Charlotte Kirk denies spilling the beans

NEW YORK • Actress Charlotte Kirk has insisted that she did not kiss and tell.

She said she had nothing to do with the publication of a story in the Hollywood Reporter that was based on hundreds of leaked text messages.

WarnerMedia is investigating the issues raised by the story, which suggested that Warner studio chief Kevin Tsujihara, 54, helped promote Kirk, 26, while having an affair - that started in 2013 - with her.

The Hollywood Reporter said he arranged meetings between Kirk and Warner executives working on film and TV projects.

She appeared in two Warner movies, How To Be Single in 2016 and Ocean's 8 last year.

The Hollywood Reporter published extensive text exchanges between Kirk and Tsujihara, in which she asked about TV and film roles.

According to the Daily Mail, she told him at one point that she felt cheated when she was not given roles that had been promised to her.

Tsujihara said in a memo to staff last week that he had deep regrets that "these personal actions have caused embarrassment to the company and to all of you".

Warner previously investigated the matter but started a new probe in the wake of the Hollywood Reporter story.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on March 15, 2019, with the headline Charlotte Kirk denies spilling the beans. Subscribe