I’m waiting to see what comes out of the Harvey Weinstein story in the days and weeks to come. When the New York Times published their bombshell yesterday afternoon, it felt like the floodgates were opening. Women were going to start going on the record. Victims would come forward. A one-time bigwig was coming down. While I don’t doubt that this is the end of Harvey Weinstein as Hollywood bigwig, it’s worth noting, again, that this was a longtime coming. Rebecca Traister at The Cut (New York Mag) wrote a piece about how long the stories about Weinstein have been around, and how powerful he once was – go here to read. In 2000, Weinstein got in her face and called her a “c–t” and beat the sh-t out of her reporter boyfriend, and no one could touch Weinstein for that back then. Traister theorizes that the only reason why the NYT could publish their story now was because Weinstein’s power has been diminished enough. She’s probably right.
Meanwhile, Weinstein is still “fighting.” I would have thought that any good crisis manager – and Harvey is employing a small army of them – would have told him to simply step down from the Weinstein Company, go into rehab (or whatever) and disappear for a year. But Harvey’s not doing that. He released an unhinged-sounding statement – claiming he was going after the NRA – and his lawyer announced plans to sue the New York Times for $50 million. Harvey then sat down and gave an interview to the New York Post – you can read the full thing here. Some highlights (if you want to call them that):
Why he’s suing the Times for $50 million: “What I am saying is that I bear responsibility for my actions, but the reason I am suing is because of the Times’ inability to be honest with me, and their reckless reporting. They told me lies. They made assumptions. The Times had a deal with us that they would tell us about the people they had on the record in the story, so we could respond appropriately, but they didn’t live up to the bargain. The Times editors were so fearful they were going to be scooped by New York Magazine and they would lose the story, that they went ahead and posted the story filled with reckless reporting, and without checking all they had with me and my team.
He thinks the Times has a vendetta against him: “They never wrote about the documentary I did with Jay-Z about Rikers Island, they never write that I raised $50 million for amfAR, nor my work with Robin Hood – instead they focus on trying to bring me down. This is a vendetta, and the next time I see Dean Baquet [the executive editor of the Times] it will be across a courtroom.”
He says the Times based their reporting on a 2014 memo written by Lauren O’Connor, who detailed Weinstein’s history: “The Times used that entire memo as the basis of their story, but in reality it was withdrawn two days after it was written, O’Connor withdrew her complaint, and withdrew her claims made in the memo. The document doesn’t stand up.”
The Ashley Judd statement: “They spent six months researching this article then they gave us just 24 hours to answer it. They did tell us that Ashley Judd was on record, but we thought it would be along the lines of what she told Variety… But she changed her story when giving it to the Times. I know Ashley Judd is going through a tough time right now, I read her book [her memoir “All That Is Bitter and Sweet”], in which she talks about being the victim of sexual abuse and depression as a child. Her life story was brutal, and I have to respect her. In a year from now I am going to reach out to her… I never laid a glove on her. After this supposed incident, which she says was in 1997 while filming ‘Kiss The Girls,’ I took her to an Academy Award party where we were photographed smiling. She claimed to the Times she never worked with me again. She did two movies with me — ‘Frida’, which came out in 2002, and ‘Crossing Over’ with Harrison Ford, released in 2009.”
He’s committed to changing or whatever: “I have got to change, I’ve got to grow, I’ve got to deal with my personality, I’ve got to work on my temper, I have got to dig deep. I know a lot of people would like me to go into a facility, and I may well just do that – I will go anywhere I can learn more about myself. I want to be able to look at the people I have hurt and say, ‘I am sorry, I have changed and I’ve progressed.’ I am terribly embarrassed for my company, my staff and the only person who could fix this is me. I am going to fix myself, I am going to fix how I deal with women and how I deal with my temper and power.”
Once again, he came of age in the ‘60s: “I came of age in the ’60s and ’70s, when all the rules about behavior and workplaces were different. I worked at a record company that, if you were five minutes late, they’d hit you with a baseball bat. I also have the worst temper known to mankind, my system is all wrong, and sometimes I create too much tension. I lose it, and I am emotional, that’s why I’ve got to spend more time with a therapist and go away. My temper makes people feel intimidated, but I don’t even know when I’m doing it. In the past I used to compliment people, and some took it as me being sexual, I won’t do that again. I admit to a whole way of behavior that is not good. I can’t talk specifics, but I put myself in positions that were stupid, I want to respect women and do things better.”
He also tells the Post that his wife, Georgina Chapman, “stands 100% behind me.” Which I believe – I think Georgina will stand by him… until she doesn’t, until she can’t put up with it anymore. But for now, she’s Camille Cosby-ing this situation. As for this interview… from a PR/media relations perspective, I just don’t get how this was a good idea? We don’t live in a world where Harvey Weinstein’s word is gospel anymore. We don’t live in a world where men who have just been “outed” in the New York Times as being a decades-long sexual harasser get to give interviews where they blame everything on their age and call their victims liars. Also: “I can’t talk specifics, but I put myself in positions that were stupid, I want to respect women and do things better.” WANT TO RESPECT WOMEN. Wanting to respect is not the same as respecting, obviously. And he acts like he just happened to sexually harass women for decades accidentally, like what was he supposed to do? When in Rome/Cannes/New York!
Photos courtesy of WENN.
I have the feeling this will get messy and all the ‘Harvey Girls’ will be revelead.
‘Harvey Girls’ makes me want to puke. This nickname says so much about patriarchy and infantilization that I want to scream.
Yeah, it’s disgusting and disrespectful. I wish they came up with a catchy nickname for him instead. Also, he’s fos and is only sorry he’s exposed.
Yeah, that phrase (‘HG’h captures various levels of power at play)…lets find a good nickname for his dinosaur, good ole boy predation)
That Harvey Horror
The Wei-not-use the-casting-couch-method Company
HarveyHatesWomen-stein
Harvey has Cash
Sadly, I think I figured out one.
A young actress came out last spring about being raped and why she didn’t report it or name the name. One of the reasons was that she was in a ‘relationship’ with the attacker and feared not being believed. Also that he could come back at her if she went to the police or press. A blind item mentioned something about the slime raping another actress previously with a strong hint of it being Rose McGowan.
Ties into Weinstein pretty well. Relationship was that Weinstein was distributing a movie she was in. I can see him wanting her on the casting couch, her refusing, and…. Who wouldn’t be terrified if Harvey decided to use his press machine to destroy her?
Yea this has been known for a while. Rose’s bf sold the film to him after the assault
This is on Rose’s instagram today. https://instagram.com/p/BZ5oKnSFfP0/
That is the best pic on her ig! I hope HW rots in hell on earth.
Rose wasn’t the actress I was talking about. It was a blind item that used what happened to Rose to point to the figure to who raped Abigail Breslin.
Oh dear god. I hope that didn’t happen to Abigail. I shudder to think how young she would have been when she was in his orbit.
From the guessing…. 2013 during “August Osage County” when Weinstein handled the distribution.
Wrong spot.
I don’t know where this will pop up but I cannot hold back anymore.
