First TV Interview: ‘Why Shouldn’t I Want to Bring Him Down?’
Dylan Farrow’s
first television interview is set to air Thursday morning on “CBS This
Morning,” but the morning news program has released an emotional first
look at the sit-down between Farrow and co-anchor Gayle King. Farrow is
expected to speak at length about her allegation that Woody Allen molested her as child and the pressure she’s now putting on Hollywood stars to speak out against him.Read More: Timothée Chalamet ‘Doesn’t Want to Profit’ From Woody Allen Film, Donates Salary to Time’s Up, RAINN, and More
“Why shouldn’t I want to bring him down?” Farrow asks King. “Why shouldn’t I be angry? Why shouldn’t I be hurt? Why shouldn’t I feel some sort of outrage that after all these years, being ignored and disbelieved and tossed aside?”
Farrow has alleged for years that she suffered abuse from Allen as a child and tells King that now it’s “on them” whether or not people want to believe her. She says all she can do is “speak my truth and hope” when it comes to whether or not people will side with her or Allen.
“I hope that somebody will believe me instead of just hearing it,” Farrow said.
Farrow has been making headlines recently for calling out celebrities in the midst of the #MeToo and Time’s Up anti-harassment movements. She specifically criticized Justin Timberlake and Blake Lively for being advocates against sexual harassment and abuse, despite the fact they have both worked with Allen and continue to support him.
In recent weeks, many actors who have worked with Allen in the past have come forward to express their regrets over the decision in light of Farrow’s allegation. Farrow has thanked each one for their statements, including Greta Gerwig, Ellen Page, Griffin Newman, and David Krumholtz. Rebecca Hall and Timothée Chalamet are the stars of Allen’s new film, set to premiere later this year, and they both have vowed to donate their salary to the Time’s Up legal defense fund.
Farrow’s full interview on “CBS This Morning” will air tomorrow. Watch the first-look preview below.
2 comments:
Bee here:
I believe her. I don't know her, but I believe her because Woody Allen was suspect even as Mia Farrow was horrified finding him molesting their children back in 1993, and ended their relationship, but it seemed he was able to deflect the accusations due to his power and money. Then he suddenly marries one of Farrow's adopted daughters, which is really creepy.
The whole thing smacks of dishonesty and clout, and for all the pretended horror of child molestation in Hollywood, I think many of these people, both men and women, are perverts, and allow themselves all sorts of lusts, because they have given up self-control and virtue a long time ago.
It's hidden, and when one of the victims speaks out, their reaction is to deny and ignore the victim.
I believe that's why I am so ashamed of the bishops and cardinals who acted in the same way with the sexual abuse by priests. I expect this kind of behavior from the worldly, those far from God, but not from those close to God. And it makes me believe many of our leaders, or at least those who were leading at the time of many of the the priest sexual abuse cases where happening, were not really Godly men. And that disturbs me.
I hope Dylan Farrow gets some measure of justice from this, because I don't know how else she will heal unless she gets validation by others of what actually happened to her. But the world cannot heal these kinds of wounds, and I am sure she doesn't know that. Seeing Woody Allen punished and perhaps getting financial compensation will not undo the psychic pain he inflicted on her. I wish she knew to turn to God. That's the only place to get this sort of healing.
I pray God will give her the graces to seek Him.
God bless,
Bee
It seems that these people are implicating themselves by these actions. Are waiters queuing up to return tips to Woody Allen after the revelations? Unless they were participating in his perversions they were merely employees and are simply casting stones to posture themselves as moral icons for public consumption. At which point we must remember they are actors, not magicians so cannot change from what they are into what they are not. It can be safely said that they simply didn’t care before the rest us did.
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