Hollywood Sexual Harrasment/Assault Thread

[Khan]

 

Wow, that's an image I'll never be able to shake.

 

YES!!!  Original Carly is ready to cut a b***h!  I love it!

[amybrickwallace]

The silver lining of the TODAY mess is that we got Hoda out of it. I know that we only see their public personas, but Hoda truly seems like the real deal...warm, friendly and versatile. She can deliver hard news and later on make canapés with Kathie Lee. Hoda always had a special aura which has only deepened since she adopted her baby last year. She also makes Savannah look better. You really can tell that they have a true bond that deepened through the Lauer mess, and their on-screen chemistry was there from day one.

 

Plus, there's also the sweet justice that after years of using women to further his own sick agenda...a woman ended up taking his place on the show. The "joke" was on him.

 

I'm curious about the Sarah Brown situation. Good for her for speaking out.

[dragonflies]

 

[Faulkner]

More women come forward against Paul Haggis, who is accused of multiple rapes.

http://www.vulture.com/2018/01/director-paul-haggis-accused-of-multiple-rapes.html?utm_campaign=vulture&utm_source=fb&utm_medium=s1

[Khan]

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Paul Haggis wrote or co-wrote all my favorite episodes of "The Facts of Life."  The show improved by leaps and bounds right around the time he joined the writing staff.  Ergo, it sucks to know this about the man...but, as always, I shouldn't be too surprised.

[DramatistDreamer]

Also, talk about awful to hear--Ben Vereen is facing allegations of sexual assault during a 2015 production of Hair in Florida.

Apparently he has apologized for "inappropriate" behavior.  

 

Ben Vereen Accused of Sexual Assault During 2015 Florida Production of Hair

 

It's become painstakingly clear that we really can no longer be surprised by the breadth of this sexual misconduct epidemic anymore.

[Vee]

The Paul Haggis stories are certainly plausible, but at the same time I have to remember that he is a #1 target of Scientology these days since Going Clear. They can and would coordinate this.

[Juliajms]

One of Roy Moore's accusers had her house set on fire.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/367703-ex-obama-staffer-starts-gofundme-for-moore-accuser-whose-house

[I Am A Swede]

 

I think it has been so common and so widespread that it has become the norm, and it's not until this #metoo movement that many have realized what they have been subjected to, or what they have subjected others to. This is not meant as an excuse, but I think that some of the perpetrators really haven't realized that what they've been doing is wrong, simply because it's been so common. At least I hope that is the case, because I'd hate to think that there are so incredibly many sleaze-bags out there.

[dragonflies]

Not a shocker at all, sadly

 

  nvx

[Khan]

Sigh.

 

[I Am A Swede]

 Please, Helen Keller could see that one coming! 

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[DramatistDreamer]

We almost made it through a day without more news.  I'm not much of a comic book fan but this strikes me as dispiriting, if unsurprising at this point.

 

 

[amybrickwallace]

Awww, man!!! I remember his appearance on Wayne Brady's Let's Make a Deal last year. That really bites.

 

On a lighter note, Seth Meyers' joke about Willem Dafoe - and Willem Dafoe's reaction to it - at the Golden Globes the other night were hilarious. I appreciate the show of solidarity, but I wish the women hadn't chosen black as the color to wear. I would have chosen gold, silver or even red...something colorful and not so...funereal. Am I making sense?

[DRW50]

 

I find the whole thing self-serving anyway, to be honest.

 

Not that it's an excuse, but he's a very old man, and many older men start to lose any reserve or coherency at that point. I do feel for the women who have had to deal with this.