Ashley Judd forgives Harvey Weinstein
"I forgive you. I understand that you are sick and suffering," says Ashley Judd in interview.
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US actress Ashley Judd says she forgives disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, after revelations of predatory behaviour between the two in the 1990s.
Speaking to Diane Sawyer she said, “What I would say to Harvey is, ‘I forgive you. I understand that you are sick and suffering, and there is help for a guy like you, too. And it’s entirely up to you to get that help,'” she said. If that sounds at all surprising, giving the volume of claims against him, she understands. “It’s just who I am,” she explained. “Frankly, it’s an easier way to roll through the world than the alternative.”
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Before her initial meeting with Weinstein, Judd told Sawyer, “I had no warning. I remember the lurch when I went to the desk and I said, ‘Uh, Mr. Weinstein…is he on the on the patio?’ And they said, ‘He’s in the room.’ I was like, ‘Ugh, you’re kidding me!'” But she went up to his room, as she was a young actress, he was a powerful producer, and, “I had a business appointment.”
“That’s his pattern of sexual predation,” Judd alleged. “That was how he rolled.”
After Sawyer read a list of other alleged victims’ reactions in similar instances, Judd said, “We act like we’re between about 3 and 6 years old in those moments. That’s what science tells us. Whatever was working when we were 3 [works again].” Weinstein was persistent, she added. “He kept coming back at me with all this other stuff. And finally I just said, ‘When I win an Oscar in one of your movies, OK?’ And he was like, ‘Yeah, when you get nominated.’ And I said, ‘No, when I win an Oscar!’ I just fled.”
Judd said she told her parents and other people in private, including actors and agents. Had she decided to speak out publicly against the powerful producer in the ’90s, Judd said, “I don’t know that I would have been believed. Who was I to tell? I knew it was disgusting. Like, was I going to tell the concierge who sent me to the room?”
In recent weeks, more than 65 women have come forward to accuse Weinstein of sexual assault. Several women have also accused Weinstein of rape.
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Source: EOnline
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