Tag: #MeToo

Rami Malek speaks out about the allegations of sexual abuse against Bryan Singer

 Rami Malek has spoken about the allegations of sexual abuse against Bryan Singer, who directed Malek’s Oscar-nominated new film “Bohemian Rhapsody.”

Singer was fired from the film, which stars Malek as Freddie Mercury, lead singer of the iconic rock group Queen. In a recent sit-down at the Arlington Theatre for the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Malek was hesitant to speak out against the director, but emphasized the importance of valuing victims’ stories, Vanity Fair reports.

“I’ve sat here and talked about how everyone deserves a voice and anyone who wants to talk about what happened with Bryan deserves to have their voice heard,” he said. “In my situation with Bryan, it was not pleasant, not at all. And that’s about what I can say about it at this point.” He did not elaborate.

“It’s awful, it’s remarkable that this happens,” Malek said of Singer’s alleged crimes. “I can appreciate so much what they’ve been through and how difficult this must be for them. In the light of the #MeToo era that this somehow seems to exist after that, it’s a horrible thing.”

“My heart goes out to anyone who has to live through anything like what I’ve heard and what is out there,” he continued.

Full Moonves: Friday night shocker at CBS! Les accused by six women!

The New YORKER is busy at work tonight achieving social media mayhem.. Les Moonves, the powerful CEO at CBS for decades, has been accused of six women of sexual harassment.. Tonight the DRUDGE REPORT picked up the story and even gave Ronan Farrow a SIREN on the site..

From the report:

In recent months, Moonves has become a prominent voice in Hollywood’s #MeToo movement. In December, he helped found the Commission on Eliminating Sexual Harassment and Advancing Equality in the Workplace, which is chaired by Anita Hill. “It’s a watershed moment,” Moonves said at a conference in November. “I think it’s important that a company’s culture will not allow for this. And that’s the thing that’s far-reaching. There’s a lot we’re learning. There’s a lot we didn’t know.” 

But Moonves’s private actions belie his public statements. Six women who had professional dealings with him told me that, between the nineteen-eighties and the late aughts, Moonves sexually harassed them. Four described forcible touching or kissing during business meetings, in what they said appeared to be a practiced routine. Two told me that Moonves physically intimidated them or threatened to derail their careers. All said that he became cold or hostile after they rejected his advances, and that they believed their careers suffered as a result. “What happened to me was a sexual assault, and then I was fired for not participating,” the actress and writer Illeana Douglas told me. All the women said they still feared that speaking out would lead to retaliation from Moonves, who is known in the industry for his ability to make or break careers. “He has gotten away with it for decades,” the writer Janet Jones, who alleges that she had to shove Moonves off her after he forcibly kissed her at a work meeting, told me. “And it’s just not O.K.”

The story goes on to describe forced kissing.. hugging.. firing..

In 2018, all truth becomes apparent. Hiding from history no more! LES is not more!  Take it from here Ronan.. your first siren.