Flaawsome Talk with Kjersti Flaa - Salma's Message to Blake !!

00:00:00.000 Well, now it's pretty clear that Salma Hayek is not Team Blake anymore.

00:00:10.140 Hi and welcome to Flossom Talk. I'm Jashti Floor, journalist, Hollywood truth teller and your voice of reason in a town built on delusion.

00:00:18.900 Well, we got some great news. Justin Baldone is doing a movie with his ex-co-star from Jane the Virgin, Gina Rodriguez.

00:00:29.640 and he shared the best hug I've seen in a really really long time between the two of them on his

00:00:36.620 Instagram. And let's talk about Salma Hayek's big blow to Blake Lively. Remember how Blake used

00:00:44.300 Salma very strategically in the middle of this legal feud with Justin Baldoni just a week or so

00:00:51.220 after it became public that she had a feud with Taylor Swift. Well now it's pretty clear that

00:00:57.100 Samo Hayek is not Team Blake anymore.

00:01:00.500 Also, there is a very interesting extra layer to that Sydney Sweeney ad that no one's talking about.

00:01:06.680 Let's look at our boyfriend Scooter Braun's secret political message in Sydney's ad.

00:01:12.700 And it was the Emmys yesterday.

00:01:15.040 I haven't watched the show, but I've seen what people look like on the red carpet.

00:01:19.840 But I have to say, look more like an exhibit at Madame Tussauds than actual real people

00:01:25.880 posing at an award show.

00:01:27.980 There's so much to talk about.

00:01:29.300 But before we get into any of that, I wanted to promote my documentary.

00:01:32.880 I have a documentary on Amazon that is available to rent and to buy.

00:01:39.300 It's called Social Media Killed the Movie Star.

00:01:42.780 And it's based on my years as a journalist, my interactions with celebrities talking about

00:01:49.360 social media and how it has affected their careers and how it has affected Hollywood in general. It's

00:01:55.960 a very light documentary. It's only 50 minutes long so if you have the time I would really appreciate

00:02:02.220 it. It's available in all these countries and hopefully even more soon. This film is basically

00:02:09.100 about the double-edged sword of social media and how actors were forced to become active on social

00:02:15.000 media to share personal stuff and at the same time how that stripped away all that mystery

00:02:20.400 and magic that made the movie stars to begin with. I will share the trailer of the film at the end of

00:02:26.780 this episode and I will also leave a link below so you can go and watch it on Amazon and if you

00:02:31.820 want to leave a review afterwards that would just be incredibly amazing. Anyways let's jump into all

00:02:40.000 the other news here. So as I said, Justin Baldoni just announced that he's doing a movie with Gina

00:02:46.060 Rodriguez. Deadline did an exclusive on this. How interesting. Deadline is the outlet that's been

00:02:53.300 really supportive or really biased, we could say, towards Blake Lively throughout this whole legal

00:02:59.400 thing. It is obviously a different journalist who wrote this story where we learn that Gina

00:03:05.120 Rodriguez is directing this is her directorial debut and Justin Baldoni is producing the film

00:03:12.200 it's called House of Guerrero and it is a movie about a boxer I guess that's all we know so far

00:03:18.860 Wafer Studios is co-perusing this film with Rodriguez's own production company I can and I

00:03:26.300 will and the two of them share the most beautiful hug that Justin shared on his Instagram it's funny

00:03:33.860 when you follow the legal feud because as you might then remember, Blake Limey was extremely

00:03:39.000 critical of the hugging going on on the sets. She testified that there was a culture of hugging and

00:03:47.400 so did her makeup artist, by the way, which was so funny, a little side note there because she said

00:03:52.740 in her deposition that, yeah, she witnessed this culture of hugging and then Justin Baldoni was

00:03:58.320 asked about it in his deposition and he was like, funny that she said that because she was usually

00:04:03.700 the one that initiated the hugs on me. I mean, yeah. All the toxic positivity as well as you

00:04:10.940 might remember she accused him of. It was so positive that it became really toxic. So that's

00:04:16.200 why I found it extra rewarding that they shared this really, really long hug. Anyways, let's look

