Reporter calls out Blake Lively over ‘uncomfortable’ interview

A reporter has claimed interviewing Blake Lively made her want to ‘quit her job’ amid the ongoing It Ends With Us drama, branding their chat as the ‘most uncomfortable situation she had ever experienced.’

Blake, 36, has been embroiled in controversy recently as rumors of an ongoing feud between her and her costar, Justin Baldoni, continue to make headlines.

Amid the drama, award-winning journalist Kjersti Flaa has slammed the Gossip Girl alum, saying she considered leaving the industry after an interview with Blake in 2016 went awry.

She uploaded a clip of the awkward encounter to her YouTube channel titled: ‘The Blake Lively interview that made me want to quit my job.’

Blake and fellow actress Parker Posey had sat down with Kjersti, 51, who is originally from Norway but now lives in California, back in 2016 to discuss their film Cafe Society.

But when Kjersti congratulated the actress, who was expecting her second child with husband Ryan Reynolds at the time, on her pregnancy, things immediately turned tense.

Blake seemed completely unamused with the comment, and replied with a sarcastic quip.

‘First of all, congrats on your little bump,’ Kjersti, who is the founder of Content Now TV, gushed.

‘Congrats on your little bump,’ Blake fired back, as the interviewer giggled nervously.

‘What about my bump?’ Parker joined in, standing up to show her butt to the camera.

Kjersti, who appeared thrown off by Blake’s response, then sat their awkwardly as the two ladies joked about their various ‘bumps’ together.

And things only got worse when Kjersti asked the women her first question.

Since the movie took place in the 1930s, Kjersti wondered if they enjoyed wearing old-school clothes in the movie.

But Blake didn’t like the query, and as Parker started to answer, she interjected, ‘Everyone wants to talk about the clothes but I wonder if they would ask the men about the clothes.’

‘I would,’ Kjersti promised. 

Again, the ladies started talking to one another rather than to Kjersti, as they discussed some of their favorite outfits worn by men in the movie.

The uncomfortable interview went on for another few minutes, before a defeated Kjersti wrapped it up.

‘Sitting down with Blake Lively and her co star Parker Posey for Cafe Society is the most uncomfortable interview situation I have ever experienced,’ she wrote in the caption.

‘Is it not OK to congratulate someone on their pregnancy or to ask another woman about costumes she is wearing in a film?’

The resurfaced interview quickly went viral, and it sparked fierce backlash against Blake.

People flocked to the comment section to slam her, with one person branding the star as ‘rude’ and another calling her behavior ‘weird and uncalled for.’ 

‘She and her husband talk about their kids all the time and you can’t congratulate her on her pregnancy?’ one person wrote.

‘That was such weird and uncalled for behavior, I’m sorry you had to sit through that. You kept your composure so well.’

‘The way she replied, “Congrats on your little bump.” Yikes how rude,’ someone else agreed.

Another user added, ‘What in the f**k was this? Yeah don’t quit your job, but they should definitely quit theirs if they get triggered that badly by questions they don’t like. Ridiculous behavior.’

‘Wow, this is disappointing to watch. I’m very turned off by Blake and Parker’s behavior,’ a fourth comment read.

‘It lacked tact and both, but more so Blake, were just extremely rude and lacked any class here.

‘Shame on her. You did excellent keeping it together. The only true lady in that room.’

‘Asking about wardrobe for a period piece movie is a normal question. I’m so sorry they treated you this way,’ a fifth said.

Earlier this week, Blake was blasted as ‘tone deaf’ and ‘shallow’ after she hosted an interview with her It Ends With Us costars and failed to discuss the serious message behind the movie. 

The film, which is based off Colleen Hoover’s novel of the same name, follows a woman named Lily Bloom, played by Blake, who becomes embroiled in an abusive relationship with a man named Ryle Kincaid, portrayed by Justin.

But when Blake sat down with fellow cast members Jenny Slate and Isabela Ferrer, as well as author Colleen, last week to discuss the new flick, many people were left unamused by the lighthearted nature of their conversation. 

The four women giggled together as they discussed everything from their dream jobs to their zodiac signs, but there was no mention of domestic violence during their chat. 

Social media users were quick to slam them – particularly Blake, who hosted the interview – for partaking in the breezy questionnaire given the serious nature of the film, and for failing to speak about the topic. 

‘I’m very confused. You missed the entire purpose of the movie. I’m sad and disappointed,’ one person wrote.

‘This is a movie about abuse, can you promote please appropriately?’ another asked.

Someone else added, ‘Blake is only here for the fashion and that’s all. She ain’t interested in the message this movie brings. Shallow.’

‘As someone who has read the book, as someone who liked Blake, and as a DV survivor… to say that this is so disappointing would be an understatement,’ a fourth comment read.

A fifth said, ‘This is the most tone deaf thing I’ve ever seen. This movie is about domestic violence, why are you promoting it like it’s a Barbie movie?’

‘When are you gonna talk about domestic violence? Trying to play this movie off as a fun romcom is wrong and disgusting,’ a different user scathed.

‘We don’t wanna hear about shows and your new hair care routine we wanna hear about the victims and how prevalent domestic violence remains in society. You have been given a platform, use it.’ 

Several hours later, Blake took to Instagram to share information about domestic violence, as well as some resources for her followers.

She shared a series of links, which included a phone hotline for victims of domestic violence, as well as statistics and other information. 

‘Everyone deserves relationships free of domestic violence,’ she wrote. 

In addition, there’s been speculation that Blake and Justin, 40 – who on top of starring in the film also directed it and served as one of the producers – are feuding.

The rumors first arose after fans noticed the two failed to do any press together leading up to the film’s release.

In addition, the on-screen love interests were not pictured together at the US premiere last week.

Eagle-eyed social media users also noticed that both Blake and author Colleen unfollowed Justin on Instagram recently.

A source told DailyMail.com that Blake and Justin clashed over his ‘dismissive’ attitude to her ‘input’ while they were filming scenes that involved abuse.

The insider claimed that Justin only focused on ‘what he believed was the abusive male viewpoint’ and had a very ‘chauvinistic’ approach to the topic. 

‘During scenes depicting abuse, Justin failed to consider Blake’s character’s perspective, instead focusing solely on what he believed was the abusive male viewpoint,’ they said. 

‘His approach was very chauvinistic, creating a tense atmosphere on set.’

The source claimed Justin was ‘borderline abusive’ on set, and said he ‘almost became the character.’ 

‘Justin almost became the character in the sense that some women on set felt he was borderline abusive to them and that he was unprofessional and unapologetic,’ they said.

‘Directing a film so serious and so important about domestic abuse without allowing the women to be included in this process is disturbing.’