Michelle Pfeiffer hailed fellow Hollywood megastar Gwyneth Paltrow on Friday for showing ‘a lot of courage’ in speaking out against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.
‘I would be remiss if I didn’t take this opportunity to applaud you for speaking out this week,’ Pfeiffer said.
‘It took a lot of courage.’
Paltrow introduced Pfeiffer at a luncheon hosted by Variety in Los Angeles on Friday.
The publication was honoring ‘five women who are using their clout to bring attention to worthy causes.’
Pfeiffer was feted along with Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins, singer Kelly Clarkson, Priyanka Chopra, and Octavia Spencer.
Michelle Pfeiffer (right) hailed fellow Hollywood megastar Gwyneth Paltrow (left) on Friday for showing ‘a lot of courage’ in speaking out against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein
‘I would be remiss if I didn’t take this opportunity to applaud you for speaking out this week,’ Pfeiffer said. ‘It took a lot of courage’
Paltrow introduced Pfeiffer at a luncheon hosted by Variety in Los Angeles on Friday. The publication was honoring ‘five women who are using their clout to bring attention to worthy causes’
Earlier this week, Paltrow claimed in an interview with The New York Times that she was a victim of Weinstein’s sexual misconduct when she was only 22.
Paltrow had been quiet on Weinstein’s decades of sexual harassment until Tuesday when she told the Times she, too, had been victim to Weinstein’s sexual misconduct when she was 22.
She revealed that Weinstein put his hands on her suggestively and tried to lead her into a bedroom to have a joint massage in his suite at The Peninsula Hotel during a meeting that her agents at C.A.A. had set up when she refused.
Afterwards, she confided in her boyfriend at the time, Brad Pitt, and he confronted Weinstein when they later ran into one another.
After Pitt confronted Weinstein, the mogul phoned Paltrow and allegedly told her to never mention it to anyone else.
Earlier this week, Paltrow claimed in an interview with The New York Times that she was a victim of Weinstein’s sexual misconduct when she was only 22. The two are seen together in 1999 at a Miramax post-Oscar party
Paltrow was pictured Thursday out in Los Angeles for the first time since revealing she was sexually propositioned by Weinstein in the 1990s
Pitt confirmed Paltrow’s version of events to the Times but offered no further comment on the subject. In the same interview, Pitt’s estranged wife Angelina Jolie identified herself as another victim.
Jolie and Paltrow are the latest stars to break their silence on the scandal that has been engulfing Weinstein since The New York Times revealed last week that he was the subject of decades-old allegations of sexual harassment.
Weinstein checked himself into a rehab clinic in Arizona.
The Weinstein Co, the film production company part-owned by Weinstein, is exploring a sale or shutdown and is unlikely to continue as an independent entity, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, but the company’s co-chairman, Bob Weinstein, denied the report.
‘Our banks, partners and shareholders are fully supportive of our company and it is untrue that the company or board is exploring a sale or shutdown of the company,’ co-chairman Bob Weinstein said in a statement.
‘Business is continuing as usual as the company moves ahead.’
The New Yorker magazine reported on Tuesday that 13 women have claimed that Harvey Weinstein sexually harassed or assaulted them.
The board previously had been considering appointing co-chairman Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein’s brother, and President David Glasser to continue operating Weinstein Co with a new name, but that plan is no longer on the table, according to the WSJ report.