Months after Blake Lively faced widespread backlash for her lighthearted promotion of a film about domestic violence, the “It Ends With Us” actress alleged in a complaint that her co-star Justin Baldoni sexually harassed her on set, then hired a crisis PR firm to coordinate a smear campaign against her to silence her.

Lively’s 2016 interview with journalist Kjersti Flaa went viral in August amid rumors of tension between the actress and Baldoni on the “It Ends With Us” set.

Kjersti Flaa, the journalist who previously said an interview with Blake Lively made her want to "quit" her job, has denied being part of an alleged smear campaign against the actress. "OK, so I have to say something because now I see that things are starting to snowball and people start thinking that I had