{"id":360621,"date":"2017-10-10T06:34:31","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T06:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=360621"},"modified":"2017-10-10T06:34:31","modified_gmt":"2017-10-10T06:34:31","slug":"meryl-streep-dame-judi-dench-speak-out-about-harvey-weinstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/10\/meryl-streep-dame-judi-dench-speak-out-about-harvey-weinstein\/","title":{"rendered":"Meryl Streep, Dame Judi Dench speak out about Harvey Weinstein"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meryl Streep and other Hollywood stars have spoken out against producer Harvey Weinstein in the wake of the sexual harassment claims that saw him being\u00a0fired by his own company.<\/p>\n

Streep told the\u00a0Huffington Post\u00a0she was “appalled” by the “disgraceful” news.<\/p>\n

She went on to praise “the intrepid women who raised their voices to expose this abuse”, calling them “heroes”.<\/p>\n

Dame Judi Dench also issued a statement saying she was “completely unaware” of the “horrifying” claims.<\/p>\n

The British actress also praised those who had spoken up.<\/p>\n

“I offer my sympathy to those who have suffered, and wholehearted support to those who have spoken out,” she said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, another British actress – Romola Garai – says she felt “violated” after being asked to visit Weinstein in his hotel room when she was 18 so he could “approve” her for a role.<\/p>\n

Garai told\u00a0The Guardian\u00a0he opened the door in his dressing gown. “It was humiliating for me,” she said, adding: “It was an abuse of power.”<\/p>\n

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Dame Judi Dench with Harvey Weinstein in 2005<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n

Oscar-winner Kate Winslet has also praised those, like Garai, who spoke out, telling\u00a0Variety\u00a0they are “incredibly brave”, adding it had been “deeply shocking to hear”.<\/p>\n

Emma Thompson, Mark Ruffalo and Seth Rogen are among other leading actors to express similar sentiments.<\/p>\n

The Weinstein allegations have instigated a fierce debate about abuse of power in Hollywood and beyond.<\/p>\n

Streep’s statement followed criticism that leading Hollywood figures had maintained a “deafening silence” in the wake of the allegations against Weinstein that surfaced\u00a0in the New York Times\u00a0on Friday.<\/p>\n

Streep said she wanted to make it clear that “not everybody” had known about the allegations, including herself.<\/p>\n

The three-time Oscar-winner said the news had “appalled those of us whose work [Weinstein] championed, and those whose good and worthy causes he supported.”<\/p>\n

Streep worked with Weinstein on such films as The Iron Lady and August: Osage County and jokingly referred to him as “God” in a 2012 acceptance speech.<\/p>\n

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Rose McGowan has been highly vocal without mentioning Weinstein by name<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n

“Harvey supported the work fiercely, was exasperating but respectful with me in our working relationship, and with many others with whom he worked professionally,” Streep wrote about the allegations.<\/p>\n

“I did not know about his financial settlements with actresses and colleagues; I did not know about his having meetings in his hotel room, his bathroom, or other inappropriate, coercive acts.<\/p>\n

“And if everybody knew, I don’t believe that all the investigative reporters in the entertainment and the hard news media would have neglected for decades to write about it.”<\/p>\n

She added: “The behaviour is inexcusable, but the abuse of power familiar. Each brave voice that is raised, heard and credited by our watchdog media will ultimately change the game.”<\/p>\n

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Thompson said Weinstein was known to be “a predatory man”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n

Weinstein was made an honorary CBE by the Queen in 2004 for his contribution to the British film industry.<\/p>\n

A spokesman for Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May said she had expressed “concern” about the allegations, but said his CBE was not a matter for her office but for the Honours Forfeiture Committee, where each case is “considered on its merits”.<\/p>\n

Speaking earlier on Monday, Britain’s Emma Thompson said she was pleased the story had come out and described Weinstein as “a predatory man”.<\/p>\n

“Male predatory behaviour is everywhere, not just in the film industry,” the actress and screenwriter told the BBC.<\/p>\n

“Let’s support those women who don’t have the confidence to speak out.”<\/p>\n

Some male stars have also spoken out to denounce Weinstein and express support for the women he is alleged to have abused.<\/p>\n

“What Harvey Weinstein did was a disgusting abuse of power,”\u00a0tweeted\u00a0Avengers actor Mark Ruffalo about the claims.<\/p>\n

“I believe all the women coming forward about Harvey Weinstein’s sexual harassment,”\u00a0wrote Seth Rogen.<\/p>\n

Actress Rose McGowan, who the New York Times claimed had reached a legal settlement with Weinstein in 1997, has also been highly vocal.<\/p>\n

“Ladies of Hollywood, your silence is deafening,” she tweeted\u00a0on Saturday, going on to tell the Hollywood Reporter that\u00a0“men in Hollywood need to change ASAP”.<\/p>\n

When the claims were first reported in the New York Times, Weinstein\u00a0issued a statement\u00a0in which he apologised.<\/p>\n

“I appreciate the way I’ve behaved with colleagues in the past has caused a lot of pain, and I sincerely apologise for it,” he wrote.<\/p>\n

But he later disputed the article, with one of his legal team claiming the newspaper’s report was “saturated with false and defamatory statements”.<\/p>\n

Mr Weinstein’s lawyer, Lisa Bloom, said in another statement that he denied many of the allegations against him as “patently false”.<\/p>\n

Bloom\u00a0later announced\u00a0she had resigned as Mr Weinstein’s adviser.<\/p>\n

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