I think it’s a big misunderstanding to say that Kathleen Kennedy put that scene in the film but I’ve seen a few people suggest that. What Rian said was that Kathleen was interested in seeing Leia show force powers, it’s a stretch to believe that Kathy decided how they should be shown. She would leave the writing to the writer.
That section of the interview starts at about 19:20.
But that doesn’t fit into the “Star Wars sucks because of Kathleen Kennedy” narrative.
If you prove them wrong they just revert back to the “Star Wars sucks because of Rian Johnson” narrative which is a part of the larger “Star Wars just plain sucks” narrative so there’s not much to gain here.