MAGAZINE BOSSES BLAME JOHANSSON ‘LIES’ ON FREELANCE REPORTER
Magazine bosses accused of fabricating an interview with SCARLETT JOHANSSON are blaming the controversy on a freelance reporter.
The actress was furious when the U.K. edition of Cosmopolitan put her on its cover, accompanied by an interview in which she seemingly spoke openly about her marriage to Ryan Reynolds.
She was quoted as saying, "Ryan has a very romantic side. We both enjoy remembering little things that make us happy." But Johansson insists she never gave the interview and the quotes are fabricated. Her spokesperson complains, "(The article is an) obvious attempt…
to gain monetarily by misinforming their readers. (Johansson) has at no point granted UK. Cosmopolitan an interview, and she has never discussed her personal relationships with the publication." Cosmopolitan editors have now spoken out, revealing the marriage quotes were provided by a freelance journalist who claimed to have interviewed the star. A statement reveals, "UK Cosmopolitan printed an interview with Scarlett Johansson that included quotes from an agency journalist regarding the actress’s marriage. We ran these quotes in good faith with the understanding that the interview was carried out with the approval of Ms. Johansson and her publicist. UK Cosmopolitan is taking the complaints by Ms. Johansson’s publicist seriously and is investigating the matter further."
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