8:33 PM PDT 10/20/2017 by THR Staff
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The ‘Real Time’ host joked that the elected president has “dropped to # 2 on Forbes’ listing of disgusting sex predators. “
Bill Maher wasted no time sizing up both Donald Trump and disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein on Friday’s bout of realtime.
The host exposed the show with commentary on Trump’s ongoing general general public feud using the widow of the dropped solider, noting, “it had been revealed that Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted each and every feminine in show company whilst still being end up being the even worse fat, gross creep, that is very good. In the event that you might take a week where”
With an increase of women continuing in the future ahead with sexual-harassment allegations against Weinstein, Maher jokingly announced that Trump had live girls cams “dropped to No. 2 on Forbes’ directory of disgusting sex predators. “
The real-time host had been then accompanied by guest Janice Min, former president/chief innovative officer of this Hollywood Reporter, who weighed in regarding the “secrecy” surrounding the pervasive problem of harassment in Hollywood.
Citing samples of scandals at Penn State and in the Catholic Church while the White House, Min noted, “There are often individuals addressing up for them or allowing. “
She included that the “feeding frenzy” throughout the allegations leveled against Weinstein is “all simply sublimated anger towards Donald Trump, ” who had been elected president even after the infamous Access Hollywood audio drip.
Maher echoed comparable sentiments, saying, “I’ve heard conservatives state it took a village to greatly help Harvey Weinstein. Additionally took a village to elect one other intercourse predator. “
He noted that Weinstein’s so-called behavior toward women was more about having “power, ” including which he could have “lost 135,000 pounds, groomed, dressed fly, been considerate” and “gotten a lady to visit bed willingly. “
Maher then took the conversation beyond the industry, asking, “If it is simply such as this in Hollywood, with rich, famous individuals — whenever do we arrive at poor people feamales in the nation? “
He criticized the united states’s failure to talk freely concerning the subject of harassment, bringing up the blowback Night Live and James Corden recently faced over how they chose to handle jokes about Weinstein saturday. Corden issued an apology in making light regarding the sexual-harassment and attack allegations against Weinstein after general public outrage.
“SNL did not do Harvey Weinstein jokes and got shit about this, ” stated Maher. “Then James Corden did some, in which he got shit about this. “
Maher lamented, “we are losing our power to explore things. It really is a terrible state for America to stay about any problem. Our company is simply too afraid to talk. “
Allegations of sexual harassment and assault by Weinstein first surfaced in a bombshell expose posted by The ny days, which unveiled the mogul had reached at the least eight settlements with females over harassment accusations. Simply times later on, This new Yorker circulated its very own report that is investigative Weinstein, incorporating claims of rape.
Over 40 females came ahead to generally share their particular stories of harassment by Weinstein — including Lupita Nyong’o, Gwyneth Paltrow, Lena Headey, Lea Seydoux and Cara Delevingne — while some have actually talked out about experiencing comparable kinds of harassment inside the wider industry.
The ousted producer has because been terminated through the Weinstein Co. And it is under research because of the LAPD, NYPD and London Police. Amazon’s Roy cost, Vox Media’s Lockhart Steele and Nickelodeon animator Chris Savino are on the list of other professionals who’ve been fired or suspended over sexual-harassment allegations within the wake of several claims against Weinstein.