Harvey Weinstein actress and accuser, Salma Hayek, spoke about her thoughts on the disgraced movie mogul after his conviction for rape.
In 2017, the actress joined the myriad of female celebrities who came forward with accusations of sexual misconduct against the once powerful Hollywood boss. She made her claims in a detailed essay written in The New York Times.
Speaking to the Evening Standard before the release of his latest film, “Bliss,” Hayek spoke directly about Weinstein again, now that he has been sentenced to 23 years in prison.
“The incredible thing is that I thought I was cured,” she told the outlet. “And then it all came out again and I realized that I didn’t heal, I suppressed and got over it, I adjusted, I continued, so there was a layer of healing because it didn’t stop me from growing. But it was very painful for a long time. I didn’t know that there were so many other women affected and that it was so profound. It was very shocking. But the fact that we [took action] together they made it really healing … I have lived with it for a long time and have disconnected from it now. “
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Salma Hayek shared her thoughts on Harvey Weinstein.
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Hayek previously explained that she had problems with Weinstein during the 2002 production of the film “Frida”. Although the film is starring real-life feminist artist Frida Kahlo, behind the scenes she allegedly endured the unwanted advances and bizarre power games of the Hollywood big shot.
In her New York Times article, Hayek explains that she was thrilled to develop a working relationship with Weinstein to tell the story of Kahlo, a personal heroine of hers. She says the relationship has led to a myriad of uncomfortable advances from him, such as asking her to massage him, to watch her shower and be naked with other women.
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Hayek refused.
Salma Hayek detailed her thoughts on Harvey Weinstein after his conviction for rape.
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“I don’t think he hated anything more than the word ‘no’. The absurdity of his demands went from receiving a furious call in the middle of the night asking me to fire my agent for a fight he was having over a different movie with a different client to physically dragging me out of the opening gala of The Festival Venice Film Festival, which was in honor of ‘Frida’, so I could go out to his private party with him and some women I thought were models, but later told me they were expensive prostitutes, “she wrote.
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At one point, she claims that Weinstein threatened to kill her in a fit of rage.
She claims that her passion project was hampered at every step by Weinstein’s insistence that her sex appeal was her only selling factor and reportedly demanding that she wear a nude and same-sex scene.
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Still, he was not satisfied and reportedly almost refused to give the film a theatrical release. However, “Frida” would have six Oscar nominations in 2003, including Hayek as the best actress.
Last year, Harvey Weinstein began serving a 23-year prison sentence after a New York jury sentenced him for the rape and sexual assault of two women.