Flaawsome Talk with Kjersti Flaa - Blake's PUBLIC Statement BACKFIRES Big Time !!

00:00:00.000 This is the work I'm most proud of.

00:00:03.420 This lawsuit, this whole thing, is the work that Blake Lively is most proud of.

00:00:13.880 Hi and welcome to Folsom Talk. I'm Jashti Floor, journalist, Hollywood truth teller,

00:00:17.860 and your voice of reason in a town built on delusion.

00:00:21.160 Okay, I had to jump on here on a Sunday because this is just crazy to me,

00:00:25.960 what Blake Lively just did.

00:00:27.700 She came out, I'm sure you've already seen it in the press, she came out with a statement

00:00:32.380 saying that she's so grateful to the judge for throwing out 10 out of her 13 claims.

00:00:38.220 This letter that she signed with the dragon, by the way, is outrageous.

00:00:43.440 And this morning she continued on her victim victory lap with an Instagram post saying,

00:00:51.640 momming always continues on.

00:00:54.120 remember she's a mom she has children and you should definitely feel sorry for her while she

00:01:00.740 is fighting this fight on behalf of everyone else interestingly enough in this letter she's not a

00:01:07.620 victim of sh anymore and she doesn't even mention a smear campaign now it's about retaliation and

00:01:14.080 it's about the system and the playbook also where is ryan reynolds in all of this he hasn't come out

00:01:20.700 publicly and defended his wife. Remember what he said this summer, that Justin Baldoni could only

00:01:26.240 dream of being a man that he actually is. He stayed completely silenced, except that we know

00:01:34.020 that he threatened WME again to come out and support Blake Lively in the press.

00:01:41.600 This is the most embarrassing thing I've ever witnessed. Also, by the way, there is a meeting

00:01:46.340 tomorrow. The judge wants to talk to both parties separately. He is obviously going to try to

00:01:53.660 convince them to settle. But with everything Blake Lively has come out with since Friday,

00:01:59.840 saying that she is ready to keep fighting, it would surprise me if she actually agrees to any

00:02:06.660 sort of settlement. Because she's not like regular people, and neither is Ryan Reynolds. And these

00:02:12.200 two egos will never give up. That's my personal opinion anyways. And of course, the media has

00:02:18.640 reacted to this letter and the headlines are brutal. Okay, so let's look at what Blake Riley

00:02:24.240 posted on Friday on her Instagram. She said, I'm grateful for the court's ruling, which allowed the

00:02:30.400 heart of my case to be presented to a jury next month. She's so grateful to the judge for tossing

00:02:37.460 out 10 of her 13 claims all the most important claims she's really grateful for the judge to

00:02:43.860 toss them out try to make sense of that and for the ability to finally tell my story full at trial

00:02:51.580 so she says that she hasn't been able to tell her story now she brought this case on over a year ago

00:02:57.500 and it's been one year of discovery so far and we've seen all the evidence but she hasn't told

00:03:03.120 her story yet and also remember Blake is a storyteller so this is her story it's not what

00:03:08.760 actually happened it's not based on any evidence but it's just her story and she said to tell my

00:03:14.600 my story in fuller trial for my own sake so now it's just about her obviously but also okay for

00:03:21.980 those who don't have the same opportunity to many of whom I've known and loved deeply in my life and

00:03:28.080 the countless I will never know. So she's doing this obviously on behalf of all the people she

00:03:34.040 doesn't know. And what is it exactly that she's doing here? That's a very interesting point as

00:03:38.980 well I think. What is she doing? Spending taxpayers money on trying to become popular again? She is a 1.00

00:03:45.840 wealthy famous person. What is she doing for other people? And so far in this case we haven't seen her

00:03:52.760 stand up for anything but herself. And then this is my favorite part. The last thing I wanted in

00:03:58.280 my life was a lawsuit. So why did you file a lawsuit if it is the last thing you wanted in

00:04:03.940 your life? But I brought this case because of the pervasive retaliation I faced and continue to for

00:04:11.380 privately and professionally asking for a safe working environment for myself. And then she adds

00:04:17.120 and others but it's always for herself and for me and for the retaliation that I faced