00:04:23.220 at Salma Hayek and how she blew off Blake Lively from this huge event in New York City a couple of 1.00

00:04:29.180 days ago thank you shy stuff for sending me this by the way so sama hayek and her husband organized

00:04:36.720 a huge charity event as you might know her husband francois henry pinot i don't know if i said that

00:04:45.260 right he is a billionaire and he owns a lot of luxury brands so this event was on behalf of his

00:04:53.680 company Keering who owns amongst other luxury brands Balenciaga which is kind of ironic

00:04:59.380 because this event was in support to end violence against women and children so if you follow that

00:05:10.080 controversy surrounding Balenciaga a few years ago and their ad campaign featuring children which

00:05:16.720 was extremely disturbing you probably understand why this was a bit ironic but anyways that happened

00:05:24.600 in 2022 and that's also when they started doing these events and at this event sama hayek invited

00:05:32.520 a lot of her hollywood friends amongst them were paris hilton pamela anderson benicio del toro

00:05:39.840 Dakota Johnson, Rita Ora, Coleman Domingo, Karlie Kloss, and Julianne Moore.

00:05:46.340 And Salma even posted a photo with Dakota Johnson.

00:05:49.460 As you know, Dakota Johnson is a very close friend of Taylor Swift.

00:05:54.760 And Karlie Kloss used to be a close friend.

00:05:57.880 And then they had a follow-up.

00:05:59.260 But then she was invited to Taylor Swift's wedding.

00:06:02.520 And you might remember that last year,

00:06:06.380 Sama Hayek did attend a dinner with Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds.

00:06:12.600 Blake made sure that the paparazzi picked this up,

00:06:15.880 and there was a photo of her, Sama, and her sister in People magazine.

00:06:21.420 And they could also confirm that Ryan Reynolds was present.

00:06:24.380 And this dinner happened just a week or so

00:06:26.860 after Taylor Swift and Blake Lively's feud became public.

00:06:31.780 So this was obviously a power play by Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds to show Taylor Swift like, hey, I have A-list friends, I don't need you.

00:06:42.880 And also a dig at Justin Baldoni, hey, look who I'm with here, Salma Hayek.

00:06:48.300 So it's pretty obvious what Blake Lively was doing.

00:06:50.760 Just after this, Salma Hayek gave some quotes here.

00:06:54.900 According to Ola Magazine, in May of 2025, they said Sama Hayek keeps it cool in New York City after gushing about her bond with Blake Lively.

00:07:04.160 Sama kept things low-key in New York City on Friday, just days after opening up about her tight-knit friendship with Blake Lively.

00:07:12.080 Right in the middle of the actress' rumored fallout with longtime bestie Taylor Swift.

00:07:17.580 Earlier in the week, Sama was spotted grabbing dinner with the Gossip Girl alum.

00:07:21.100 On Tuesday, their catch-up came at a particular dramatic moment.

00:07:26.200 The very public unraveling of Lively's decade-long friendship with Swift.

00:07:31.880 The drama unfolded last week when the Grammy-winning singer was subpoenaed

00:07:35.800 in connection with Lively's legal battle involving it ends with us co-star director Justin Baldoni.

00:07:41.300 So yeah, this was obviously a very strategic moment to go out to dinner with Salma Hayek.

00:07:47.120 So if Salma Hayek is still a friend of Blake Lively, why would she not invite her to this event?

00:07:54.080 Especially considering how Blake was criticized for not supporting DV victims during the premiere of It Ends With Us.

00:08:03.200 And this event is especially for that.

00:08:07.180 And this event was also in New York City where Blake Lively lives.

00:08:10.900 Yeah, so why wasn't Blake there?

00:08:13.140 Salma's also gushed about her friendship with Ryan Reynolds.

00:08:16.040 They were in two movies together, the hitman's bodyguard and the hitman's bodyguard wife.

00:08:22.000 And Blake was in Savages with Sama Hayek.

00:08:26.640 And Sama gave her this amazing speech at a women's luncheon organized by Variety.

00:08:33.740 So I don't think we need a bigger sign than this from Sama Hayek

00:08:38.580 that her friendship with Blake Lively is over.

