Brad Pittsays he was simply looking out for former girlfriendGwyneth Paltrowwhen he confrontedHarvey Weinsteinafter she claimed the producer hadmade “a pass” at her.
TheAd Astraactor, 55, recently spoke toCNN’s Christiane Amanpour, who had him recall the incident Paltrow, 46, spoke about in a May 2018 interview with Howard Stern.
“At that moment, I was just a boy from the Ozarks on the playground and that’s how we confronted things,” Pitt said when asked what had made him challenge the powerful producer.
Paltrow alleged Weinstein sexually harassed herin the early days of her career when she was dating Pitt. At the time, the actress said she told Pitt what allegedly happened.
Brad Pitt, Gwyneth Paltrow, Harvey Weinstein.Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic; Le Segretain/Getty ; Alexander Koerner/ Getty
“I just wanted to make sure nothing was going to happen further because she was going to do two films [with Weinstein],” Pitt told Amanpour. “I think the interesting thing is that we, Hollywood specifically, but the workplace, men and women’s dynamics is being re-calibrated, re-calibrated in a very good way that is long overdue. And I do think that’s an important story to tell.”
TheAvengers: Endgameactress told Pitt about what allegedly happened at the time, saying the actor confronted Weinstein and told him to never touch Paltrow again.
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“He said, ‘If you ever make her feel uncomfortable again, I’ll kill you,'” she recalled Pitt saying to Weinstein. “Or something like that.”
Paltrow said she is still thankful for Pitt’s actions.
“It was so fantastic,” she said. “He leveraged his fame and power to protect me at a time when I didn’t have fame or power yet.”
Paltrow first opened up about her alleged experience in a 2017New York Timesreport, one of the first of a long list of women who have accused Weinstein of sexual harassment.
After the alleged incident, the producer then called her and threatened her not to speak to anyone else about it, Paltrow told theNYT. “I thought he was going to fire me,” she said. “He screamed at me for a long time. It was brutal.”
Weinstein has denied all allegations of non-consensual sex and retaliation against women for refusing his advance
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source: people.com
