Gwyneth Paltrow and Dave on Harvey Weinstein

[bathroommonkey76]

A brief segment with guest Gwyneth Paltrow, where both chat about Harvey Weinstein.

November 25, 1998

When Gwyneth Paltrow was 22 years old, she got a role that would take her from actress to star: The film producer Harvey Weinstein hired her for the lead in the Jane Austen adaptation “Emma.” Before shooting began, he summoned her to his suite at the Peninsula Beverly Hills hotel for a work meeting that began uneventfully.

It ended with Mr. Weinstein placing his hands on her and suggesting they head to the bedroom for massages, she said.

“I was a kid, I was signed up, I was petrified,” she said in an interview, publicly disclosing that she was sexually harassed by the man who ignited her career and later helped her win an Academy Award.

She refused his advances, she said, and confided in Brad Pitt, her boyfriend at the time. Mr. Pitt confronted Mr. Weinstein, and soon after, the producer warned her not to tell anyone else about his come-on. “I thought he was going to fire me,” she said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/10/us/gwyneth-paltrow-angelina-jolie-harvey-weinstein.html

[Nitram]

1. Very interesting. Lots of pretty clear hints that Weinstein was a boorish cad.

[Merlot]

2. Letterman obviously knew of weinsteins reputation

The word "coercion" came up so quickly.