After Kylie Jenner gave birth in 2018, she opened up about her insecurities stemming from her body changes during her pregnancy. "My boobs are three times the size, which bothers me. I have stretch marks on my boobs. My stomach isn't the same, my waist isn't the same, my butt's bigger, my thighs [are] bigger," she said in a YouTube video with Jordyn Woods (#Throwback). "And honestly, I'm finding I have to change my style a little because nothing in my closet fits me from before." 

After giving birth to Luna in 2016, Chrissy Teigen told E! News, “You just realize you have to give yourself time and understand that you pushed out a baby, and it took this long to put on the weight, and it's not going to peel right off, and that's OK." 

Hilary Duff spoke to Parents Magazine in 2012 about the preasure to lose weight immediately after pregnancy, with a lot of that pressure coming from the paparazzi constantly following her. "When you see 'Hilary Debuts Post-Baby Body!' you want to tell people, 'No, actually, I was just going out to get a coffee,'" she said.

"It takes your body nine months to get there — really ten months," she continued. "So I'm trying to be patient but I'm working hard. And I think now more than ever, I appreciate my body and what it's done for me."

Queen Beyoncé, who has three children with her husband Jay-Z, got real about her body after her pregnancy with the twins. The "Crazy in Love" singer revealed to Vogue that she suffered toxemia and had an emergency C-section. "During my recovery, I gave myself self-love and self-care, and I embraced being curvier. I accepted what my body wanted to be," she wrote.

BEFORE YOU GO: Spoil your partner (or yourself!) with these romantic gift ideas

[video_embed id='2128992']BEFORE YOU GO: Spoil your partner (or yourself!) with these romantic gift ideas[/video_embed]