Reporter who shared ‘uncomfortable’ Blake Lively interview 'shares truth'
The reporter who called out Blake Lively and her alleged 'mean girl' behaviour, has come out to reveal the truth of the situation.
Way back in 2016, long before Lively worked with Justin Baldoni on the nightmare which was the drama-drenched press tour for It Ends With Us, Journalist Kjersti Flaa, 53, had been experiencing her own drama with the Gossip Girl.
According to Flaa, and an archived interview clip that was released to her YouTube channel in light of the shocking feud with Baldoni, things got heated in the junket room.
At the time, the Norwegian writer could be seen chatting with Lively and her Café Society co-star Parker Posey when she mentioned the actress’s budding ‘bump’.
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It was at the time when Lively had confirmed her second pregnancy with husband, Ryan Reynolds, but her congratulations seemingly had an ill impact.
Lively said back to her in the clip: "Congrats on your little bump."
Flaa was not visibly pregnant, or pregnant in any way, shape, or form, and said the exchange was so uncomfortable that it even had her considering abandoning her career as an entertainment reporter altogether.
When the clip went viral, people were in two minds about it.
Some asked why the journalist had bided her time for eight years before letting it loose at a seemingly opportunistic time in light of her court filings against Baldoni which alleged he had sexually harassed her on set and more.
Others were more scathing towards the mother-of-four for her response to the journo.
But since the whirlwind legal battle between the actress and her director and co-star has ended due to the pair settling out of court on the eve of the Met Gala, Flaa has come to reveal her truth about the situation.
Flaa was apparently going to testify for Baldoni's production studio during the trial, but when the pair settled, she wasn’t able to.
Sharing with the Daily Mail her thoughts on this, she said the actress can’t believe there are people out there who don’t like her.
“It's mind-blowing to me that she would [attend the Met Gala]. But I think she wanted to clog the internet with stories about her at the Met Gala and what she was wearing, it was an attempt to try to drown all the negative news,” the journo ranted, claiming that she and Reynolds have been trying ‘to manipulate [the internet] and the public by pushing out stories that are friendly and pro–their narrative’ for years.
She added: “The audacity and guts that she had to stand there in front of all these people and say, ‘Hey look at me in this dress.’ I was shocked that she did that. I think it says a lot about her.”
She went on to say that her attendance was proof of her inability to accept things as they are.
Just two days ago on 9 May, she also interviewed an alleged insider of the It Ends With Us film, who apparently revealed all on the behind-the-scenes drama.
She said: “'In her reality, she still cannot believe that people don't like her. That's why she went to the Met Gala.
"For her, this is an orchestrated smear campaign against her and she believes people still love her. It's so delusional. She really truly believes this ... that's the tragic thing in all of this. In her wildest imagination, she cannot fathom that people don't like her.”
Previously, the journalist told LADbible of the reason she released the footage of their meeting.
Apparently, it just happened to come at the time it did, as she noted: "A week ago, I was contacted by another reporter who had just gotten his interview confiscated at a press junket.
"He asked me if it had ever happened to me and we started comparing notes. I remembered the horrible interview I had with Blake Lively that I never wanted to share with anyone because the experience had traumatised me so much.
"But after talking to him, I decided to put it on my YouTube channel. I think it’s about time that people behaving badly in Hollywood gets called out for it. It’s not okay, even if you are rich and famous."
LADbible reached out to the representatives of Blake Lively for comment.
Topics: Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni, Celebrity, Viral
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