VIDEO : Blake Lively Says Woody Allen Is 'Empowering to Women'

Blake Lively continues to defend Woody Allen. Laurent Lafitte , a French comedian and the opening night's master of ceremonies, at the 2016 Cannes Film festival made a joke about the sexual assault allegations against the director. She stated "You've shot so many of your films here in Europe and yet in the U.S. you haven't even been convicted of rape,". While Allen said he didn't take offense Lively did. She stated "I think any jokes about rape, homophobia or Hitler is not a joke. I think that was a hard thing [to] swallow in 30 seconds--" She did mention she had not read anything written about Allen with the allegations before stating "I could [only] know my experience. And my experience with Woody is he's empowering to women."