The fact is that if the first woman he did this too had come forward, he would not have amassed all that power and been able to carry on for 30 years. Each woman who took money in exchange for their silence is complicit in the crime against the next victim. Hollywood insiders knew and kept quiet, they are also complicit.
When I was raped, there is no amount of money that could keep me from pressing charges or worse ensuring the person lost the appendage used in the crime (swear to God, I would probably have castrated him) if he had not gone to prison. I am tired of all calling this shaming and people not taking responsibility for their part in helping a monster carry on for 30 years.
“The fact is that if the first woman he did this too had come forward, he would not have amassed all that power and been able to carry on for 30 years.”
How do you know she didn’t? Perhaps women have come forward and were fired for it.
You know, the problem is that what he’s mostly done (at least considering the published accusations, I’m going to leave Rose McGowan aside for a minute) is not fully illegal and criminal like rape. It’s a fine line that’s very hard to fight for in a court, so I can understand why women trying to make it in a difficult business wouldn’t go there, because most likely than not, their case wouldn’t make it.
Now if there are actual rape cases, that’s a different story. I believe Rose, but her words won’t be enough proof in any court. So if there are more women that went through it, I hope they start speaking up so this goes beyond just some image destroying-
Sickofit
I’m deeply sorry for what you had to go through and I admire your strength and conviction. I hate we live in a world where men like Terry Richardson, Woody Allen, Bill Cosby, Harvey Weinstein, Roman Polanski et al can do what they do to young girls, boys, men and women (I believe the males are far less likely to speak out). But I also despise the fact that when women come forward it often only serves to rally people behind the abuser, causing the victim untold shame and pain. I’ll always stand behind the idea that victims should immediately accuse their abusers but I’ll equally understand if they’re just not ready or strong enough to make that decision. I save all of my anger for the pos dirtbags who prey upon others. I don’t have the right to contradict you or try to mainstream your feelings about or reaction to this story but I want to thank you for sharing, outline my own stance and let you know that a stranger in NYC cares.
I am very sorry. I admire your bravery, and I don’t blame you for speaking. This story has me tetchy too, and I thought women, like yourself, would find it even more disturbing and upsetting.
I do understand your point but the power imbalance is so deep and strong it would have been the decision to end a career without a guarantee the perp would get punished. That is why it is so insidious and gross.
Hugs to you. Your courage says a lot about your admirable character.
Thanks for the hugs. All I know is after the guy was convicted, some woman came up to thank me for doing what she couldn’t when he assaulted her. It took every ounce of my self-control not to tell her that if she had pressed charges, I would not have been in that situation.
So everyone who slinks away and gives away their voice or worse takes money and sells their right to justice should know they are a little bit responsible for every thing that person continues to do. JMO.
Gerogina Chapman will stand by him until she realizes nobody has any reason to wear her hideous clothes anymore. Won’t miss Marchesa on the red carpet.
This PR offensive makes Nate Parker look like a genius. Terrible all around.
Exactly. Her talent as a designer cannot stand on its own.
Well he bought her that fashion empire. Once the money is gone she will suddenly file for divorce. The playbook is old as time
He didn’t buy her the fashion empire per se – she comes from money, what he DID buy her was a wealth of Industry contacts and people desperate to stay in his good books…
So he bought her the empire. Again she had the money but her line did not take off until they got serious.
People know they’d better wear her silly doily dresses or else. And that’s buying her a business. One more person making a deal with the devil.
He has also bought her another company and the life she wants. It is a disturbing relationship that didn’t start off innocently either.
Chapman could hardly have been blind to his behavior. This is the deal she made. She’ll stand by her man until the money runs out.
Oh god. That will be a great day when we are all spared Marchesa. This whole thing is disgusting but it was an open secret for forever. So gross. I wonder if this will all reveal the bigger ways Hollywood exploits young actors and off multiple people will be revealed as it unfolds. I hope everyone comes forward. Georgina should leave his ass.
Won’t guilt by association taint Marchesa now? Who wants to support/be associated with that?
Why the deafening silence from Hollywood? Almost no one has spoken out against this turd. Where’s the condemnation?
What a messy, temperamental, entitled son of a bitch. He’ll never “dig deep” and change. In its treatment of women, Hollywood is the glossy mirror image of the Trump administration.
Gaslighting Ashley Judd by bringing up her history of childhood abuse? As if she’s just so traumatized and confused by those events she is now, as a fully grown woman, fabricating a story about his sexually predatory behavior? Calling him a piece of sh*t is too kind. Rot in hell.
Glad someone noticed it too. Oh, let me address what she said, but before I do that, have you heard she’s been raped and mightbe slightly off mentally? Just sayin…
why would they? they are all in bed with him.
Considering how many A-listers defended Polanski and Allen, this isn’t surprising.
Exactly. Hollywood and the entertainment industry writ large are cesspools of corrupt, evil, deviant scumbaggery. People seem to literally sell their souls to the Devil for a bit of fame and fortune. Just observe the mediocrity that prances about as great actors, musicians, models, writers, etc… Not to mention those behind the scenes like Weinstein.
My first response to this “exposè.” Was how is this a secret ? There’s no question in my mind that he’s a dirtbag. Not your run of the mill sexist pig either. I believe he’s used his power to get whatever he wanted out of women. I think he’s a real asshole and I’m surprised this hasn’t come out sooner . I believe these women, and I don’t believe Harvey is sorry. He quit because Pandora ‘ s box is opened and we’re in for some ugly stories .
I don’t know if I would say Hollywood is quiet. I think it is just the beginning, and a lot are surprised that this got out and maybe the extent of it too. There is an article on the front webpage of USA Today with the headline: Stars express disgust over Weinstein allegations. I think you will hear more.
And the CYA begins.
What can they say? That they’re shocked? Everyone knew what he was / is and so now it would just look hypocritical to act like you didn’t know.
Hopefully what will happen now is that other women who were previously scared to come forward will feel that they can.
…because a lot people in Hollywood are guilty of the same things he has done. They protect because they do. Also money protects money.
I have a feeling it will not be the floodgates everyone wants. The tolerance for men like him is high as long as he can deliver and no one believes he won’t make a comeback. Until they believe he is out and down for good, they are hedging their bets.
His apology may seem stupid to us gossip savvy folks but look at our society. Men will say he bared his soul and changed stop complaining. Women will say he committed to change. Please remember why we have a fat orange lunatic in the White House. Who voted for him?
Then he will appear with some brilliant scripts a couple of mea culpas, and he will maintain his new image as a sensitive guy. This man changed the PR game, and he is going to call in every effing favor and twist some arms and charm and promise, and he will be patient but then come back.
There will be a PR push of the new woke Harvey, maybe an interview with a respected woman, women like and of course some tears. Maybe a trek to some 3rd world countries to find his place in the world and understand how lucky he was. He and GC may renew their vows.
I will not hold my breath on this one.
This. He drops out of sight for a few months and Hollywood will welcome him back with open arms because … money.