00:04:23.040 and then she just throws on and others at the end so it seems like she's doing this for world peace

00:04:29.240 then she says I hope the court's decision shows others that as unfathomably painful as it is

00:04:35.760 you can speak up okay so why would people speak up if it's so unfathomable painful that you will

00:04:42.480 get physical pain from it because she says that later on in this statement as well why would anyone

00:04:47.420 speak up then if it's this painful and basically 80 of your lawsuit gets tossed out it doesn't make

00:04:54.320 much sense to me and she continues don't be distracted by the digital soap opera that she 0.96

00:04:59.720 created by the way by saying and doing stupid things and by planting stories in the media 0.99

00:05:06.080 and continues to plant stories in the media by the way. The constant packaging of the lawsuit 0.99

00:05:13.080 as a celebrity drama is not only irresponsible but it's by design to keep you from seeing yourself

00:05:20.200 in my story. Well who can see themselves in this story? I wonder who on earth can see themselves

00:05:29.320 in this story what she has done can anyone recognize themselves in her story it is a

00:05:36.420 celebrity drama but there are unfortunately some real victims here and of course that is

00:05:41.960 Justin Baldoni, Jamie Heese, Steve Sarowitz, Jennifer Abel and Melissa Nathan and now she says

00:05:48.000 the physical pain from digital violence is very real what physical pain did she slip and fall

00:05:56.960 when she read a comment on Instagram.

00:06:00.100 She's not really saying what that physical pain really is,

00:06:03.840 but I guess we just have to take her word for it.

00:06:06.760 And then she says, it is abuse.

00:06:09.000 And it's everywhere all of a sudden,

00:06:11.200 not just in the news, but in your communities and schools.

00:06:16.480 So now she's saying this is a problem for everyone else too.

00:06:20.600 Not just her, not just celebrities,

00:06:23.720 not just famous, super wealthy people.

00:06:25.880 it's your problem too so you better listen to Blake if you're looking my claims won't be the

00:06:31.660 first or last you'll see examples of the extreme dangers of retaliation and digital warfare

00:06:38.080 strong words here and it's not her story or her you know her evidence it's just her claims that's

00:06:46.900 also interesting she's using that vague like legal term here and it often won't be directed 0.97

00:06:52.420 at celebrities or those who may and it often won't be directed as celebrities or those who

00:06:57.880 may be able to speak up what does she mean by that it often won't be directed as celebrities

00:07:02.380 or those who may be able to speak up so it's directed at other people too i mean i guess

00:07:07.440 that's what she means here it affects us all again she's dragging the entire world into this

00:07:13.360 across the political spectrum pay attention to all the ways we can be manipulated online oh yes we

00:07:21.200 are paying attention to that, Blake. And you are one of the reasons that we started paying

00:07:25.500 more attention to that. Anyways, digital manipulation has been boasted as untraceable

00:07:32.400 by you, Blake, by no one else. If you have kids on phones, they are some of the most vulnerable.

00:07:39.960 Protect them. Have conversations with them. Where is all of this coming from now? Now she is the

00:07:46.700 voice of all women who has children on all parents who speak to their children about this

00:07:52.680 digital warfare going on anyways here comes my truly my favorite part of this statement it's

00:07:58.700 amazing it's a studies estimate that between 16 and 58 that's like where does that number come

00:08:07.200 from where did you pick up this number from between 16 and 58 of women have experienced

00:08:13.240 online abuse or stalking and here comes something like I don't understand at all with 97% of gender 0.99

00:08:19.000 based violence service providers reporting technology facilities abuse in their cases

00:08:25.280 make sense of that sentence you guys this is one of the reasons also that I believe that Blake

00:08:32.540 did not get any help to write this letter okay there's so many things in this letter that tells

00:08:37.820 me that she didn't run this through her attorneys she didn't even run this maybe through Ryan I

00:08:42.680 don't know because she's saying things like that makes it so obvious to me but this is something

00:08:47.440 that Blake Wright wrote all by herself and then she says so much critical work has already been

00:08:52.820 done to expose system tactics and players to harm the work to create more safety is in part a trial

