Journalist ‘bullied’ by Blake Lively speaks out amid Justin Baldoni sexual harassment suit: “Just wanted to… See more

A journalist who came forward earlier this year to claim she was bullied by Blake Lively in 2016 is now fighting back claims the allegations were merely part of a smear campaign designed to defame the star.

Norwegian reporter Kjersti Flaa, 51, sat down with Lively and then-co star Parker Posey at the time, opening the conversation by congratulating the then-28-year-old on her ‘little bump.’

The Gossip Girl alum – fresh after announcing her second pregnancy with husband Ryan Reynolds – sarcastically responded: ‘Congrats on your little bump.’

The exchange proceeded to fade into relative obscurity, before making headlines this past August when the entertainment reporter suddenly uploaded it to her YouTube after eight years.

Titling the clip ‘The Blake Lively interview that made me want to quit my job’, Flaa told DailyMail.com at the time she released it so ‘that people behaving badly in Hollywood, or anywhere else for that matter, get called out for it.’

Days ago, in a legal complaint filed by Lively, it emerged that there may have been a campaign to tarnish the 37-year-old’s reputation, after she accused actor Justin Baldoni of misconduct on the set of ‘It Ends With Us.’