Yup that about sums up this whole story and why its only a small explosion not an atomic bomb. The stories about him have been going on for yrs, it’s an open secret in Hollywood. Want your indie film and or actress in the Oscar run? Go to Harvey and literally lay down for him. Lainey has been insinuating to outright saying this for years now. It’s disgusting but they won’t do much about because if they protest too much more people like him will be exposed and I’m sure he has the goods on several people in the industry doing the same thing. Hollywood has an image to protect along with all the political fund raising they do. Remember these are the same people who continually give both Roman Polanski and Woody Allen a pass and awards. Note that his excuse is almost verbatim what Polanski just said about his own case.
Unfortunate but true. Look at Johnny Depp post-Amber Heard telling her story of abuse: he’s not exactly losing paychecks. Idk if he’ll ever have a crazy successful comeback, but he’s certainly still getting hired.
Do they condemn Woody Allen, Casey Affleck, Johnny Depp, Roman Polanski? No. They all go “oh well, I don’t know about that, it’s their personal life, it’s just rumors” as some commenter in this blog said in a previous post. Most people in Hollywood are hypocrites. Honestly, in a business like that I can maybe even understand looking at the other side, but if you’re going to be vocal about women’s rights, sexism. anti-Trump, etc,, you need to at least be consistent.
Exactly, Hollywood people and late night so full of morals standards but when it is time to critized Polanski, depp, Gibson, affleck and now this creep everyone is quiet.
I love Anthony Bourdain’s comment.
“Nauseating chicken-hearted enablers….”
I was scrolling down the comments looking to see if anyone brought that up. Literally no one is saying anything. No one on Twitter! Crap, Hollywood is more corrupt then I thought. even BuzzFeed doesn’t have a damn thing written about him on their home page, you have to go searching! So… Because this rapist (yes I’m calling him a rapist) has everyone in his pocket, we are just supposed to sit here. Wow Hollywood. You are in for a world full of trouble….
What if many many of those HIGH level actresses have to check out their own non-disclosure agreements with Harvey. The creme de la creme not speaking took him on.
His lawyer should advise him to remain SILENT.
I’m not sure how he has a case against The NY Times if he is admitting to the facts of the story in another publication.
You guys have to read this amazing story about him from Rebecca Traister
https://www.thecut.com/2017/10/why-the-weinstein-sexual-harassment-allegations-came-out-now.html?utm_campaign=nym&utm_source=tw&utm_medium=s1
Wow, sounds like a true POS
I read that article this morning. Very well written and I think she’s right, times have changed. Here’s hoping more women come forward and tell their stories about this creep.
No Harvey, you aren’t stupid. You’re an entitled, SOB who uses women for your own selfish ends. You won’t change and become better, based on that lame ass excuse you gave and the fact that you want to sue to publication that exposed you.
His logic is astounding and peak white male.
“I may have abused/harassed/threatened/coerced/raped a variety of women during my decades long career but the NYT didn’t mention any of my good deeds because good deeds cancel out any bad deeds.So I’m going to sue.”
Peak male, period.
Nailed it
Also I find it interesting that his bone to pick with them is the NYT not giving him time to respond, instead of denying it all happened, you know? All I saw reading that mess was “yes I did it but why isn’t anyone thinking about meeeeee?!!!”
Exactly!
Again I have to ask – is it only white males who do this? Or only white males in Hollywood because they have the power there? Does it never happen in African/South American/Asian countries?
Bikram Choudhury.
Stop with the “white” thing, for the love of God. Is Bill Cosby white? He uses the same kind of shitty excuses and worse! This isn’t about race!
What a messy, temperamental, entitled son of a bitch. He’ll never “dig deep” and change. In its treatment of women, Hollywood is the glossy mirror image of the Trump administration.
You’re right. Plus, everytime is a horrible quote after another “I want to respect women”. He wants, but still doesn’t. WTF?
He’s actually very similar to Trump. Look to how Trump handled his p*##y scandal. Mixed messages, half apologies, blame the victims, says wife supports him. They are two sides of the same coin.
That said I hope he takes his “guilt” or at least his money, putting it behind an anti NRA organization. He’s right about that.
+1,000
Perfectly said.
The more he says, the worse he sounds. He will never take responsibility for his actions. Reminds me of Trump and Charles Saatchi, who all have narcissistic personality disorder. I am looking forward to watching him go down big time and I hope all the women he abused get justice.
Do you suppose Charles is abusing his new girlfriend yet, or is that a naive question?
And to think all it took for him to want to respect women was the New York Times airing all his dirty laundry….
Also I am confused by his response to Ashley Judd’s allegations. It says in the article that she worked with him again twice and she never says that he touched her just that he kept making creepy requests. Did I miss something?
Word salad and victim shaming to make her claims seem like a question. He brought of her background in a “compassionate” way code for Ashley has problems so you know she is unstable.
This is the thing that makes me angriest. I recently went through an investigation that was dismissed because I’m diagnosed with PTSD. PTSD doesn’t make your memory worse, it makes it really fucking sharp. That’s kind of a hallmark of the disease.
@MagnoliaRose THIS. YES. Reading that made my stomach turn. Classic male manipulation/gaslighting. Predators like him don’t change their stripes. There’s no redemption for someone like that, just the hope that the ground will open up under him and the earth will swallow him whole.
It is so unfair, and Ashley has been so damaged by what happened to her, and she is healing and worked hard on herself. This is courage for her to do this but he did this to dismiss her.
@PPP Hugs to you. It seems like abusing the victim for being abused. I am pissed off for you. That isn’t fair.
@Katenotkatie
I think we should send Ashley a lovely message of support and Rose. They are risking a lot to help other women.
Men like Harvey destroy souls and kill spirits. This story has bothered me deeply since it came out. Not because it came out, that is good but because the whole story will never be told and the fact that some women who benefited may not speak to support the ones who got nothing but pain. I also feel bad for Gretchen Mol; this can’t be easy for her.
I also think it is bringing up feelings for women that aren’t very pleasant.
Listening to Lisa Bloom defending him this morning was nauseating. If he hadn’t optioned her book, she would probably be sitting next to one of his alleged victims. Is there not one single person left on the planet that can’t be bought out.
I felt the same about Lisa Bloom. Just because he bought the rights to her book doesn’t mean she has to publicly defend him. I’ve cancelled her. She’s a hypocrite.
It may be that when we’ve seen Lisa Bloom sitting beside victims of sexual harassment, she was really there advocating for Lisa Bloom.
Yes, there are. There just aren’t a lot of them on television, reveling in the public limelight.
His gaslighting of Ashley Judd is vile. The rest is… they’re letting him talk and giving him enough rope, as they say, to hang himself, right?
Note the way he references her past sexual abuse. As if to say, “she’s damaged, she can’t be trusted.” What a b@stard he is.
right? This is what struck me hardest.
Yes, exactly, AbbyRose. As a child I was sexually abused, too, and have PTSD. The idea of diminishing someone’s credibility and validity b/c of such a thing is NAUSEATING. It literally is saying, “she’s too damaged/unstable to be believed or taken seriously, so ignore her….” This man is as low as they come.
“I read her book” is some of the best shade I’ve ever heard though.
Yep. From a clinical unemotional angle it is good spin but on a humanity level it makes me sad.
This happens actually quite often and to my mind is part of the stigma that comes with being diagnosed with all sorts of mental health issues. To the point that some people are afraid to get help.