00:08:42.200 I bet you Blake's PR team is working really hard trying to get her invited to things that

00:08:49.620 will make her look good, but it's not happening.

00:08:52.900 Anyways, let's look more into the Sydney Sweeney ad.

00:08:55.920 I spoke about this yesterday and I didn't know about this detail then.

00:08:59.820 I spoke about the backlash from other female athletes and while Sydney Sweeney is talking 1.00

00:09:04.740 about sports, while she's basically just selling a gambling app. 0.83

00:09:08.680 But anyways, there's a lot of controversies about that.

00:09:11.820 But I didn't notice this. If you listen carefully at the end of the ad, you can hear the song by

00:09:19.740 Anderson Parks called Come Down. That song is based on the national anthem of Israel, Hatikva.

00:09:31.760 So why would Sydney Sweeney pick that song for her ad about gambling while being nude?

00:09:41.100 Also interesting that she's saying in the ad, no politics, no mention market, no betting on wars or deaths, and no politics.

00:09:50.620 She's specifically saying no politics.

00:09:53.560 And then her commercial ends with one of the most politically charged national melodies imaginable at this particular moment in time. 0.98

00:10:02.780 We all know that Sydney Sweeney doesn't want to discuss her political views in public.

00:10:08.840 So that's why I found it so interesting that she would pick this song for this ad.

00:10:17.380 So that brings me again, as I also spoke about a little bit yesterday,

00:10:22.180 her boyfriend, Scooter Braun, who is publicly very supportive of Israel and he's Jewish.

00:10:30.520 And there's been report lately that he's been bringing Sydney to the synagogue.

00:10:35.020 So that kind of made me wonder, did Scooter Braun play a part in this ad?

00:10:40.880 Because there's no way that it's an accident that they're using this music.

00:10:45.560 This music is from 2016.

00:10:48.000 It's 10 years old.

00:10:49.180 It's not like they picked a song right now that's popular or that's viral.

00:10:54.960 It is a very specific choice.

00:10:57.840 And that, again, brings me to the people defending Sydney Sweeney's choice, 1.00

00:11:03.000 saying hey she can do whatever she wants with her body if she wants to take her clothes off she can

00:11:08.300 do that and i think people that are saying that are completely missing the point here by the way 0.78

00:11:12.500 she can do that as much as she wants it's her body the problem for me is that she's trying to

00:11:17.920 make it look like she owns this this is her choice and the ceo of the company that she's doing this

00:11:26.540 ad for came out and said that it was Sydney's choice to do this nude so it comes off like

00:11:33.120 she's making all these decisions she's a woman in control of her own image this is what she wants

00:11:39.620 to do and you shouldn't criticize her for that but to me she's just not selling anything that's

00:11:45.700 empowering because I find it very hard to believe that it was her choice to put that song in there

00:11:52.180 She's quietly being used to promote her boyfriend's political views.

00:11:57.980 And that makes her just a pawn in a powerful man's game.

00:12:02.160 Yeah, I don't buy it.

00:12:03.500 Just a reminder here.

00:12:05.000 Page Six said in a recent article that back in September of 2025,

00:12:11.440 a source told them that Braun was likely to merge romance and business,

00:12:16.580 saying it's just a matter of time.

00:12:19.160 And that source also said any restraint in the relationship probably won't last long when it comes down to his urge to market everything.

00:12:28.940 And the source added, he'll start posting about her.

00:12:32.800 He'll probably get more involved in her career.

00:12:35.940 The source told us it was just part of Braun's personality and what makes him an excellent businessman.

00:12:42.600 So, yeah, it's all in the details.

00:12:44.420 So my big question is, would Sydney Sweeney have added that song if she wasn't dating Scooter Braun?

00:12:51.800 Let me know what you think. 1.00

00:12:53.180 Okay, let's jump to the Emmys last night.

00:12:56.720 As I said, I wasn't watching the show.

00:12:59.040 I've been watching little snippets here and there.

00:13:01.360 But what I found so fascinating was when I was scrolling through the photos of what the stars looked like on the red carpet.

00:13:09.760 It reminded me of Madame Tussauds.

