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That's a transparent lie. If he wanted the joke to sting he'd have phrased it differently.

Something like: “Congratulations, you five ladies no longer have to submit to Harvey Weinstein's lecherous advances.”

That might have made Harvey and the rest of the hall nervous. But the way he said it, it was just something everybody could laugh off.

Is this just Seth covering his ___? Or is he trying to cash in on the publicity? Or does he have his own sex scandals to cover up, like Joss Whedon?

[FreedomPoster]

You’ve got a point, but when you listen closely to the audio, it’s *really* nervous laughter from that room. Those people knew what McFarlane was saying, and yet were cowed by Weinstein’s power, no doubt about it.