Wait, so he’s ticked the Times didn’t warn him with details first? What the hell kind of reporting or ‘expose’ would that be?
Suck it up, buttercup. You’re a pig.
Yeah it’s like oh they didn’t give you a heads up on their sources so you could threaten them to stay silent?!?!
He doesn’t expect to win. He is using the suit to be able to say he tried to defend himself so it must be a lie and then be the victim of the big bad NYT and also to get the free press to push his side of the story by proxies.
He sounds like a nightmare client. The one that can’t shut up to save himself. I also wasn’t aware that newspapers are supposed to tell you everything before they go to print. Pretty sure there’s no obligation for NYT to “be honest” with you. Has he watched Spotlight? Talk about taking down a huge scandal and how that went down.
Anyways with these statements he pretty much assured no one will believe him. Once part 2 drops good luck with that sir. The court case will only make it worse. Truth is the best defense
I really can’t register my level of disgust towards Weinstein, his disgusting attorney Bloom, and the hundreds of people who looked the other way so that they could benefit from Harvey’s perverse largesse.
The few women who stood up to this very powerful monster are heroes. Where are the men (any man) who stood up to him while very young women who he raped, harassed, or used and discarded?
Reminds me of so many of our political leaders who think receiving their $10,000 pittance from the NRA is more important than a child’s life. Obscene.
I’m really dumbfounded by his “it was the culture”, “stupid situations”. STUPID?? Stupid would have been calling your female workers or subordinates “sweetheart”, or making a dumb comment about maternity leave or breastfeeding. That could be traced to the cultural shift and could be corrected and forgiven. What he was doing was CRIMINAL. In what century was asking female subordinates to watch you shower or give you naked massages OK? The 1500s? Nope, pretty sure it was considered wrong then too. 🙄
Variety’s take on this is that he’s finished.
“How much did executives at the company know about Weinstein’s behavior? Did they do enough to safeguard their employees or are they complicit in creating a toxic workplace environment? Was Disney’s money used to pay off Weinstein’s accusers? Spokespeople for the studio did not immediately respond to a request for comment. But these stories have a way of leaving everyone dirty.”
http://variety.com/2017/film/news/harvey-weinstein-sexual-harassment-1202581704/
Deadline Hollywood have offered him a platform to discuss this. How nice of them.
The Disney angle is interesting. On the one hand they may prop him up to cover their asses, on the other hand they might really drop him and put the nail in the coffin if their bottom line is threatened by the implication they’re covering abuse. We’ll see.
If Disney money was used to pay off settlements than they could be in for soem trouble. However, that’s not very likely as at the time most of this appears to have gone on Miramax was flush with their own cash. So unless there is anything to tie them to settlements they’ve all blocked his phone number and email today.
If he’s truly done, I don’t want people to think Hollywood has gone noble. People hated him and loved what he could do for them professionally. Most are thrilled for any chance to drop him. It’s not some attack of conscience.
I think more is still to come, which will only damage him further. Ronan Farrow’s piece at the New Yorker hasn’t come out yet, his partner on twitter said that’s coming soon. I’ll never forget his piece on Woody Allen, I can’t wait to see what he’s writing on Weinstein.
I got the impression he’s become a liability, and his brother wants to cut him out.
It was after the 2015 memo that the Board at Weinstein productions became involved, and it sounds like a power struggle to me.
My impression, sad that it is, was that this came about not because it was right, but because it became too costly, or because there was an advantage for another power player to remove Weinstein.
This. He was known for his behavior for literally decades. But as long as his movies brought in good money, his behavior towards women was ok. He must have sunk a lot of money lately, anything else doesnt make sense.
Lol at this interview. He’s basically saying that he’s mad he wasn’t able to continue covering his tracks, as far as his upset with the NYT not telling him who they interviewed because they didn’t want to be “scooped.” The article definitely said Judd worked with him two more times without incident. It’s like he’s kind of admitting what a horrible person he’s been, but also saying that he hasn’t been THAT horrible of a person.
I’m going to invent a dog whistle for cognitive dissonance. When you blow it people who are talking bs suddenly understand what bs they’re talking.
A rapist is mad because he can’t be rapey anymore because he wasn’t given enough time to cover up his rapism. It took 6 months to reasearch 20 years of his abuse but he only got… How is he not writing this crap from a jail cell. And Lisa, stay away from Trayvon. You hav no right and no dignity left to tell his story. Write about Harvey.
He’s terrible.
“He put himself in positions that were stupid.”
He forced women into excruciating positions so that he and his hideousNess could exploit, use and throw away these women.
Indiana. I love your comment. So eloquent and true.
Of course Georgina is behind him…she’d still be a no-one name costume designer with a trust fund from daddy if not for HW’S influence. Kaiser is right, she’ll stand with him…until she doesn’t. Just my perception of her specifically. Marchesa had a few decent years, but it’s mostly garbage now.
It is laughable how far down on his list of sorries the good wife is. Every remark he makes reveals him as an overweening narcissist who has no regard for anyone except himself. I honestly don’t think there’s any rehab for what he’s got.
Yes, what is this magical place he wants to go to where he will become a decent, empathetic man and powerful voice for women everywhere? Never Never Land?
“I came of age in the ’60s and ’70s, when all the rules about behavior and workplaces were different.”
Sorry, uh uh, NO! You didn’t retire in 1975. You are STILL in the workplace. You own and run a company. Being aware of existing workplace laws and complying with those laws is part of the cost of doing business. If your company hires more than 25 people, you are required by law to have trained every single person, including yourself, on the EEOA and how to avoid sexual harassment, racism, gender discrimination, age discrimination, ethnicity discrimination, age discrmination, and discrimination against those with disabilities and have a process in place for reporting, investigating, and disciplinary action. IT IS THE LAW AND HAS BEEN SO FOR DECADES!
Ignorantia juris non excusat – “ignorance of the law excuses not”
I was just coming here to scream about this – how can he possibly try to use this as an argument?!
“It was the old days” is such a dangerous excuse too. My mom said that one day in excusing people in history from owning slaves. Sorry, but I am sure if some people could figure out that it was wrong then anyone could have. Either way owning someone/ sexually harassing someone/ abusing someone is never okay because it was the “old days” and “everyone was doing it”. His excuses fall flat.
written rules or normal decent human behavioural rules. As far as I know sexual assault/harassment didn’t suddenly become a crime in the last 30/40 years.
No one in Hollywood is saying anything about harvey. Holy crap. Only Lena Dunham tweeted. That’s it!
One by one, they fall…took long enough.
There are more troubles to come for this pig. The New Yorker has a piece (by Ronan Farrow, I think) in the works, too, and it’ll probably be big.
Him using her sexual abuse against her is disgusting. Honestly, I can’t with him. I hope he’s done, or some other big name actress comes forward.
And I’m sorry but, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Lawrence, and Blake Lively and all the other “Harvey Girls” disgust me if they remain silent now. I understand at the time they were young, inexperienced, and probably taken advantage of. I don’t blame them going along with it, but there are powerful players in Hollywood now, surely they don’t need to remain silent anymore, especially Paltrow. Their silence and support of this monster says everything. They need to start speaking out and protecting younger actresses who are coming into the business.