00:13:12.620 they all look like wax figures and I'm not saying this to shame any of these women because they

00:13:19.700 obviously look beautiful in their own way it's just like they don't look like humans anymore

00:13:26.100 it's so funny if Hollywood has been promoting diversity and representation they cannot represent 0.97

00:13:33.240 a woman's real age that is like the biggest no-no in Hollywood and the thing is no one really looks

00:13:39.940 younger than they are they just look like they've done a lot of stuff trying to look young i'm not 0.99

00:13:45.360 saying that no one should do botox or fillers i've been guilty of that myself i stopped doing it

00:13:51.100 because i thought i looked weird but now i think we've gotten to a place of blindness so now when

00:13:57.200 we see a woman who's actually aged naturally we're like what's wrong with her she looks really rough

00:14:04.400 she's got wrinkles and then we call it aging gracefully it's just called aging and I think 1.00

00:14:10.560 it's really really sad that all these women feel the need to look so weird because they do look 0.98

00:14:18.140 weird I was looking at a lot of the promos that Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman did for their 0.81

00:14:24.320 movie that's coming out or that's already come out Practical Magic 2 and their faces are just

00:14:31.240 off and I can't watch movies like that anymore. I can't invest in a story when it's told by a woman 1.00

00:14:40.400 or a person who has no story on her face. How am I going to believe what this person is trying to 1.00

00:14:48.120 show me with her emotions when I can't read her emotions because you can't tell on her face if

00:14:55.100 she's angry, if she's sad, if she's happy because it looks exactly the same and they're supposed to

00:15:01.460 represent art according to themselves and their faces are their canvas. So how does that make

00:15:10.240 any sense? I was watching a very interesting video. I think it was Halle Berry who actually

00:15:16.980 said that. She was describing that when people can tell that you're aging it is a sign of failure

00:15:24.260 and I think that is so spot on. We are told that we're failing, that we're not taking really good

00:15:31.160 care of ourselves if we look like we've aged and I mean of course everyone should do whatever makes

00:15:38.220 them feel good. I'm not criticizing anyone, please, I'm not criticizing anyone for doing

00:15:43.780 Botox or fillers or to try to look their best. I am criticizing this extreme who is putting the

00:15:50.800 pressure on these women to look like that? Is it us? Other women? Is it men? Is it the industry? 0.91

00:15:57.980 Why do they choose to do this? Or is it a choice actually to look like this? I was really sad when

00:16:05.180 I saw Selena Gomez on the red carpet. I don't know if she had too much Botox on one side because her 1.00

00:16:11.000 eye was droopy, but she's 34 years old. And now you can't tell her age. And I think when you start

00:16:17.820 erasing your real face, people start just morphing into one kind of look, one kind of face with the

00:16:25.020 same lips, with the same cheekbones. Everything just looks inauthentic. So when I see a face like

00:16:31.020 Jamie Lee Curtis, for example, who's very pro-aging, I don't know if I can really say that, she's very

00:16:36.540 pro-being natural. Her face has so much life. She is really funny too, which helps, but her face has

00:16:44.540 lived and we can see it and it's attractive. When I see someone like Nicole Kidman, that doesn't

00:16:50.760 look like a woman who's in control of her life. That looks like a woman who believes that she's 0.84

00:16:56.660 not good enough and she has to do all that stuff to be accepted. And I think that is really, really

00:17:02.320 sad. Anyways, that's my rant about aging. Obviously, I don't like aging myself. And when I look at

00:17:09.920 myself in the mirror I'm like oh my god my neck this that should I do something most women and

00:17:16.180 men have their own insecurities about aging and as I said before here on my channel one of my

00:17:21.500 friends in LA said to me you know there comes a time in a woman's life where she has to choose

00:17:26.860 if she wants to look old or if she wants to look weird let me know what you think anyways that's

00:17:33.300 it for me today you guys thank you so much for watching and thanks to Oscar my executive producer

00:17:38.880 who's done a great job today he is aging peacefully and gracefully over there as always

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Flaawsome Talk with Kjersti Flaa - September 16, 2026

Salma's Message to Blake !!

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