Posted on 10/11/2017 8:15:08 AM PDT by drewh
Brad Pitt was one of the only men in Hollywood to confront Harvey Weinstein after hearing that Weinstein had allegedly made unwanted sexual advances toward his young love interest. It was back in the 1990s before Pitt blossomed into the major star he is today, revealed a source.
According to People Magazine, this source said Brad Pitt got wind of Weinstein allegedly sexually harassing Gwyneth Paltrow right around the time she was just hired by Weinstein for the lead role in Emma. She said Weinstein made unwanted sexual advances toward her in a hotel room. Paltrow was only 22 at the time.
Pitt was taking a chance as far as his career goes, suggests this source, as he wasn’t a big star at the time in Hollywood. He took that chance and history indicates it didn’t seem to hold him back.
Pitt went on to later work with Weinstein in the movie Inglourious Basterds, which was filmed in 2009. The source said it was Brad’s relationship with Quentin Tarantino that got him to do that part. It had nothing to do with Weinstein.
What exactly happened with Weinstein and Gwyneth isn’t detailed for the public, but it reportedly “ended with him placing his hands on her and suggesting a massage,” writes People.
The Daily Mail reports that Paltrow “rebuffed him and fled before Weinstein could do anything.” Then later she told Pitt about the encounter, setting the wheels in motion for his confrontation with Weinstein.
It was at a Hollywood party circa 1995 when Brad Pitt reportedly confronted Weinstein. The source said,
“ “He got right in his face, poked him in the chest and said, ‘You will not ever do this to Gwyneth ever again.'” ” The source went on to say that Brad told Weinstein if it ever happened again, there would be consequences, which was described by Pitt to Weinstein as “a Missouri whooping.” That is the state Pitt hails from, as he grew up in Springfield, Missouri.
The source claimed that at first Weinstein tried to come to his own defense, but Brad wasn’t stopping, so Weinstein stopped talking and listened to what the young actor had to say. Pitt made it very clear that it wasn’t to ever happen again, and the source said it didn’t.
This same source sang praises for Pitt as being “one of the only men in Hollywood who stood up and said something.” Then the source added, “That’s a fact.” While Weinstein got the message, he allegedly still called Gwyneth on the phone to lambaste her for telling Pitt.
She said Weinstein threatened her not to “speak to anyone else about it.” According to People Magazine, Paltrow told the New York Times in an interview that when he called her, “I thought he was going to fire me. He screamed at me for a long time. It was brutal.”
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a Missouri whooping
Saw Josie Wells send a bunch of yankees on a Missouri boat ride once, that was funny
“a Missouri whooping” sounds like something a publicist would suggest as a way to make Pitt sound better after the fact rather than something he actually said at the time.
But, other than that, NOT EVERYONE KNEW. Right, Meryl Streep!?
I wonder how much Weinstein paid the Obama’s to have his way with their daughter? And don’t anyone tell me that they didn’t know about all this beforehand. They DID!
He was born in Oklahoma. We call it an Oklahoma butt kicking. Guess he learned well.
Still Paltrow is a loon lefty hypocrite!
That’s what a man does. He makes the point clear.
...and a swastika burned to his forehead.
I'd actually believe it if the claim was Brad Pitt asked Weinstein if he wanted to get high.
Ugly fat pig man
Bully
Narcississit
Hypocrit
Blackmailer
Liar
Sexual Predator
Criminal
Nothing to see here. He is just your typical uber-liberal uber-rich, Hollywood liberal.
Sorry, Pitt doesn’t get a free pass.
He personally knew the problem of Harvey Weinstein, and I can’t believe he never heard any other tales, yet he still kept quiet all this time.
That story doesn’t make him any ‘braver’ than the rest of the Hollywood/Big Media collective.
I can be sure of this:
if anyone in Hollywood ever asks me again that age-old question,
“How on Earth did the German people permit the Holocaust to happen..??!”
I will be extra, extra sure not to listen at all.
Exactly! He stood up for his squeeze, not women.
Does Pitt really think anybody believes this tall tale?
“a swastika burned to his forehead”
Should have gone all the way to the scalping, not settling for a marking.
Regarding huntin’ perverts in Hollywood, as Hillbillie moonshiner Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) says “cousin, business is a-boomin’.”
“He was born in Oklahoma. We call it an Oklahoma butt kicking.”
Guess he wanted to go easy on Weinstein with the Missouri version.
Not to be confused with the California butt shaving.
He may have confronted Weinstein, but he was probably bitch-slapped into place just as quickly.
More impressive if Pitt had beaten him up and then said he’d do it again if Weinstein tried that again with anyone else.
No John Waynes in Hollywood anymore.
Only mentions “fly over Country” when he needs to act tough. Figures.
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