Posted on 01/19/2018 8:26:40 PM PST by nickcarraway
Helen Mirren has a message for the Times Up movement: Time's up? I would say its about time.
The 72-year-old star said she couldnt directly relate to the countless women abused in Hollywood because by the time she came to Hollywood she was already in her 30s but she did admit being victim to sexual harassment when she was younger.
I had never experienced that in Hollywood because I came to Hollywood I was in my 30s, I was too old, she recalled to Willie Geist in a Sunday Today airing this weekend. It doesnt happen to you unless you are really young.
When I was between 16 and 23, 24, men would expose themselves to me, often. I would say about once a week. On the subway, on the tube, on the bus, walking down a road. And it's like, ugh, Mirren said. Weird, because it's not like you're going to go, Oh my god, that's the most gorgeous thing I've ever seen. It's the opposite. It's horror!
Ann Curry: 'Today' had a 'climate of verbal sexual harassment'
Mirren elaborated on the Time's Up and Me Too movements, admitting its long overdue.
Reese Witherspoon used her time at the podium during the ELLE Women In Hollywood Celebration on Oct. 16, 2017 to shed some light on being sexually assaulted by a director at age 16. "I've had multiple experiences of harassment and sexual assault, and I don't speak about them very often, but after hearing all the stories these past few days and hearing these brave women speak up tonight, the things that we're kind of told to sweep under the rug and not talk about, it's made me want to speak up and speak up loudly because I felt less alone this week than I've ever felt in my entire career.", she added.
The last four or five months theres been an enormous shift going on. Its been coming. Id say Time's Up? I would say well its about time, time's up, its taken a long time to get here.
The longtime actress recently received a Golden Globes nomination for her role in The Leisure Seeker, which is due out Friday.
Mirrens full interview with Geist will air on NBC on Sunday.
says the caligula actress.
My understanding is that Helen Mirren exposed herself to the world on camera. What’s the difference?
Braggart.
I think it’s different, doing it onscreen vs. in person.
She explains the wrinkles around her eyes were caused by having to squint really hard to see those little willies.
Sure, Helen, sure.....
I liked her performance in RED but she is an outright dingbat.
What can I say...there's just something about a woman behind a .50 cal.
She has seen more Pricks than are on a Porcupine.
I must admit, over the many decades I always thought her to be an attractive Woman. Then I heard her Political viewpoint.
What is overwhelmingly clear is these Hollywood “stars” never said shit about any kind of harassment/abuse when it was furthering their careers. Now, they all have an outlet to assuage/excuse their own willing whorish behavior. They are doing a great disservice to actual victims of sexual harassment/abuse.
She has seen more pricks than occupy Congress
I’d expose myself to Helen.
She’s still hot...
Yeah, Im not buying it either. Weekly? Good grief. Just exactly where did she spend her time that that type of man was so very prevalent?
I had to look up her pic to see who she is... I never liked her acting anyway :p
She was a waitress at The Chippendales Club perhaps?
Hasn’t she heard of Wave It Around Wednesday?
She neglected to mention ... it was her husband.
She is a Brit liberal, a fine actress, and probably tells the truth here.
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