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Harvey Weinstein Admits Offering Movie Roles for Sex
2018-07-15
[Breitbart] Disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein opened up to Greek journalist Panagiotis "Taki" Theodoracopulos in a "world exclusive," detailing how offering sex for movies is and always been common in Hollywood.

"You were born rich and privileged and you were handsome," Weinstein was quoted saying to Theodoracopulos, who said the embattled producer’s attorney, Ben Brafman, was also present during the interview. " I was born poor, ugly, Jewish and had to fight all my life to get somewhere. You got lotsa girls, no girl looked at me until I made it big in Hollywood."

"Yes, I did offer them acting jobs in exchange for sex, but so did and still does everyone," Harvey Weinstein said, adding, "But I never, ever forced myself on a single woman."

The interview was published just days after the former Weinstein & Co. boss pleaded not guilty to multiple charges of sexual assault.

"Mr. Weinstein maintains that all of these allegations are false and he expects to be fully vindicated," Brafman said in a statement last week.

His sit down with Taki was, however, the first on-the-record interview since the New York Times published its bombshell report last October detailing decades of allegations of sexual abuse, harassment, and rape against Weinstein.
Posted by:Besoeker

#7  If you see them on screen they got there via working on their backs (or all fours for the men, yes hollywood is very "tolerant").
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2018-07-15 16:37  

#6  Saying casting coach is real when everyone knows it is. I think Mike K is right.
Posted by: Rjschwarz   2018-07-15 15:20  

#5  It's the old .... we know what you are, we're just negotiating the price.

He's a john and they are 'working girls'.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2018-07-15 11:39  

#4  #3 So basically what Harvey is saying is that he was a ..... John ?
Posted by: Besoeker 2018-07-15 01:06


I think what Harvey is saying is that he might well name every last one of those ladies who traded favors for parts, knowing full well what they were getting into. #MeToo is going to turn into #TheyHelped.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2018-07-15 11:25  

#3  So basically what Harvey is saying is that he was a ..... John ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-07-15 01:06  

#2  Let's hope the sex was better than the movies.

But I gotta ask, is this a surprise to anyone who didn't just fall off the turnip truck? The casting couch has been a Hollywood meme for as long as there has been Hollywood.
Posted by: SteveS   2018-07-15 01:01  

#1  That partly explains why we get all the crappy, vapid movies that are not entertaining and have little substance.
Posted by: JohnQC   2018-07-15 00:51  

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