Blake Lively interviewer denies being part of alleged smear campaign

Kjersti Flaathe journalist who previously said in an interview with Blake Lively who made him want to “quit” his job, denied having participated in an alleged smear campaign against the actress.

“OK, so I have to say something because now I see things are starting to snowball and people are starting to think that I have something to do with the smear campaign against Blake Lively, which was allegedly orchestrated by Justin Baldoni and her team,” Flaa said via Instagram on Saturday, December 21, adding that she read about the lawsuit and the alleged “dirty work” that was going on behind the scenes. “I just wanted to say I had nothing to do with it.”

Flaa said she was “shocked” and “appalled” by text messages between Baldoni’s public relations team that were included in the lawsuit filed by Lively, 37, on Friday, December 20.

“I would never participate in something like that,” she said. “It’s such an insult to me.”

Flaa said she didn’t want “to be part of any of this,” noting that she shared a video of a previous interview with Lively and “that’s it.”

“I just wanted to post this,” Flaa captioned her Instagram post. “I have nothing to do with Justin Baldoni and his smear campaign against Blake Lively that was reported by The New York Times Today. There are conspiracy theories accusing me of being paid by his PR team to help with his smear campaign. None of this is true.

News broke on Saturday that Lively had sued It ends with us costar and director Baldoni, 40, for sexual harassment. In the lawsuit, obtained by Us every week after it was reported by TMZ And The New York TimesLively accused Baldoni of launching a “social manipulation” campaign against her to “destroy” her reputation.

Flaa released a longer statement via YouTube on Saturday, explaining that she “would never accept money to jeopardize my integrity as a journalist.”

“I see how people are trying to make a connection here with me working with Justin Baldoni’s PR company because it’s just too much of a coincidence that my video was released at that time” , she said, explaining that she “had a bad experience with Blake Lively” and decided to post the video after watching It ends with us.

In August, Flaa released a music video for Lively and Parker Posey from 2016 Coffee Company press tour titled: “The Blake Lively Interview That Made Me Want to Quit My Job.” » In the clip, tensions rose between Flaa and Lively after the reporter complimented the actress on her “little belly” and asked about the period costumes in the film.

“When my video came out, it added fuel to the fire against Blake Lively,” Flaa said, claiming she had “no idea what was going on” on the set of It ends with us.

Flaa noted that she “never defended” Baldoni. “I don’t know him,” she said. “I never met him. In fact, I didn’t know it existed until It ends with us. So I have no sympathy for any of these people involved.

While pointing out specific text messages between Baldoni’s PR team as part of Lively’s lawsuit, Flaa calls the exchange “pretty disgusting.”

“The problem is, I don’t want anything to do with it,” she said. “I don’t know anything about Justin Baldoni. I don’t know anything about his PR team. And I would certainly never work with a PR team, under any circumstances, to spread hatred against someone on the Internet or to defame someone. I would never do that.