Someone in Hollywood actually pointed out that actors and actresses have no room to criticize Trump after ignoring predator Harvey Weinstein for three decades.
At Elle Magazine’s Women in Entertainment event, according to Hollywood Reporter, actress Jessica Chastain spoke out against the hypocrisy in Hollywood, saying, “This is an industry rife with racism, sexism, and homophobia. It is so closely woven into the fabric of the business that we have become snowblind to the glaring injustices happening every day.”
She also addressed the issue of celebrities who lump President Donald Trump and Harvey Weinstein in the same sentence: “We rally against the presidential candidate who slants a narrative of his sexual assault as mere locker room talk, but at the same time we ignore the stories and warnings of sexual predators in our offices.”
Chastain also stated that while Hollywood is “very quick to point the finger at others and address the issue with social action and fundraising,” there is “a clear disconnect between how we practice what we preach in our industry.”
She also told the story of how she was sexually harassed, not by Weinstein, but by another producer, and stayed silent because she feared “that I would be made unhirable.”
