--- title: Blake Lively Says '99.9%' of Celeb Images Are Photoshopped description: While interviewing Gigi Hadid for a magazine cover, Blake Lively admitted that the bulk of images we see have been Photoshopped. canonical: https://time.com/5236384/blake-lively-photoshop-gigi-hadid-interview/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-11T16:22:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:17.802Z og:title: Blake Lively Wants Us to Know '99.9%' of Celebrity Images We See Are Photoshopped og:description: While interviewing Gigi Hadid, the actress reflected on Photoshop's ubiquity og:url: https://time.com/5236384/blake-lively-photoshop-gigi-hadid-interview/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9d630baf40e6fafb/69892d64db298769a625f590/blake-lively.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: American Ballet Theatre Spring 2017 Gala Blake Lively og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Blake Lively Wants Us to Know '99.9%' of Celebrity Images We See Are Photoshopped twitter:description: While interviewing Gigi Hadid, the actress reflected on Photoshop's ubiquity twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9d630baf40e6fafb/69892d64db298769a625f590/blake-lively.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Blake Lively Says '99.9%' of Celebrity Images Are Photoshopped While Interviewing Gigi Hadid > Sponsored content. 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It costs a lot to hang with this famous girl squad._  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Apr 11, 2018 4:22 PM UTC  Blake Lively attends the American Ballet Theatre Spring 2017 Gala at The Metropolitan Opera House on May 22, 2017 in New York City. Blake Lively attends the American Ballet Theatre Spring 2017 Gala at The Metropolitan Opera House on May 22, 2017 in New York City. Daniel Zuchnik—WireImage  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Apr 11, 2018 4:22 PM UTC Model [Gigi Hadid](http://time.com/4953463/gigi-hadid-moschino/) is the _Harper’s Bazaar_ cover star for May, and in [a candid interview](https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a19695423/blake-lively-interviews-gigi-hadid/?src=socialflowTW) with fellow celebrity and actor [Blake Lively](http://time.com/5233063/blake-lively-trolled-ryan-reynolds-instagram/), the two women got to chatting about how their pictures — ubiquitous in advertising and magazines as they’ve fronted beauty, [fashion](http://time.com/4688343/gigi-hadid-vogue-arabia-first-issue/), and jewelry campaigns — are often manipulated to appear more perfect. Lively even admitted that she’s felt “relieved” about retouching. “It’s so important for young people not to compare themselves with what they see online,” she said to Hadid. “It’s our job as actors and/or models to be in shape. We have access to gyms and trainers and healthy food. And then on top of that, 99.9 percent of the time the images are Photoshopped. I’m guilty myself of being at a photo shoot and saying, ‘That looks terrible on me.’ And they’re like, ‘We’ll fix it.'” Hadid, for her part, has been the subject of [much speculation](http://time.com/4430384/gigi-hadid-body-shaming-instagram/) about her body’s evolution over her years in front of the camera. she started modeling when she was just a teen, and is now only 22\. “If I could choose, I would have my ass back and I would have the tits I had a few years ago,” she told Lively. “But, honestly, we can’t look back with regret. I loved my body then, and I love my body now.” Both Hadid and Lively have [made a practice](http://time.com/4052118/gigi-hadid-body-shame-instagram/) of speaking out against body shaming and of being open about their hard work to stay fit. Hadid has the thyroid condition [Hashimoto’s disease](http://time.com/4596495/gigi-hadid-thyroid-disease/), and Lively — mother of two daughters — is no stranger [to a gym selfie](https://www.instagram.com/p/BfGrZfxg5sW/?taken-by=blakelively). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5236384/blake-lively-photoshop-gigi-hadid-interview/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5236384/blake-lively-photoshop-gigi-hadid-interview/"},"headline":"Blake Lively Says '99.9%' of Celebrity Images Are Photoshopped While Interviewing Gigi Hadid","datePublished":"2018-04-11T16:22:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:17.802Z","description":"\"It’s so important for young people not to compare themselves with what they see online\"","url":"https://time.com/5236384/blake-lively-photoshop-gigi-hadid-interview/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Blake Lively","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9d630baf40e6fafb/69892d64db298769a625f590/blake-lively.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9d630baf40e6fafb/69892d64db298769a625f590/blake-lively.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"American Ballet Theatre Spring 2017 Gala Blake Lively","caption":"American Ballet Theatre Spring 2017 Gala Blake Lively","creditText":"Daniel Zuchnik—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5236384/blake-lively-photoshop-gigi-hadid-interview/","name":"Blake Lively Says '99.9%' of Celebrity Images Are Photoshopped While Interviewing Gigi Hadid"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The Real Cost of Being In Taylor Swift's Squad MONEY","description":"It costs a lot to hang with this famous girl squad.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/G0EKYreZ/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-04-27T19:35:33.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/G0EKYreZ.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5236384/blake-lively-photoshop-gigi-hadid-interview/","duration":"PT1M50S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5236384/blake-lively-photoshop-gigi-hadid-interview/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```