00:09:00.160 but it will also will continue far after this trial is over this is the work I'm most proud of

00:09:06.140 this lawsuit this whole thing is the work that blake lively is most proud of chew on that for

00:09:14.440 a second and now she's talking about systems being exposed it's not about exposing justin

00:09:19.840 baldoni or jeremy heath or melissa nathan or everyone else that she thinks is involved are

00:09:25.240 involved in this smear campaign that is now no no longer a smear campaign by the way it's just a

00:09:31.120 retaliation campaign now. But now it's a system. The system is who she is exposing. And she 1.00

00:09:38.240 continues, I couldn't begin to stand up if not for the countless who've gone before me and the masses

00:09:45.380 who are still around us all, creating law, social change, sparking conversations, rallying, working

00:09:52.760 privately and publicly, risking and sometimes losing everything for the safety of others in all

00:09:59.320 spaces that's what Blake Lively does she's just done this for everyone else that's why she wanted

00:10:05.700 650 million dollars from Justin Baldoni and the Wayfair parties because she's doing it for everyone

00:10:11.580 else and if she at least had pledged some of that money to some victims of whatever SH was the

00:10:19.900 victim she was talking about before this before they were all tossed out but now we know this is

00:10:23.480 the most important part so she would pledge some of this money maybe to people who have been

00:10:28.640 victims of online harassment and whatever but it's not about that it's about Blake Lively being

00:10:35.760 popular again and Blake Lively getting tons of money that she doesn't even have enough time to 0.91

00:10:41.960 spend and then she says some whose names we know most we don't thank you all of you so she's so

00:10:50.440 grateful for everyone who's fought this fight before her and now it's her turn to fight for

00:10:57.560 everyone. She says here, I will never stop doing my part in fighting to expose the system and people

00:11:05.500 who seek to harm, shame, silence, and retaliate against victims. That sentence to me is really

00:11:13.280 funny because that's exactly what she did to all content creators. She tried to shame and silence 1.00

00:11:19.740 and harm so many content creators a lot of them being women just because they spoke out and told

00:11:28.600 the truth about her and this lawsuit and she says I know it's a privilege to be able to stand up

00:11:35.740 I will not waste it and then she puts an emoji dragon

00:11:42.080 and then she says your support keeps me going so why did she put a drag in there

00:11:50.280 she puts an easter egg in these statements which is so toned up that i don't even have words for it

00:11:58.380 is she trying to tell us that her and taylor are still friends even though she's not invited to

00:12:05.000 her wedding and her husband or husband-to-be has unfollowed her and ryan on instagram

00:12:10.820 or is this dragon just ryan now because she doesn't have many others left but the fact that

00:12:17.280 she actually finished this off with an emoji just says everything you need to know about blake

00:12:23.220 lively that emoji is who she is so yes she wants us to start speculating obviously why she put that

00:12:31.800 dragon there which tells me that this is not serious at all and then she also posted a letter

00:12:37.960 from her attorney and what he said about this case I'll get into that as well this week and then

00:12:43.680 of course she cherry-picked some of the things that the judge said in his ruling that would

00:12:49.620 support her in moving forward with the claims she's allowed to move forward with exactly what

00:12:55.540 she did in that New York Times piece when she cherry-picked text messages to create her own

00:13:00.500 narrative and then of course she's so grateful to everyone that supports her which are like three

00:13:06.200 people now, Leslie Sloan, Ryan Reynolds, and Ryan's mom, or maybe her sister too, by the way.

00:13:11.220 Anyways, Paris Morgan reacted to this. I thought this was very well said. He said,

00:13:15.460 I've read a lot of laughable, disingenuous, celebrity guff in my time, but this statement

00:13:21.520 by Blake Lively takes the proverbial biscuit. She is destroying her brand with this ridiculous case 0.98

00:13:29.420 and is now reduced to playing the, I'm doing it for the world's children. Pathetic. 1.00

00:13:35.580 So let's see how the media reacted. TMC says, Blake Lively, the dragon has awoken. They are 1.00

00:13:44.320 ridiculing her, obviously, with that headline. And it says here, Blake Lively is going dragon

