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Kathy Bates on MeToo: 'In my day, if you went to a guy's hotel room, you knew why you were going'
h/t Instapundit[yahoo.com] - Oscar-winning actress Kathy Bates has weighed in on the era of #MeToo, saying that "times were different" when she was coming up in the business and a lot of "casting couch" encounters were "consensual". The veteran actor said the landscape of the industry looked very different in her early career ‐ years before allegations against Harvey Weinstein sent shockwaves through Hollywood. The 71-year-old Richard Jewell star told The Guardian she had a "confession" to make "about people like Weinstein and the casting couch and all of that". Bates said: "In my day, if you went up to a guy’s hotel room, you knew exactly why you were going and in those days it was consensual. Related: MeToo: 2020-01-05 Director Terry Gilliam: I'm Tired of White Men Being Blamed for Everything Wrong with the World MeToo: 2019-12-21 Secrets, Not Constitutional Authority, Are Now the Coin of Power in Politics MeToo: 2019-12-13 CNN Politics Producer ‘McFeely’ Steve Brusk Resigns Weeks After Project Veritas Video Exposes Misconduct Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-01-19 |
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