This article contains discussion of sexual harassment.
A New York Times article reporting this lawsuit and the details behind it, Justin and ends with us producer Jamey Heath, including claims that Justin hired a crisis public relations firm to wage a campaign of “social manipulation” to “destroy” his reputation. You can read a very detailed summary of the charges here.
One of the lawsuit’s many claims is that Justin paid a crisis public relations firm to conduct a digital smear campaign against Blake in an attempt to damage his reputation and career.
So, you remember last August. ends with us — Norwegian journalist Kjersti Flaa shared a 2016 interview with Blake on YouTube titled “The Blake Lively Interview That Made Me Want to Quit My Job.”
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In a video of the interview, Blake reacted mockingly after Kjersti praised his “little bump,” and there appeared to be some hostility after Blake, Parker Posey and Kjersti asked a question about the movie they were promoting. cafe society.
So a NYT article published yesterday mentioned Kjersti’s interview with the implication that it was shared as part of a public digital smear campaign that Baldoni and the crisis public relations firm he hired were accused of running.
As is common with people with YouTube channels, Kjersti posted two response videos to the NYT’s accusations (one on Threads and one on YouTube), insisting that she had not participated in the alleged smear campaign.
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via Kjersti Flaa/youtube.com
“Okay, now I have to say something because things are snowballing and people are starting to think I have something to do with the smear campaign against Blake Lively led by Justin Baldoni and his team,” she said. .
“I also read the New York Times article this morning. When I read the lawsuit, it seemed like there was so much dirty work going on behind the scenes. I just wanted to say I had nothing to do with it. Text messages going back and forth between Justin Baldoni’s PR team. “When I read it, I was shocked and appalled like everyone else,” he said.
“I would never participate in something like that,” Kjersti added. “That’s really insulting to me.”
To learn more about Blake’s lawsuit, go here.
