Whether it's an attempt to give up smoking, drinking, biting your nails or swearing, we all know too well the hardships of attempting to give up an addiction.

So, spare a thought for Blake Lively today who is currently struggling to give up one 'life-altering' vice.

Last night, the 30-year-old posted a snap of herself gazing into a box of Sprinkles cupcakes with the caption: 'Why can't I quit you?'

We feel you, Blake.

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The actress' fans took to her post to show their sympathy for the star. After all, who can say no to a chocolate-coated sprinkled cupcake?

'Hahaha they look too good to quit yum,' wrote one fan. 'Omgggg same,' wrote another.

However, it appears Lively's post has also spread her addiction far and wide. 'I just googled them and now I need them in my life!!!! Thank you for letting me know about these!' commented one now addicted Instagram user.

Lively's post comes two years after she revealed she gave up soy and gluten before she began filming her action thriller The Shallows, just eight months after giving birth to her first child, James.

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In a previous interview on the Kylie and Jackie O Show, the actress revealed: 'It seems like, "oh that's really easy to cut that out", but you realise there's soy in everything. Even if it's the healthy, whole foods, organic stuff, there's always soy in it.

'Once you remove soy, you realise you're eating no processed foods, so that's basically what I did,' she added.

Last week, Lively's husband Ryan Reynolds took to social media to troll the star about her 2005 hit film, The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants.

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At the end of the expletive-ridden trailer for Deadpool 2, the 40-year-old digs out footage of Lively's film and says: 'Doing the right thing is messy, but if you wanna fight for what's right, sometimes you have to fight dirty,' he tells his co-stars.

'And that is why 'Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants' is pure pornography.'

Go on, Blake, throw a cupcake at Reynolds for that gag. It's definitely one way to get rid of the temptation.

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