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Kjersti Flaa and the journalist clarify that she was not part of it
Getty Images (2)Kjersti Flaaa journalist who previously said an interview with Blake Lively forcing her to “quit” her job, denied being part of an alleged smear campaign against the actress.
“Okay so I have to say something because now I see things snowballing and people are starting to think I have something to do with the smear campaign against Blake Lively that he allegedly orchestrated Justin Baldoni and his team,” said Flaa via Instagram on Saturday, Dec. 21, saying she read the lawsuit and the alleged “dirty work” that goes on behind the scenes. “I just wanted to say that I had nothing to do with it.
Flaa said she was “shocked” and “appalled” by the text messages between Baldoni’s PR team that included action posted Lively, 37, on Friday, December 20.
“I would never participate in anything like that,” she said. “That’s such an insult to me.
Flaa said she didn’t want “to be a part of it,” noting that she shared a video of a previous interview with Lively and “that’s it.”
“Just wanted to put it out there,” Flaa captioned her Instagram post. “I have nothing to do with Justin Baldoni and his smear campaign against Blake Lively that he reported on The New York Times today. There are conspiracy theories accusing me of being paid by his PR team to help with their smear campaign. None of that is true.”
On Saturday, news broke that Lively was suing It ends with us actor and director Baldoni (40) for sexual harassment. In the lawsuit he won My Weekly after he announced it TMZ and The New York TimesLively accused Baldoni of launching a “social manipulation” campaign. against her to “ruin” her reputation.
Flaa issued a longer statement via YouTube on Saturday, explaining that he would “never accept money that would compromise my integrity as a journalist.”
“I see people here trying to make the connection that I’m working with Justin Baldoni’s PR company because it’s 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 It ends with us.
In August, Flaa released the music video Lively and Parker Posey from 2016 Cafe Society press tour titled: “The interview with Blake Lively that made me want to quit my job.” In the clip, tensions between Flaa and Lively rose after a journalist congratulated the actress on her “little bump” 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 from It ends with us.
Blake Lively claims It Ends With Us actor and director Justin Baldoni allegedly ran a campaign of “social manipulation” to damage her reputation. On Saturday, December 21, news broke that Lively, 37, had sued Baldoni, 40, for sexual harassment. According to The New York Times, the lawsuit – which was filed on Friday, December 20 – (…)
Flaa noted that she “never defended” Baldoni. “I don’t know him,” she said. “I never met him. I actually didn’t know it existed until then It ends with us. So I have no sympathy for any of these people involved.”
While Flaa points to specific text messages between Baldoni’s PR team in Lively’s lawsuit, she calls the exchange “disgusting.”
“The thing is, I want nothing 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, under any circumstances, work with a PR team that would spread hate on the internet or smear anyone. I would never do that.”