“And I’m sorry but, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Lawrence, and Blake Lively and all the other “Harvey Girls” disgust me if they remain silent now. ”
Same tbh! Blake’s friend, Amber Tamblyn, was very vocal last night, she always is against sexual predators, but I think this time Blake will stay silent. She sometimes posts stuff on her IG about feminism but this time she wont say a word, I would bet it.
That bothers as well, all of them profit off of “feminism” but won’t actually take a stand. I realize it’s difficult but I really want to know how someone gets to that point in their lives.
It’s highly unlikely that Gweneth was one of the girls. She had a famous mother, father and godfather (Steven Spielberg). But I’m sure she knows plenty…
Look up Gretchen Mol…truly sad what that pos did to her.
JLaw definitely…she did not get her oscar for acting “talent”.
When JLaw got hacked, wasn’t there a rumour that some of the pics weren’t sent to her boyfriend but to Weinstein?
None of them are feminists. That’s why they get dragged when they try to parrot like they are. See Gwyn being dragged for dangerous “science”, JLaw trying to pretend her bf’s creepy movie was some “ode to women” and Blake any time she opens her mouth and in the next breath loves Woody Allen.
It should not shock anyone that we will hear nothing from them
Well said. Blake had NO PROBLEM popping off on a journalist with her Women’s Studies 101, but where’s her opinion on THIS? She’s a charlatan.
When I read people here attacking Harvey Weinstein’s disgusting behaviour and then claiming Paltrow, Lawrence etc must have slept with him as otherwise they wouldn’t have been successful, I feel a little nauseous. It’s hypocritical misogyny of the highest level to assume that. Lawrence was Oscar nominated when she was 20, well before Silver Linings – so claiming she must have only got where she is because of the casting couch is to wade in the same sexist sewer as Harvey. Same with some of the comments above about Lively, Paltrow and so on. Could we not use hateful male behaviour as an excuse to be tear down women?
@homeslice Lawrence had already had one Oscar nom and was starring in the Hunger Games when Weinstein ran her campaign for Silver Linings. I don’t claim to know a thing about the realities of this, but I do know that 1) she was already hugely successful and capable of charming the world all by herself at that time, so arguably may not have been seen by him as sufficiently vulnerable (equally she may have been; I don’t pretend to know) and 2) whoever he victimised, blaming them instead of the Hollywood careerists around him who knew and did nothing is really misogynist.
I am not interested in who he abused. I do not think young women who see only one path to success in their careers, and are being manipulated and coerced, should be held culpable for their own abuse. This, to me, goes beyond slut-shaming and well into the realms of supporting rape culture.
What should be addresses here is why Hollywood protects, supports and enables serial predators, and refuses to create and keep a safe working environment for the young people it employs. Children and women are unsafe in the industry, very clearly.
🙄 J-Law a Harvey Girl? Please. She’d already been nominated for an Oscar, played Mystique in the reboot of the X-Men franchise (huge) and been cast as the lead in the massive Hunger Games franchise when she was cast in Silver Linings (I even double-checked the timeline). Why would she need to sleep with Harvey exactly?? She had two massive franchises and an Oscar nomination under her belt. No one expected SLP to be as huge as it was in the end when she was cast in it. She didn’t need Harvey to “get” Her that role. Now what does Harvey love even more that being a bully and sexual deviant molestor? Oscars!! So, hell yeah, he put a huge push behind her to win. Just like he did for Meryl, Nicole Kidman, Kate Winslet, etc.
Anyway, stop blaming the women! Blame the man in power!!
In fairness these women may say something, it just came out yesterday. Also, I worked with a terrible sexual harasser. I heard rumors, but he never harassed me.I never really heard the details from other women. I was just told to watch my back and keep my distance, which I did. When you are not a wealthy actress you may not have the luxury of losing a job, especially when they are not harassing you. Someone did finally turn in the sexual harraser, and he was fired.
The actresses in question may have heard the rumors, but it may not have been their experience. Hopefully the actresses will say something of support, but if their experience with Weinstein doesn’t coincide with the victims, it really doesn’t help the victims and they need to be careful what they say, although they could express general support. There is this weird idea that these men go after every woman, and that is just not the case. This is what makes it hard to go after them. Sure I don’t want to work with someone that harasses any women, but do you give up a job when it’s not your experience with that person and you don’t know for sure cause generally it is just the rumor mill going around. The victim just doesn’t come up and tell you the whole story for obvious reasons. Plus, most times for normal people you have no idea about it until you are in the middle of it. I am reticent about blaming other actresses, but I do get being upset with executives who settled these cases and knew the whole story.
People are obsessed with those women, but do they have anything to say about Tarantino and all the others? Seriously it is article 4 or 5 on the subject and so far zero male have been mentioned in the comments. It’s telling.
@rachel I expect less from men to be honest. I expect women to protect other women. The women I mentioned are powerful figures in Hollywood who as of right now aren’t speaking out. Lively’s even defended Woody Allen.
Women speaking out to protect other women is always more powerful than men.
I don’t understand why some people continue to imply that every actress who have worked with him,above all if young, has been taken advantage of,which is another way to say they’ve slept with him. Gross. It’s very likely that all these high profile actresses have not experienced that behavior. And can we please stop calling actresses who have benefited from awards campaigns “Harey’s girls” ? Again,it’s an obvious way to say that they might have done sexual favors. It’s gross.
In some cases, the rumors about “those women” came directly from Harvey Weinstein.
Back in the early 2000s, Harvey himself told at least one young actress that I know and whom he was pursuing that he had had relations with Gwyneth P, Renee Z and C Theron . The recent New York Times exposé backed this up , that it was part of his M. O. to claim these A-List actresses as previous conquests, the implication being clear: submit to me, and your career will skyrocket, like theirs have.
I wonder how the actresses in question would feel about Harvey 1) specifically claiming them as conquests and 2) using those alleged conquests to seduce/ coerce many other young actresses? I assume they’d be horrified and outraged. I hope him using their names to victimize other women would be enough to unsilence them.
If they received payouts tho they might be legally obligated to stay silent.
I’m not talking about the victims who sued or got settlements. I understand that. You’re telling me, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Lawrence, hell even Meryl Streep has worked with him, have to stay silent? No, they’re choosing to stay silent to prop him up, they know the second they call him out their Oscar awards become nothing.
No that’s not what I’m saying at all. I’m saying how do you know for certain that those women you named are not those same women who received payouts and legally cannot speak out? Is there a list of victims that sued and received payouts? (real q if there is I haven’t seen it).
They still very friendly, not just working in his movies. Jennifer Lawrence and Harvey Weinstein are amazing friends, he just came out to defend her film “Mother” which has gotten major criticism. He had nothing to do with the movie.
Gwyneth Paltrow still brags about how she uses his jet and bakes him “cookies”. It’s rather naive to think these women have been paid off and can’t speak out. They very close friends with the man.
