Journalist Kjersti Flaa shut down rumors that she had anything to do with a smear campaign allegedly orchestrated by It Ends With Us star and director Justin Baldoni against co-star Blake Lively.
"I have to say something because now I see that things are starting to snowball and people start thinking that I had anything to do with the smear campaign against Blake Lively that was orchestrated allegedly by Justin Baldoni and his team," Flaa said in a video published to her Instagram page.
"I've been reading through the lawsuit and I see there's been so much dirty work going on behind the scenes," she continued. "And I just wanted to say I have nothing to do with it."
"When I read the text messages that was going back and forth between Justin Baldoni's PR team I was as shocked and appalled like everyone else," she added. "I would never take part in anything like that, that's such an insult to me."
On Saturday, it was made public that Lively was suing Baldoni for sexual harassment, and was also accusing him and his public relations team for planning a preemptive smear campaign against her out of fear that she would speak up on her alleged experiences.
During It Ends With Us' promotional run in August, Lively was at the center of controversy compounded by rumors of a feud between her and Baldoni and a wave of social media-led criticism toward her behavior during the film's press.
A seminal talking point during Lively's summer hate-train, was a republished interview by Flaa on her YouTube channel which she titled "The Blake Lively interview that made me want to quit my job." The interview was filmed during press for Woody Allen's 2016 film Café Society, in which Flaa expressed that she felt Lively made a snarky comment against her and ignored her throughout their conversation.
In a separate video posted to her YouTube channel Saturday, Flaa went into more detail on why she reposted the old interview with Lively, saying she "kind of had enough of Hollywood" at the time and that she was not aware of the controversy surrounding Lively and It Ends With Us.
Flaa added that she "would never accept money to jeopardize my integrity as a journalist," and reiterated that she doesn't want to be a part of the conversation surrounding Lively's alleged smear campaign.
In her suit, Lively alleged that Baldoni's conduct on set was so bad that an all-hands meeting between cast and crew had to be held to address it. Her husband, Ryan Reynolds was also in attendance.
During the meeting, Lively requested that Baldoni refrain from unsolicitedly showing her nude videos of women, inquiring about her weight, mentioning her deceased father, and discussing his past pornography addiction.
The New York Times also published text messages allegedly exchanged by Baldoni and his PR team in which they assured him they can "bury anyone."
In a statement, Baldoni's lawyer called her claims "outrageous."
"These claims are completely false, outrageous and intentionally salacious with an intent to publicly hurt and rehash a narrative in the media," attorney Bryan Freedman told the Associated Press in a statement.