Much of Hollywood remains silent as a sex scandal engulfs Harvey Weinstein, but at least one person he’s paying has said enough.
Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinksi, who recently signed a three-book deal with Weinstein books, says she won’t go forward unless Harvey resigns completely.
A bombshell report from the New York Times on Thursday detailed three decades of incidents and payouts, including a $100,000 payment to Rose McGowan and on-the-record account from Ashley Judd of being harassed in his hotel room in 1997 that included him asking her to watch him shower.
Mika Brzezinksi took to Twitter Saturday morning to denounce Harvey Weinstein and say she won’t continue with her recent three-book deal with Weinstein books unless he resigns
In July it was revealed the TV host, seen here with fiance co-host Joe Scarborough, had signed a ‘high six-figure’ deal with Weinstein’s book imprint. Late Friday he was suspended from his company
In the two days since, very few bold-faced names have spoken out to denounce the producer and support Judd and McGowan, even after a new on-the-record story late Friday that the producer once masturbated and ejaculated into a plant in front of reporter.
But Brzezinksi, who wrote a best seller called Know Your Value in 2011 aimed at women in the work place, spoke out on Twitter Saturday morning.
‘Harvey Weinstein needs to resign from his companies, face his sickness, and go into a long, self-imposed exile,’ she wrote.
‘Authors, actors, and moviemakers should not work for any Weinstein company until he resigns. Not a close call.’
And she ended by saying she’s walking away unless he’s ousted for good.
‘I have a three-book deal with Weinstein Books, through Hachette. I can’t go forward with those books unless Harvey resigns.’
The TV anchor, who had a follow up book Grow Your Value in 2015, landed her new book deal with in July.
Page Six reported at the time her three-book deal with Weinstein Books was ‘in the high six figures’ and would include a revised edition of Knowing Your Value: Women, Money, and Getting What You’re Worth and a fall 2018 book called Comeback Careers.
Late Friday it was announced Mr Weinstein had been suspended from his eponymous company and an investigation was ordered.
He previously told the New York Times he would take leave.
Three board members resigned in the past two days, and during heated board meetings it was reported by The Hollywood Reporter that Harvey’s chief concern is that he be able to return to the company he co-founded with brother Bob.