00:13:49.560 mode after a judge tossed out her SH claims against Justin. She says, the heart of a lawsuit

00:13:55.920 is still intact and she's looking forward to her day in court. People Magazine says,

00:14:01.980 Blake Lively addresses unfathomably painful Justin Baldoni case using dragon emoji vows to keep

00:14:10.220 fighting amid setback. Also taking a dig at Blake with that headline I know it's a privilege to be

00:14:17.660 able to stand up I will not waste it the end it ends with a star vote to her followers. This is

00:14:23.420 so embarrassing for her the internet is flooded with these kind of headlines. Daily Mail said

00:14:30.260 Blake Lively won't drop flailing legal case against Justin Baldoni recasting in a battle

00:14:37.000 against digital violence rather than SH. So they're calling her out on this as well. You know,

00:14:44.060 before you were speaking up for all women who had experienced SH in the workplace and a toxic

00:14:49.160 workplace. And now it's like, oh, I'm speaking for everyone in the world for digital violence.

00:14:53.800 And they say, Blake Lively said that she's grateful for the judge ruling as she reacted

00:14:58.720 to her SH claims against Baldoni being tossed out this week amid their legal battle. And then

00:15:04.140 they're repeating this entire letter. It says, I'm grateful for the court's ruling, which allows the

00:15:08.340 heart of my case to move forward. Anyways, just this article has 700 comments. People are going

00:15:15.340 bananas in the comment sections. And then page six says, Blake Lively pleaded for recognition

00:15:21.200 in intense letter, bragging of immense power. So they're talking about that letter she wrote to

00:15:27.540 the pga producers guilt of america that really sank her case again another evidence that blake

00:15:36.040 lively sank her own case by her own words and actions and the fact is that we've been talking

00:15:42.100 about this for a long time that she took so much control over this movie and that didn't make her

00:15:47.460 an employee and of course she could have left this project whenever she wanted to but the rest

00:15:51.880 of the world who's only read headlines in this case which goes for like 99 of people i think

00:15:57.340 They didn't realize until now, I'm assuming that Blake Lively took so much control over this movie.

00:16:04.920 And because of this ruling, they now know what actually happened.

00:16:09.480 And Daily Mail did the same thing.

00:16:11.500 Read Blake Lively's five-page bragging letter about her immense powers, 77 bullet points of pure cringe, dot, dot, dot, 0.96

00:16:21.640 as her own words backfire spectacularly in case against Justin Baldoni.

00:16:27.340 It's interesting because they're mentioning one of the points they're saying that including that she led the location shift from Boston to New York and went through hundreds of casting tapes to find the actress who played the young version of Lily Bloom.

00:16:39.860 As you know, there was a leaked audio not too long ago, a voice memo from Justin to Blake where he told Blake, I've looked through hundreds of audition tapes and I think I found the right Lily, young Lily.

00:16:53.900 and he was talking about Isabella Ferrer and another actress.

00:16:57.320 I don't remember her name now, which was a fan favorite.

00:16:59.980 But he said, I think you will like Isabella.

00:17:02.020 She looks more like you. 0.78

00:17:03.600 So it's obvious that Justin found Lily

00:17:07.200 and that Blake basically lied to producers Guilt of America

00:17:10.740 to get that mark that she also had a hand in the casting here. 0.96

00:17:14.180 So again, her own words are backfiring on her

00:17:18.240 and the fact that she was bragging so much

00:17:20.540 about everything that she did on this movie completely.

00:17:23.900 destroyed her own case and then this is very interesting so yesterday WME you know the talent

00:17:32.480 agency that represents Blake and Ryan and that and the same talent agency who fired Justin

00:17:39.940 Baldoni the same day as that New York Times article hit they now came out and publicly

00:17:47.440 supported Blake. Let's look into this article. WME goes public to back Blake Lively, says she's

00:17:55.860 exposing covert digital takedown campaigns. Isn't that interesting? Why on earth would they come out

00:18:04.800 now and support Blake? I'll get into that in a second. While Blake Lively's SH claims were

00:18:09.700 dismissed, the court signaled that public relations maneuvering by Justin Baldoni's camp

