Hollywood Makeup Artist Says Ben Affleck Groped Her at a Golden Globes Party

The Cut ^ | October 11, 2017 | Allie Jones

[EdnaMode]

After making a public statement about the sexual-abuse allegations against Harvey Weinstein, Ben Affleck is facing accusations of his own. The actress Hilarie Burton tweeted yesterday that Affleck grabbed her breast while she was interviewing him on TRL in the mid-200os. (You can see video of the alleged assault here). And this afternoon, Hollywood makeup artist Annamarie Tendler tweeted that Affleck groped her at a Golden Globes party in 2014. “He walked by me, cupped my butt and pressed his finger into my crack,” she wrote.

Tendler added, “Like most women in these situations I didn’t say anything but I have thought a lot about what I’d say if I ever saw him again.” Her husband, the comedian John Mulaney, retweeted her claims.

Affleck tweeted a one-line apology to Burton this morning, but he has yet to address Tendler’s accusations. We have reached out to his representative for comment and will update this post if we hear back.

If you or anyone you know has had a bad experience with Affleck, don’t hesitate to email me at allie.jones@nymag.com, send me a message on Twitter, or contact me on Signal (ask for the number).

[Dr. Pritchett]

“Like most women in these situations I didn’t say anything but I...”

I have seen and heard so many FALSE accusations of harassment, I find this comment especially annoying. On one hand we have false accusations of criminal Kissinger and Rape Culture, on another we have these dumb ass waitresses not reporting anything. Any wonder why the confusion across the spectrum? Libs...

[lodi90]

I’ve heard that powerful men, famous men, famous athletes, etc. have this problem, of women coming on to them.

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Not even that. I”m a pretty average looking guy. Not rich and famous.

I never had more aggressive attention from women then when I was a middle manager in a grocery store. Just that tiny bit of authority and power seemingly drove some ladies into lewd madness. Or maybe my Hawaiian shirt uniform drove them crazy. LOL.

[lodi90]

There is something even better than us engaging the libs in a street fight: we should manipulate the libs into destroying one another instead.

Divide and conquer them without firing a shot.

The libs are destroying one another right now. We need to maximize the carnage while cheering them on safely from a distance.

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Very astute observation. Pure Alinsky, too. LOL.

[Seruzawa]

I wonder how many Hollywood stars and moguls aren’t self-entitled pervs.

[familyop]

“He walked by me, cupped my butt and pressed his finger into my crack,” she wrote.

Little Jack Horner
Sat in the corner,
Eating his Christmas pie;
He put in his thumb,
And pulled out a plum,
And said, "What a good boy am I!"

[familyop]

That was grotesquely disgusting of me. Maybe some rest would be in order.

[Yaelle]

Trader Joe’s! :)

[lodi90]

Trader Joe’s! :)

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LOL. Busted. You don’t want to know what is going on in the back room of your local Trader Joe’s. Trust me.

[Yaelle]

So they aren’t back there eating peanut butter cups and drinking two buck chuck??

[DAC21]

“Hawaiian shirt uniform drove them crazy. LOL”

Sounds like Trader Joe’s today me.