She is known for her candid views as part of the Studio 10 daily panel.
And Jessica Rowe spoke out against the decision for attendees to wear all-black outfits to the Golden Globe awards on Monday, in protest of sexual harassment.
The 47-year-old described the demonstration as ‘dumb’ and suggested Hollywood’s biggest stars should have boycotted the red carpet altogether for greater impact.
Displeased: Jessica Rowe spoke out against the decision for attendees to wear all-black outfits to the Golden Globe awards on Monday, in protest of sexual harassment
‘It is wonderful women are finding their voice, that we are speaking up, but to me it is dumb to wear black on the red carpet,’ she said on the Channel 10 morning show.
‘They’re still going to be wearing designer black, they’re going to still be looking gorgeous and wonderful.
‘To me, it is tokenistic and it’s not a good way of sending the right message,’ she added.
‘It is wonderful women are finding their voice, that we are speaking up, but to me it is dumb to wear black on the red carpet,’ she said on the Channel 10 morning show
The mother of two daughters said guests could have opted to not attend the ceremony or at the least, wear red or purple instead to represent ‘defiance’.
Her Studio 10 co-star Joe Hildebrand also took issue with the monochromatic show of dissent, labeling it as ‘strange’.
‘The last great Hollywood protest movement about the treatment of women was the Ask Her More Campaign which said, “we don’t want to be defined by what we’re wearing on the red carpet, we want to be taken seriously as actresses”,’ he said.
Perplexed: Her Studio 10 co-star Joe Hildebrand also took issue with the monochromatic show of dissent, labeling it as ‘strange’
‘They’re still going to be wearing designer black, they’re going to still be looking gorgeous and wonderful,’ she said of Golden Globe attendees like Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness
‘And then the very next social protest movement in Hollywood is one in which they’re defining themselves entirely by what they’re wearing on the red carpet,’ he added.
In recognition of the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements against sexual harassment in Hollywood and wider society, attendees opted to wear black at the award show.
Rose McGowan, who has spoken out heavily against Harvey Weinstein, took to Twitter to decry actresses like Meryl Streep taking part in the Globes protest.
‘Actresses, like Meryl Streep, who happily worked for The Pig Monster, are wearing black Golden Globes in a silent protest,’ she wrote.
Protest: In recognition of the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements against sexual harassment, attendees opted to wear black at the award show. Pictured: Actor Alison Brie
‘To me, it is tokenistic and it’s not a good way of sending the right message,’ Jessica Rowe said of the all-black memo. Pictured: Heidi Klum