00:18:14.640 would have crossed a line the hollywood reporter says deadline reported on this first by the way

00:18:20.280 and wm and a rep for wme saying here in an industry that too often asks women to absorb 0.65

00:18:25.860 the damage and stay quiet blake lively chose to stand up for herself her castmates and those 0.76

00:18:32.580 without the ability to fight back she has met this moment with courage moral clarity and

00:18:40.380 extraordinary determination wow it says here the announcements of support marks a notable turn in

00:18:50.240 a high-profile clash that's forced some of holly in hollywood some in hollywood to take sides

00:18:56.020 the trial will pit conflicting now the trial will pit conflicting narratives advanced by

00:19:01.480 lively and baldoni against each other with their little wiggle room in between obviously in in

00:19:07.920 In its statement, WME stressed that Lively has helped expose the devastating harm caused by covered digital takedown campaigns designed to intimidate, discredit and drown out the truth.

00:19:20.180 And they're also pointing out that WME denied all allegations that Ryan Reynolds pressured them to fire Justin Baldoni.

00:19:28.860 We've seen the text messages.

00:19:30.760 Remember that now, WME, this is terrible for them.

00:19:34.020 This is so bad for their reputation that they're actually doing this right now

00:19:38.200 because they know that we've seen the texts from Ryan

00:19:41.900 when he's trying to blackmail them into dropping Justin.

00:19:45.260 And then we know that they dropped him right after that New York Times article came out.

00:19:50.220 They didn't have time to investigate.

00:19:51.980 They didn't care if it was even true because we know they don't act so fast on these things

00:19:56.320 because after all, they still represented P. Diddy while he was on trial.

00:20:01.380 Anyways, I got an email from my insider this morning, who knows all parties involved in this case.

00:20:08.140 And that person said to me, all of Hollywood knows this is insane.

00:20:14.140 No establishment would officially come out and support one side right now in a case like this,

00:20:20.580 especially the side that was losing and looking worse and worse, unless they had a gun to their head.

00:20:28.480 which is exactly what everyone is saying this statement sounds like it's directly from ryan

00:20:35.640 demanding their print support demanding their print support or else he's going to leave them

00:20:43.400 and they will lose tens of hundreds of millions of dollars connected to the ryan reynolds money

00:20:48.140 train i would bet my house this person says they are right about this the timing the wording the

00:20:55.720 terrible optics. You only do this when you are threatened. Everyone, and I mean everyone with

00:21:02.900 capital letters, here knows that WME dropped Justin because Ryan pressured them with this

00:21:09.340 insane ranting complaints and he threatened to leave if they didn't. This latest statement in

00:21:15.680 favor of Blake is so embarrassing for WME and they know it looks awful and yet feel they have

00:21:22.780 no choice. Incredible. Totally. So let's see who else is going to come out and support Blake. It

00:21:29.940 doesn't look like her husband is doing that again, which I think is really interesting in this case

00:21:35.580 that Ryan is staying silent right now. Why? Anyways, Blake Lively also posted on Instagram

00:21:42.780 this morning this photo. It's Easter, so I guess there's Easter bunnies that her kids made saying

00:21:47.840 momming always continues on another desperate attempt for us to feel sorry for her and to say 0.93

00:21:55.320 that hey she's speaking for everyone and remember she's a mom and remember she's a wife remember

00:22:01.280 she's a woman all those things and i bet you these kind of articles because this is going to be an 0.99

00:22:07.140 article tomorrow i promise you that that she that people magazine or someone will pick this up and

00:22:12.800 this will continue throughout the weeks ahead of us that they will plan stories like this remember

00:22:18.500 that she is a mom remember she's a good wife and all that thing and all those things remember how

00:22:24.640 relatable she is her kids can't make even easter bunnies either just like yours probably and 1.00

00:22:30.400 remember she's also protecting your children from this digital warfare going on anyways that's it

00:22:36.840 from you guys i hope you're having a lovely sunday and also remember to see if you are subscribed

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00:22:49.120 Bye!

Flaawsome Talk with Kjersti Flaa - April 06, 2026

Blake's PUBLIC Statement BACKFIRES Big Time !!

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