Anne Hathaway Apologizes To Journalist After Cringe Interview From 2012 Goes Viral

LOADINGERROR LOADINGAfter getting slammed on the internet due to a resurfaced clip of an uncomfortable 2012 interview with journalist Kjersti Flaa, Anne Hathaway has apologized.“Yesterday, I did receive an email.It was from Anne Hathaway’s publicist, and he forwarded a message to me from Anne Hathaway,” Flaa said in a YouTube video uploaded Tuesday.

“I would have to say, I was pretty shocked.I had not expected her to reach out to me at all.

I thought she was never gonna even see that video.But she did.

And she did something pretty amazing.” Advertisement In the video, Flaa, a Norwegian entertainment journalist, said the “Devil Wears Prada” star sent her a “long email” to explain “what she was going through” at the time, and apologized for giving Flaa ― in Flaa’s words ― “an awful interview, basically.” Flaa made headlines this summer when she said she’d nearly quit her job after a “nightmare” 2016 interview with Blake Lively.Last week, she published a throwback clip from a 2012 interview she did with Hathaway during a press tour for “Les Misérables,” the movie for which Hathaway would eventually win an Oscar for best supporting actress.As seen in the original footage from their interview, Flaa kicked off their conversation the same way she was opening all of her interviews with the stars of the musical ― by lightheartedly asking Hathaway if she’d answer her first question in the form of a song.“Can I sing [the question] to you, and you can sing back the answer?” Flaa said with a laugh.Hathaway declined.

“Well, I won’t be doing that,” she said, “but you’re more than welcome to sing.” As the interview continued, Flaa asked Hathaway questions such as “Do you remember your first crush?” and whether she believed “love was more passionate” during the era that “Les Misérables” takes place.Advertisement Hathaway didn’t offer much, responding to Flaa’s questions with a simple “No�...