I’m sorry but we need to stop giving white powerful women in a pass for not speaking up about the abuse Hollywood executive producers do to young actresses. They not speaking out because they know the second they do their Oscar awards become nothing. It will be an admission that they slept with him for a role, and that’s something they won’t do. They are putting their careers before protecting other women.
I read the article. Did you? Ashley Judd confirmed she received a pay out and she did 2 more movies with him. He paid out his assistant, she can’t speak about what happened due to the payout AND she wrote a letter thanking him for the opportunity to learn about the film industry. So clearly it’s NOT naive to think some women may have been paid off, but cant speak out due to that payment while also still being good friends with him. Because the evidence proves some are.
I’m not giving them a pass at all. I hope if legally they are able to they will. My original comment was simply a counter point to the the idea that all women that ever worked with him must speak out. Some legally may not be able to. And we do not know for certain who those women are.
Ashley Judd worked with him, but she wasn’t friendly with him. Friendly and work are different. Ashley Judd never bragged about how she bakes him cookies or getting to fly on his jet whenever she wanted. There is a huge difference between just working for him and all the women who cuddle up next to him and don’t give a sh!t about who is abusing in the next room.
You are giving them a free pass. They are complicit in his behavior.
You clearly are not reading my comments. As I said IF THEY ARE LEGALLY ABLE TO SPEAK OUT I HOPE THEY WILL!
Ashley Judd did not confirm she received a payout at least not in the NY Times article, Rose Mcgowan did. Ashley and her mother confirmed the story was told to her at the time. Ashley also said she did two other films with him afterwards without incident. The reality for all these women is Hollywood is against women, and when you get a break the women have put up with crap to get ahead. As long as these women don’t support Weinstein now by statements, I am fine. We don’t really know their story. They may have been abused even more and aren’t comfortable talking, or they didn’t have anything to tell. Who knows. What I do know is none of these women had or have the power to do anything about him. The people in charge who paid for these many lawsuits and just let him have his power could have done something, but they didn’t. Again we are women picking on other women. Granted many of the celebrities have had advantages, but we don’t know their story and are just assuming they don’t want to support the victims. The article clearly states that Weinstein had tight NDA’s signed, maybe they are looking into what they can say now. The women who are speaking up should be greatly applauded and others should be encouraged to speak out not villianized for staying quiet.
You people are seriously disgusting. You’re just salivating at the opportunity to weaponize this exposé against the women you dislike.
I’m not talking about the victims of Harvey’s abuse, I’m talking about those who have benefited from them. Seriously Gwyneth Paltrow has benefited for YEARS from Harvey Weinstein, she clearly knew what he was about and supported him anyways.
Why is it always white powerful women who work with gross disgusting perverts get a free pass? Why is there this insistent need to give white in positions of power the benefit of the doubt? Sorry but sometimes they need to be called out for not speaking up when they had the power to do so. As Rose McGowen just said you’re complicit if you stay silent. Just like Ivanka Trump is complicated in her father’s administration, all the A-Lister Hollywood actresses are complicit.
EVERYONE in Hollywood knew about his behavior, young actresses have been abused left and right, why didn’t any of the older actresses who preach about “feminism” do ANYTHING to protect the younger ones.
“Why is it always white powerful women who
work with gross disgusting perverts get a free
pass? ”
Except that’s not true at all. People here drag women who’ve worked with Woody Allen & his ilk far more than they do men. Ewan McGregor has worked with both Allen & Polanski, yet he never gets the hate that Kate Winslet does. You’re also doing it right now. Why do you hold women to a different standard than you do men?
@LOLADOESTHEHULA I don’t know maybe we should ask Hillary Clinton? I think she has thought about your question a lot lately.
@Friendlyuser I’m with you on those who weren’t his victims, yet accepted his support and/or money. You’d need to live under a rock not to have heard the stories.
What if some of the actresses you mentioned weren’t abused by Harvey? Why should they be forced to say anything regarding Harvey’s scandal. Why are we shining the light on these ladies. It should be on the predator only!!
Comments on this thread are disgusting honestly with posters here just shaming actresses they don’t like when the subject is about Harvey.
Calling out women who are complicit in the abuse of other woman isn’t “shaming actresses they don’t like when the subject is about Harvey” actresses who I enjoy like Meryl Streep, have alot to answer for. Journalists on twitter are going on about how everyone knew and nobody spoke up.
I’m sorry but I’m holding every single person accountable who enable this behavior. They’re all disgusting. I get more disgusted when it’s women because they should be protecting these young actresses but they don’t.
But why are you calling out women at all? They are not the problem here Harvey is and if journalists are saying they knew details before and didn’t speak up they should be ashamed but calling actresses out because you think it’s possible that they could of known something is just sidestepping the actual issue. Look at your responses dripping in misogyny.
They are not complicit if they didn’t do anything. You have no idea who was abused by him, who just worked for him but never heard about the allegations, or who saw him do it and just sat there and didn’t say anything, or if they didn’t say anything you don’t know why. These women whether a victim or an unknowing party owe you nothing. They don’t need to talk about it to the media. For all you know when they found out they may have quietly been telling others as that seemed the best action to keep a career a few years ago. Uma Thurman and Gwyneth Paltrow have not done a Harvey Weinstein film in ages who knows maybe that is why. The ones that speak out are incredibly brave, even if it takes them 20 years like Ashley Judd. Surprised you don’t give her a side eye for talking too late. This is why it is best to blame the perpetrator, and not potentially other victims. Your attitude assumes a lot you don’t know, and is very judgmental toward other women. Instead of the true person who deserves your ire Weinstein and the executives who let him stay in power.
Yours is dripping with white feminism. None of y’all have any sympathy for when it’s a WOC who are victims and tear them apart on this site and yet we’re expected to bend over backwards to defend powerful white women in positions of power who go along with abuse. Sorry no. The women who stood by and watched Weinstein do this or worse benefited from his behavior deserve just as much heat.
You think Weinstein did this is alone? A generation of powerful white women are more afraid of losing the credibility of their Oscars rather than protect the new upcoming actresses around them. J-Law would have done the same thing if none of this came out. She would have played ball with Harvey for years, he just came out to defend her recent bomb of a movie.
You’re honestly looking me in the eye and telling me women like Meryl Streep can’t say anything about this or didn’t know? Her last Oscar was won by this man. Ashley Judd flat out said people have been talking about Weinstein for years, you think she didn’t hear these conversations? I’m sorry but she did and it didn’t stop her from joking around with him and being super friendly with him.
Harvey Weinstein’s victim Rose McGowen flat out said that the people who are staying silent are complicit. Those are her words. That’s how his actual victims feel about the women who benefit from his cruelty.
I’m not talking about the victims those coerced or who lives were ruined by this man, I’m talking about the powerful white women in Hollywood who knew exactly who he was and never attempted to speak up.
@Friendlyuser, I’m Black, African & a Womanist.
The film industry is violently sexist. WOC may get the brunt of it, but white women, even powerful ones, aren’t exactly running the show. They’re still considered expendable.
“A generation of powerful white women are more afraid of losing the credibility of their Oscars rather than protect the new upcoming actresses around them.”
1. Yeah, instead of holding rapists to account, let’s blame women for not doing more to protect other women from male violence.
