{"id":1991,"date":"2026-05-13T17:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T17:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/why-blake-lively-made-reporter-fear-being-blacklisted-after-interview-i-couldnt-react\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T17:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T17:20:09","slug":"why-blake-lively-made-reporter-fear-being-blacklisted-after-interview-i-couldnt-react","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/why-blake-lively-made-reporter-fear-being-blacklisted-after-interview-i-couldnt-react\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Blake Lively made reporter fear being &#8216;blacklisted&#8217; after interview: &#8216;I couldn\u2019t react&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/127650164.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A journalist didn\u2019t want to react to Blake Lively\u2019s uncomfortable comments <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/08\/14\/entertainment\/nightmare-blake-lively-interview-made-me-want-to-quit-says-reporter\/\">during an interview<\/a> because she feared being \u201cblacklisted\u201d by the film industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a journalist, you always have to take the high road, you know?\u201d she said. \u201cSo when I was sitting there, I couldn\u2019t react to what they were doing to me in a sense of leaving or talking back to them or doing anything like that, because I knew if I did, then I would never get opportunities like that again.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Entertainment reporter Kjersti Flaa (seen here during the 2016 interview) feared being blacklisted from future interviews after her uncomfortable sit-down with Blake Lively. <span class=\"credit\">Kjersti Flaa\/ YouTube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Lively (seen here in 2024) notoriously made comments about Flaa\u2019s body during the resurfaced interview. <span class=\"credit\">FilmMagic<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>While Flaa noted that she didn\u2019t necessarily want another chance to interview the \u201cGossip Girl\u201d actress, she said that Lively works with people in high places. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, she has a publicist, and then they talk and then they blacklist you,\u201d Flaa theorized. \u201cThat\u2019s how it works, right?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Due to her worries about being ostracized from any future interview opportunities, the writer said she just bit her tongue.  <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Flaa (seen here during the 2016 interview) said she was traumatized by their conversation.  <span class=\"credit\">Kjersti Flaa\/ YouTube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Lively was joined by Parker Posey at the time of the interview (pictured above).  <span class=\"credit\">Kjersti Flaa\/YouTube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cSo I just sat there and then I started getting more and more frustrated and angry and upset and all these emotions because I was like, I couldn\u2019t believe they were actually doing it. I was just in shock.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Flaa pointed out the unfair advantage Lively had over her during their uncomfortable conversation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA journalist who wants to continue doing these kind of interviews, you just have to, you know, accept these terms,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p>In 2016, Flaa interviewed Lively and Posey while the actresses were promoting their movie \u201cCaf\u00e9 Society.\u201d Since Lively was pregnant at the time, Flaa congratulated her on her \u201clittle bump,\u201d prompting the star to hit back, \u201cCongrats on your little bump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Flaa, taken aback, tried to push on with the interview by asking them about their film wardrobe. But Lively appeared offended by the question and clapped back, \u201cEveryone wants to talk about the clothes, but I wonder if they would ask the men about the clothes.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>At one point, Lively and Posey (seen here during the interview) seemed to ignore Flaa and only spoke to each other.  <span class=\"credit\">Kjersti Flaa\/ YouTube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Flaa (pictured above) sat \u201cuncomfortable\u201d and told us, \u201cI did\u2019t really understand all that.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/kjersti_flaa<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>From there, Lively and Parker had a whole conversation with each other without letting Flaa get a word in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was just sitting there like, \u2018Oh.\u2019\u2026 I didn\u2019t really understand all that,\u201d Flaa told us. \u201cAnd then when I asked the next question about the costumes, [they] turned to each other and just ignored me. That\u2019s when I started, you know, feeling like, \u2018Oh my God. They\u2019re actually doing this.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Flaa called the interview<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/12\/celebrity-news\/blake-lively-traumatized-reporter-during-interview\/\"> a \u201creally traumatizing experience.\u201d <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was just sitting there. At first I was like, wow, this <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/11\/celebrity-news\/reporter-says-blake-lively-attended-met-gala-2026-to-manipulate-internet\/\">is really uncomfortable<\/a>,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the online backlash after Flaa resurfaced the video in 2024, Lively allegedly never reached out with an apology. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Lively (seen here at the 2026 Met Gala) allegedly has not reached out to apologize.  <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>A rep for Lively (seen here in 2024) did not respond to Page Six\u2019s request for comment.  <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cBlake had every opportunity to right this wrong because she clearly knew very well that this interview existed and got out there and nothing happened,\u201d Flaa said.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Lively subpoenaed Flaa during her legal battle with \u201cIt Ends With Us\u201d co-star Justin Baldoni. (Lively <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/12\/31\/celebrity-news\/blake-lively-sues-justin-baldoni-over-it-ends-with-us-feud\/\">sued the director<\/a> in December 2024 for sexual harassment and other claims and Baldoni responded with a <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/03\/celebrity-news\/ryan-reynolds-ex-scarlett-johansson-gets-dragged-into-blake-lively-justin-baldonis-case\/\">$400 million countersuit<\/a> accusing her and husband Ryan Reynolds of defamation, extortion and creating a smear campaign against him. Both denied any wrongdoing.)<\/p>\n<p>In June 2025, Baldoni\u2019s countersuit <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/06\/09\/celebrity-news\/judge-tosses-justin-baldonis-400m-lawsuit-against-blake-lively-ryan-reynolds\/\">was tossed<\/a>, though he won a victory last month when the judge dismissed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/02\/celebrity-news\/blake-lively-dealt-devastating-blow-in-ongoing-justin-baldoni-harassment-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10 of Lively\u2019s 13 allegations<\/a>\u00a0against him, including sexual harassment, conspiracy and defamation.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Lively and Baldoni announced they had reached a settlement. Neither party won any money from the legal war, though they <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/09\/celebrity-news\/the-real-cost-of-blake-livelys-damaging-court-battle-against-justin-baldoni\/\">each had to pay millions in legal fees. <\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The actress (seen here with Justin Baldoni in \u201cIt Ends With Us\u201d) subpoenaed Flaa during her court battle against the director.  <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Sony Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Lively and Baldoni (seen on set of their movie in 2024) reached a settlement last week.  <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With the lawsuit not going to trial, Flaa said she missed out on the opportunity to speak out on the stand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was kind of looking forward to just poke holes in everything,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/13\/celebrity-news\/why-blake-lively-made-reporter-fear-being-blacklisted-after-interview-i-couldnt-react\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A journalist didn\u2019t want to react to Blake Lively\u2019s uncomfortable comments during an interview because<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/127650164.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}