Culture The Hollywood Sex Pest Megathread - America saw Yewtree and said 'We can top that'

https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_59dd7223e4b0b26332e7b81d?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

Since the New York Times published its bombshell report last week on the sexual harassment allegations against Harvey Weinstein, the number of accusers grown considerably in both number and in severity.

While much of the public’s attention is on high-profile accusers such as Angelina Jolie and Gwyneth Paltrow, the film producer also reportedly took advantage of staffers, aspiring actresses, and other young women in the industry.

Emily Nestor, for example, was a temporary front-desk assistant when Weinstein reportedly said he’d boost her career if she accepted his sexual advances. Another Weinstein employee, Lauren O’Conner, penned a scathing memo to the company detailing more alleged abuse.

“I am a 28 year old woman trying to make a living and a career,” she wrote, according to the New York Times. “The balance of power is me: 0, Harvey Weinstein: 10.”

In a New Yorker exposé published on Tuesday, 16 current and former staffers told Ronan Farrow, that, in his words, “the behavior was widely known within both Miramax and the Weinstein Company.”

We want to know if there are more victims out there who were not given the chance to speak out.

If you feel you have been personally abused or harassed by Weinstein at any time during your career, send an email to carla.herreria@huffpost.com to talk about it.
 
Peterson started his organization after the suicide of Make Room For Daddy actor Rusty Hamer in 1990. What's interesting is that the reasons given for Hamer's death are the same as Jonathan Brandis'. That doesn't necessarily mean anything. But his brother thought it was very sudden and without warning. Hamer was 42.

In 1990, following the suicide of former child star Rusty Hamer, Petersen founded a child-actor support group, "A Minor Consideration", to improve working conditions for child actors and to assist in the transition between working as a child actor and adult life, whether in acting or in other professions.

So by his own testimony he shouldn't have started the support group because Rusty Hamers death could've been for anything. There's no reason to be leading a child actor support group while making those sorts of dismissive comments, unless your organization is just there to participate in covering pedos asses. Most of the time, pedos love joining organizations where they get to have unsupervised access to children.
 
There are rumors on Twitter that a big time celebrity chef is getting hit with accusations very soon: https://twitter.com/yashar/status/940057446566977539

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Anthony Bourdain, who's wife is Weinstein whistleblower Asia Argento, is also tweeting about this:

https://twitter.com/Bourdain/status/940035834786414592

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People are saying it's Bobby Flay.

It's Monday so let's see if anything comes of this.
 
There are rumors on Twitter that a big time celebrity chef is getting hit with accusations very soon: https://twitter.com/yashar/status/940057446566977539

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Anthony Bourdain, who's wife is Weinstein whistleblower Asia Argento, is also tweeting about this:

https://twitter.com/Bourdain/status/940035834786414592

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People are saying it's Bobby Flay.

It's Monday so let's see if anything comes of this.
I'm really hoping it's not Gordon Ramsey.
 
Same here. When he's not yelling, he genuinely comes across as a good guy.



https://ny.eater.com/2017/12/11/16759540/mario-batali-sexual-misconduct-allegations

Ah. Carry on then.

About 10 years ago, at the after-party for a wine auction in New Orleans, a woman in her 20s walked up to Mario Batali to introduce herself. As a chef, she was excited to meet one of the most revered figures in the restaurant industry. When they started talking, she recalls, she realized that he’d been drinking and he became what she characterized as “creepy” — “just giving me this provocative, icky feeling.”

Minutes into their conversation, she recalls, he told her, “Come work for me, I’ll pay you double what you’re making.” Moments later, someone bumped her glass, spilling wine all over her chest and down her scooped-neck shirt. She alleges that Batali began rubbing her breasts with his bare hands while saying something like, “Let me help you with that,” as he groped her chest. “He just went to town, and I was so shocked,” the chef says. “Jaw on the ground, I just stepped back from him in utter disgust and walked away.”

Guy looks like a ball of lard that gained sentience. Poor woman.

Looks like he's a serial groper. Since he's stepped down and apologised it seems to be legit. He's lost his spot on The Chew. They say it's temporary but I imagine he'll just be permanently replaced. Millions of housewives will be so disappointed.

Batali owns 24 restaurants. He's stepped away from the day to day operations. Probably hard to face people.

I'm not that familiar with him. The only time I've see The chew is if I'm in a doctor's office when it's on. But he was the star of Molto Mario and I remember that being pretty big. The article says his B&B restaurants pull in $250 million a year.

That's what still irks me about this kind of stuff. He's got money and he's a well known face. He can easily get women who wouldn't mind being groped by him. Just get a high class ho. There are plenty of women who will throw themselves at anyone with a name or money attached as well. It's gotta be the power angle. Not even roleplay with a hooker will suffuce in these cases. Sad.

Glad it wasn't Gordon Ramsey.

And as much as I hate Guy Fieri I'd feel horrible for whoever had to be on the receiving end of his bloated, greasy mitts. So glad it's not him I guess.
 
https://mobile.twitter.com/maddiecarina/status/938042845402984451
https://tweetsave.com/maddiecarina/status/938042845402984451
melanie martinez has a second person coming forward apparently? this chick says it wasn’t rape, but it was similar to what she did to timothy. seems like she’s well-known for creepy behavior.
there’s also some posts going around saying that timothy admitted she was lying but i couldn’t find a source for that.
And despite the rape accusations that Melanie Martinez is receiving, her fans/stans are STILL whiteknighting her. Yet, I am almost CERTAIN, that if Melanie Martinez was male, there would be A LOT more backlash. Many of these people seem to think that women can't rape other women.

And some of her stans are bitching about people destroying Melanie Martinez merchandise and saying that the art should be separated from the artist.

On a separate note, look I understand that most celebrities are quite frankly horrible fucking people, and that one should know how to separate the art from the artist. However, there are limitations to the rule of separating the art from the artist, and if the artist in question is a rapist, sexual predator, or a pedophile, don't be fucking shocked to see that not everyone is able to separate the art from the artist in those examples.
 
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