Hollywood is ??? ??? ??????smack bang in the middle of a revolution against sexual harassment and abuse, but Dylan Farrow has had it with some stars' apparent hypocrisy.
The daughter of director Woody Allen has slammed several supporters of the anti-harassment initiative Time's Up, including Blake Lively, star of Café Society,and Justin Timberlake, star of Wonder Wheel, for continuing to work with her father.
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Farrow, who was adopted by Allen and actress Mia Farrow, says Allen sexually assaulted her in the attic when she was seven years old. She first publicly accused Allen of the assault in a 2014 open letter published by the New York Times, in which she adds he'd often "place his head in my naked lap and breathe in and breathe out."
Allen has adamantlydisputed her account. Ultimately, a custody judge in the '90s ruled that Allen's behavior was "grossly inappropriate" but the case did not go to criminal trial.
So, although she supports the Time's Up movement and moments like the Golden Globes' all-black protest dress code, she's upset to see some of Hollywood's top tier, like Lively, continuing to work with Allen. Farrow's brother Ronan has criticized supporters in the past, too.
"The people who join this movement without taking any kind of personal accountability for the ways in which their own words and decisions have helped to perpetuate the culture they are fighting against, that’s hard for me to reconcile.”
“I fully support women taking a stand, linking arms with other women (and men), advocating on behalf of one another to effect change not only in the entertainment industry but in the world at large,” Farrow said in a statement to BuzzFeed on Monday.
“That is an admirable and worthwhile objective, I hope these women change the world. That said, the people who join this movement without taking any kind of personal accountability for the ways in which their own words and decisions have helped to perpetuate the culture they are fighting against, that’s hard for me to reconcile.”
Farrow's statement included direct aims at Lively and Timberlake, both public Time's Up advocates. Farrow had already directly replied to Lively's tweet touting Time's Up on Jan. 3.
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“I struggle to understand how a woman who believes Woody Allen is 'empowering to women' can claim the role as an advocate for women suffering from sexual harassment," she told BuzzFeed.
"I struggle with how a powerful force like Justin Timberlake can claim to be in awe of the strength of women and stand with them at this #MeToo moment and then in the next breath say that working with Woody Allen is a 'dream come true.'”
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Over 300 women in the entertainment industry signed the Time's Up open letter in December, pledging their support to eradicate systemic sexual abuse in Hollywood as well as other industries.
Many actresses who have worked with Allen signed the letter, including Lively, Emma Stone (Magic in the Moonlight, Irrational Man), Greta Gerwig (To Rome with Love), Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine), and Scarlett Johansson (Scoop), all of whom have publicly spoken out as part of the #MeToo movement.
Backstage at the Golden Globes, BuzzFeed reporter Susan Cheng asked Gerwig about working with Allen, after winning Best Picture for her film Lady Bird.
“It’s something that I have thought deeply about, and I care deeply about … and I haven’t had the opportunity to have an in-depth discussion, where I come down on one side or the other, but it’s something that I’ve definitely taken to heart," she said.
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"It isn’t just power that allows men accused of sexual abuse to keep their careers and their secrets," wrote Farrow in a column for The Los Angeles Timesin December. She added it "breaks my heart" to see those she admires work with Allen.
"It is also our collective choice to see simple situations as complicated and obvious conclusions as a matter of 'who can say'? The system worked for Harvey Weinstein for decades. It works for Woody Allen still."
Additional reporting by Proma Khosla.
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