It’s been more than two months since allegations of sexual harassment, misconduct and assault against Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, 65, were made public.
But while the famed producer has been fired from the company that bore his name, dumped by his fashion designer wife, removed from the most prestigious boards and academies of Hollywood, and gone into hiding, the women he terrorised for decades are definitely not done telling their story. Not after all these years.
And today, it’s Oscar-nominated actor Salma Hayek’s time to share her story.
In an emotional essay for The New York Times, titled 'Harvey Weinstein Is My Monster Too',the 51-year-old star says the producer turned from the "family man" she had always believed him to be into a man who would not take no for an answer when they began working together on the 2002 film Frida.
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Ugh, a perfect example of the power imbalance. What a horrifying experience for a young, up-and-coming actress... and how vulnerable would you feel knowing that no one is doing a damn thing about his behaviour.
I read a comment on another site about this, which basically said 'she wouldn't get naked for him, so he made her perform naked for the whole world'. What an evil, evil man he is.
That quote nails exactly why I felt even more disturbed about this story than the others (which are horrifying in themselves). It truly shows him up as not "just" an opportunistic sexual predator, but a sexual predator who thrived on power and humiliation. You're right, he's nothing less than evil