2. What about white men? Are they not complicit? They hold all the power. They have the least to lose. Why aren’t you calling them out??
I actually don’t think that Gwyneth Paltrow *was* a “Weinstein girl.”After all, she had a HUGE head start w Steven Spielberg as her godfather, and w/ *both* her parents well respected and well known in the industry. I think it was sheer nepotism that got her her big break, not Harvey. Steven Spielberg is an even bigger Hollywood name than Weinstein–I don’t think Weinstein would have wanted to cross him.
Are we talking about the same Blake Lively who according to Lainey’s blind item in 2009 resisted him and when she resisted him Harvey made sure that she didn’t get the roles she was looking for so that she could come running to him. That Blake Lively? Because if we are then I’m not going to sit here and blame someone who is an actual victim. Someone who wanted no part in the game he was playing. Someone he practically forced to come running towards him because he made sure her career was never going anywhere.
And mind you, Lively was never cast in a single one of his films. He never brought her to an awards show. Her career all but stalled for several years. The only connection between Lively and Harvey is Marchesa.
It’s also very telling that two of Blake’s closest friends have been vocal about this topic. Take that for what you will.
oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy the discovery on this trial is going to give us gossip for YEARS. Hahahah Harvey, you done.
VILE PIG. Georgina Chapman should also be f-cking ashamed of herself.
I’m more curious of who and what happened for his power to diminish ??? That person /entity must be huge. Kinda like Cosby’S situation. Kudos for taking them down tho!
I’ve heard the company has been failing in the money department. I think the rule is as long as your making money you can do whatever you want, once you stop the shark’s attack.
This. I work for a company that provides services to Weinstein Co and we now won’t do anything for them unless they pay upfront as they’ve got unpaid bills up the wazoo
Harvey is a pig, everyone knows it, it’s just a shame it’s taken this long. People will still work with him, though. It’s gross.
One thing to consider is that the movie business has changed fundamentally in recent years. (Lynda Obst has written a really interesting book about this.) Because of the collapse of the DVD market, Hollywood has had to move away from the smaller, story-driven films that Weinstein built his name on and towards effects-driven blockbusters that do well internationally.
Weinstein is a titan, but he’s a titan in decline.
Harvey is done and most likely there are those in Hollywood gleefully celebrating his demise and those who are afraid of being drawn up and taken down along with him. Time will tell but the fallout of this scandal will be epic. Also, he is just another worthless POS just like Trump and the rest of them who feel they have aright to treat women anyway they want.
His fate depends upon how the rest of Hollywood reacts & behaves. If past experience is to go by? Weinstein will be back as a sexual predatory powerhouse & winning awards just like the other scum, Affleck, W Allen, etc. Other misogynist pigs will start signing petitions for him, polanski anyone? This is the time for Hollywood to stop selling their souls. Do the right thing & SPEAK UP!!!
You guys have you read Lainey’s last article?!
Who is she referring to in the last paragraph? Herself or Georgina?
Yes. It sounds like she was a victim of Harvey’s threats if she revealed anything, even now, which would jeopardize her family’s livelihood. This is probably why we’ve not seen more Hollywood stars and “movers and shakers” coming out to denounce him.
That’s power and he’s still got it. He knows things about people in the industry and he’s not afraid to use his knowledge to control them or take them down with him.
As a person that hates, HATES to be told what to do or how to behave, I would tell him to F off. A lot of us would but……it seems Hollyawful is like an abusive spouse, they condition anyone involved in the scene to accept the abuse, break people down and force them to keep their mouth shut.
When Entourage which was essentially an 8 year long love letter to toxic masculinity, includes a vile repulsive character that was openly and obviously based you, then at best you’re the worst kind of garbage person.
Don’t forget Action back in the day with the “Rothstein” brothers.
This piece of crap. He seriously is using the excuse of Ashley Judd continued to work with him so he could not have done anything to her. He used his power, money and influence to silent her and then has the balls to say this. He then brings up her prior abuse as a way to discredit her. A women who was abused as a child is at times more likely to be preyed upon again later in life. I hope that if there are more women who were hurt they come forward and hopefully a case can be brought against him. That being said I don’t think calling them “Harvey’s Girl’s” or calling them out for not doing it is anyway helpful to the narrative. It placing the blame on the victims or slut shaming them in a way. He is the perpetrator not the women he abused or hurt. I will say that everyone who knew or helped cover up his acts are disgusting but don’t blame the victims. As a person who was molested as a child and raped I can diffidently say that everyone deals with it differently and to say that because someone doesn’t come forward they are just as bad kind of hurts.
I suspect it’s what brought on the drop-off in her career. She didn’t service Harvey.
I hope he sues it backfires and he goes to prison. This is disgusting
Problem is that you’re going to have to have someone swear out charges. Some might have reached the expiration date already. Which actress is going to be brave enough to withstand the nightmare of publicity that will occur and deal with the possibility that she might lose?
Asia Argento and Rose McGowan are being such badasses right now. Their sense of humor is astounding.
Also, they both liked one of my tweets about how it took so long for the world to acknowledge his crimes. They will say more.
I’m super confused by Asia Argento. She has signed the Polanski petition.
I don’t expect any outrage in Hollywood because the majority are still willing to support or work with Woody Allen or Roman Polanski. I doubt they will take a stand against Harvey. They’re hypocrites too.
The problem with speaking up for women is that it may not be Harvey who retaliates but other men behind the scenes. It will be interesting to see what the New Yorker does. If it is this tame, then I don’t know.
I want men like him to go down hard, but my faith in humanity is at an all time low.
I’m afraid I think you are right. I think any women speaking out will be labelled “difficult” at best, and “crazy” at worst, and their careers may never recover. He’s hardly alone. Just more overt and more prolific in his behaviour.
Not, “i respect women,” but “I WANT to respect women.” What an ass.
I want a million dollars, but we all know that’s not going to happen.
He won’t change. He has no intention of changing, most likely doesn’t understand what he did wrong.
The world is going to find out what women have known for years. Men in positions of power abuse it. From Hollywood moguls right down to the branch manager of your local franchise, they all do it.
Narcissists never change; narcissistic predators will never, ever change. Eternally the biggest victims in their own minds and will perform the most astounding mental gymnastics to argue for their own innocence. Case in point: HW’s comments to the NY Post.
I can’t stop thinking about this today. It makes me so, so sad that so many women were made vulnerable and violated by this disgusting man. And that so many people must have known/know and don’t give a sh*t about whose lives were marred by this guy, and that this is all coming out not because it’s the just thing but because Hollywood smells blood in the water and senses the chance to take down the former king of Hollywood.
I wonder if all the politicians he donated money to will return the $$? Seems like they would be hypocrites if they don’t.
I am still having a hard time with Ashley Judd’s silence – she was certainly vocal about Trump – why did she stay silent about Harvey? She may have alluded to him, but she didn’t get up on a soapbox about it.
Please stop blaming women for being silent. Rape culture and systemic sexism are the main reasons they are silent. Women in all sorts of fields who comefiresrds about this sort of thing are often painted as crazy, as gold diggers, as vindictive harpies, as whores, or simply ignored. Many lose their careers as a result even if they win a payout or a court victory. She found a moment where she could speak out about it and people were finally ready to listen and she did it. Good for her!!
