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Emma Thompson: 'Harvey Weinstein's no sex addict. He's a predator' Emma Thompson: 'Harvey Weinstein's no sex addict. He's a predator'
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Oscar-winning actor Emma Thompson has branded Harvey Weinstein “a predator” and compared his alleged crimes to those of Jimmy Savile. In an interview with BBC Newsnight, Thompson described Weinstein as “the top of a very particular iceberg” in “a system of harassment”, “belittling”, “bullying and interference”, and warned that there are “many” more like him in Hollywood. Oscar-winning actor Emma Thompson has branded Harvey Weinstein “a predator” and compared his alleged crimes to those of Jimmy Savile. In an interview with BBC2’s Newsnight, Thompson described Weinstein as “the top of a very particular iceberg” in “a system of harassment … belittling … bullying and interference” and warned that there were many more like him in Hollywood.
Thompson says she mantained a purely business relationship with the disgraced producer, telling BBC Newsnight anchor Emily Maitlis: “My main contact with him was shouting at him down the phone that I never wanted to work with him ever, ever, ever.” Thompson says she mantained a purely business relationship with the disgraced producer, telling Newsnight’s Emily Maitlis: “My main contact with him was shouting at him down the phone that I never wanted to work with him ever, ever, ever.”
“I spent my twenties trying to get old men’s tongues out of my mouth” – Emma Thompson on being a woman in Hollywood pic.twitter.com/5A52R3tC11“I spent my twenties trying to get old men’s tongues out of my mouth” – Emma Thompson on being a woman in Hollywood pic.twitter.com/5A52R3tC11
“I think there are probably about a million missed opportunities to call this man out on his disgusting behaviour,” Thompson said. “Isn’t it the same story as Jimmy Savile? If someone’s powerful, you can say, as the nurses used to do in those hospitals, ‘Be careful, be careful, pretend you’re asleep.’ So some of the agents may have said, ‘Look he’s a little bit … He’s a little bit oily, he’s a little bit this. Don’t worry. Again, he might pester you a bit. But, you know, go in,’” she added. “I think there are probably about a million missed opportunities to call this man out on his disgusting behaviour,” Thompson said. “Isn’t it the same story as Jimmy Savile? If someone’s powerful, you can say, as the nurses used to do in those hospitals, ‘Be careful, be careful, pretend you’re asleep.’ So some of the agents may have said, ‘Look he’s a little bit … He’s a little bit oily, he’s a little bit this. Don’t worry. Again, he might pester you a bit. But, you know, go in,’” she said.
Thompson added: “What I find extraordinary is that this man is at the top of a very particular iceberg. I don’t think you can describe him as a sex addict. He’s a predator. That’s different. But what he’s, as it were, the top of the ladder of is a system of harassment and belittling and bullying and interference.” “What I find extraordinary is that this man is at the top of a very particular iceberg. I don’t think you can describe him as a sex addict. He’s a predator. That’s different. But what he’s, as it were, the top of the ladder of is a system of harassment and belittling and bullying and interference.”
“I mean, I’ve just said I’ve I spent my 20s trying to get old men’s tongues out of my mouth, you know, because they just thought, ‘Well she’s up for it.’ So I would imagine that that happens really very regularly, and so perhaps this is a moment when we can say to men and women: ‘Open your eyes and open your mouths and say something.’” “I mean, I’ve just said I’ve I spent my 20s trying to get old men’s tongues out of my mouth, you know, because they just thought, ‘Well she’s up for it.’ So I would imagine that that happens really very regularly, and so perhaps this is a moment when we can say to men and women: ‘Open your eyes and open your mouths and say something’.”
On Tuesday, Weinstein was accused of rape by three women – claims that the producer “unequivocally denies” – and his British wife Georgina Chapman announced that she was leaving him. On Tuesday, Weinstein was accused of rape by three women – claims that the producer says he “unequivocally denies” – and his British wife Georgina Chapman announced that she was leaving him.
On Thursday evening, singer and model Myleene Klass became the latest woman to speak out about Weinstein, telling the Sun the Hollywood producer offered her a “sex contract” at a meeting in Cannes.On Thursday evening, singer and model Myleene Klass became the latest woman to speak out about Weinstein, telling the Sun the Hollywood producer offered her a “sex contract” at a meeting in Cannes.