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The entertainment reporter who almost "quit" her career after a disastrous interview with Blake Lively went viral for the wrong reasons says the actress has not yet apologized.
Kjersti Flaa — who, in 2016, complimented Lively on her "little bump" while she was openly pregnant, only for the actress to respond sarcastically — spoke about the experience on her YouTube channel Monday.
Flaa, who later disclosed that she is infertile, admitted that it took her "a while to actually get over it."
"It impacted me for some time because it made me anxious when interviewing others afterward. I blamed myself for a long time, thinking I had said or done something wrong," the 51-year-old celebrity journalist revealed.
Flaa mentioned that this is the "reason" she "waited so long" to share a clip of the interview, which took place with Lively's "Café Society" co-star Parker Posey.
Flaa clarified that she "hadn’t read up on all the other controversy" surrounding Lively and her upcoming movie, "It Ends With Us," when she posted the "horrific" interview, explaining it was simply a "coincidence."
Flaa felt that Lively, 36, was exuding "mean-girl energy" during their conversation, noting that it made her feel "excluded or bullied."
She expressed gratitude to the thousands of people who reached out with supportive messages after the interview circulated.
Lively, she noted, is not among them.
"No one reached out to apologize, and they likely told her, ‘Don’t come out [and say sorry], don’t react, don’t do anything. We’ll handle this for you. We’ll just claim that it’s the journalist’s fault and that you were offended by her, and then we’ll just put out some other good, positive stories,'" Flaa speculated, adding, "I think that’s the issue."
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