I knew someone who worked for Georgina’s fashion company and had to deal with Harvey by proxy and needless to say, he sounds like a totally insufferable, egotistical asshole.
What was Georgina like?
I once waited on him and his first wife at a restaurant. She was lovely, cowered under his scowl, he was a total douche. That is all.
“I want to respect women” Jeez its not even first nature to do so
These women were in an impossible situation. When that man and others who think like him are the source of all your opportunities and income, you have to deal with it. Just because you continue to work together doesn’t mean you condone it.
The ladies who played along and benefited are not going to come forward. Not when they are where they are now. Who’s going to admit it? They should be proud of their achievements but are they proud of how they started?
This is why it’s incredibly important to support other filmmakers and deal makers who adhere to a higher code of conduct (which I would argue should be the norm). I hope those dark days are behind us and we as the paying public who keep some of these f*ckers in business, stop reward bad behavior with our hard-earned money.
This. Women have either been destroyed by him (and will be further discredited and attacked) or, in career terms, made by him (and will face their careers being forever tainted by association). Who can come forward without hugely suffering for doing so?
I am so admiring of the women who have found the courage to speak up.
His main argument against the NYT seems to be: they refused to let me control their story and its angle, and they didn’t run any puff pieces on how awesome I am to distract from and countermand the evidence that I am a serial abuser.
The fact he thinks those are anything but further indictments of his character and personality, and the way in which they reveal how accustomed he is to controlling the media representations around him… it’s more telling than anything else could be. He’s like Trump, in that he truly seems to believe that anyone not saying what he wants them to say can be taken down on that basis alone.
The only thing that explains his interview with the Post is called Narcissistic Personality Disorder, which he obviously has. This man is so used to people doing his bidding that he truly believes he can clean his image by being persuasive, and yet he doesn’t realize that his explanations are so off and only make him look worse.
Look at what he’s doing: whining because the Times didn’t give him enough time to respond to allegations, which is normal ethic journalism but as far as I know not a legal requirement. Obviously the Times was worried someone would publish before them, especially after it was revealed Weinstein was lawyering up, but I suspect they were also worried this guy would move his many connections to block the publication.
Trying to play the victim by saying the Times don’t report on all the wonderful things he does but this they do… They have no obligation to give you good press, buddy.
He’s also implying that Ashley Judd is lying and accusing him because she’s going through a rough time and because her history of sexual abuse… and that he never laid a hand on her but I don’t think she claimed he did (mostly that he was making inappropriate offers and harassing her). I knew the fact that she kept working with him would come after her, but in this business not everyone can have the luxury to turn their backs on the guy who can make or destroy your career.
Saying “I have got to change” suggests that so far he hasn’t thought he was doing things wrong but now that the cat is out of the bag…
I hate that there are women organizations working with this predator (under the excuse of rehabilitating him or whatever) to clean his image. This is not an illness, nor an addiction that he has. This is how he is. He won’t change. He’ll only be more careful and probably get less access to vulnerable women in the business now.
Can we not do this armchair diagnosing of people, please? Not everything is explainable through some sort of personality disorder or mental illness. Some people are just awful people. In fact, people who don’t have any of those disorders or illnesses tend to be more awful than those who do. We don’t know anything about him, and I get that narcissistic personality disorder is awful for anyone who has to deal with someone who has it, but he could just as easily not have it and simply wind up being an awful person on his own.
I agree with you, but in this case he definitely has NPD. I’m not saying that’s the only cause of his behavior with women, but it is the reason why he would give this interview and think he’s coming across well.
There’s a serious difference between being a narcissist and having NPD. Someone with the latter must, by diagnostic criteria, be suffering and caused pain by their condition (and it’s an outdated myth that it’s not treatable, too, though the problem with treatment is that it’s a defence mechanism against pain, so getting people to acknowledge they need treatment to begin with can be tough as it interferes with the victim narrative).
People with personality disorders usually develop them after very tough starts to life. I do have sympathy with them, mostly, despite the hurt they cause those around them – nobody would choose that suffering, or that self-sabotaging way of dealing with it. It’s sad that they are so demonised.
I’d contrast Weinstein with someone like Trump, who seems a bottomless pit of self-important neediness and attention-seeking grandiosity. I loathe Trump, but I agree he’s unstable, unhappy, and diagnosable with something – I don’t think we have any evidence the same is true of Weinstein. Breathtaking arrogance and vanity isn’t NPD. It’s a lot more complex than that. You can’t say someone is definitely suffering from NPD just because they’re impossibly arrogant and egocentric, because that’s not the criteria.
Thank you for the lesson, I’m well aware of what NPD is, and other personality disorders. A serial abuser of women is not just arrogant and vain, there’s something pathological underneath. I think you are the one demonising the disorder by assuming a man like this can only be like that because he’s evil and not because he has serious issues.
Too late to find Jesus now Harvey.
Well, I bet none of his company’s movies are going to win an Oscar this year.
He’s garbage.
Hollywood really is hypocritical, and you can’t ignore that. The silence is deafening in response to this story..
He WANTS to respect women…but he just can’t. He’s a garbage human being and so is Lisa Bloom for defending him. As for his lawsuit. I dont think he has a chance in hell of getting a dime from them.
Brad Pitt caught gywneth blowing Harvey to get an Oscar nom. that’s why they broke up.
Source?
Seriously? I mean.. I wouldn’t be surprised.
This line… my god. The situation is not funny but I laughed out loud when I read it:
“In the past I used to compliment people, and some took it as me being sexual, I won’t do that again.”
Compliment hey Harvey? Is that what you call it? Wow, just… wow.
This was widely known within and outside of Hollywood.
Unfortunately, many young well known actresses associated with him knowing his backgtound to get roles, more connections… and it HAS worked. Same with the actors
I have no idea how this is going to play out, with the way Hollywood works.. it’s doubtful he’ll pay for his actions. Hell, they might even throw the actresses under the bus.. and if the latter happens, prepare to be shocked.
I find Hollywood actresses only speak out loud on gender issues when their own interests are involved. Especially on pay gap between genders ( a topic worth talking about), several A-list actresses came out to say it’s not fair on their paycheck, and I think it’s quite hypocrite they remain silent on Weinstein’s sexual harassment accusations.
Where are you? Emma Stone? Jennifer Lawrence who’s buddy-buddy with Weinstein in several occasions? or Meryl Streep who criticize Trump on “locker room talk”( not a fan of Trump also) ?
And Taylor swift is still silent……
He’s not sorry one bit for his years of sexual harassment and abuse, nor does he want to “respect women”—he’s just sorry he’s been exposed for the vile human being and sexual predator he is.
I really hate many of the comments here. The unproven allegations (against Paltrow or Lawrence, for example), the insistence on calling out women to speak up, are all blaming victims rather than the abuser.
No one has any idea of the emotional effect that abuse may have on any given individual. Insisting that the individual share it with the world is cruel. If someone wants to speak up, feels that she can speak up, she will. But no one should be forced to speak out for everyone’s entertainment.