Well, it looks like Cosmopolitan made a little boo-boo and forgot to ask actress Scarlett Johansson and friends permission to use some quotes before fabricating an interview last month. This all took place in the January 2009 UK Issue of Cosmopolitan magazine--she and lawyer are definitely ready to take legal action. Currently, Scarlett's lawyer says that he and the star will sue the magazine in the British courts unless the article is retracted. "We're waiting to see what [Cosmopolitan's] response is" he says.
That's insane, right? And apparently in this edition, during Scarlett's "interview" there were details about her personal life and marriage to her husband, actor Ryan Reynolds. Scarlett's agent said that she hardly ever includes the media inside her (personal) life, especially with intimate details about her and her husband. Her agent described the quotes as 'absolutely fabricated'.
In a statement the National Magazine Company, part of the American media conglomerate Hearst Corporation, said: "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."
Now, that was very very wrong of them--for them to blantantly lie and say that Scarlett and Co., approved the quotes. Good luck to both parties (because I still love my Cosmo!)
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