Aishwarya Rai too might have fallen prey to predator Harvey Weinstein. But her manager saved her
Mumbai: Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has been in news lately, and not for great reasons.
If popular actresses like Angelina Jolie and Gwyneth Paltrow accused Weinstein of sexually harassing them at an
And now, in a report in Variety.com, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s international talent manager has claimed that Weinstein wanted to meet the actor alone, but her former talent manager saved her from being a victim. Aishwarya and Harvey have met several times in the past, during AmFar Gala and the Cannes International Film Festival.
Ash’s talent manager Simone Sheffield wrote on Variety.com, “I use to manage Indian actress Aishwarya Rai. While dealing with Harvey, I found it comical how hard he tried to get Aishwarya alone.
But he was a pig, looked and acted like a big bully pig. He asked me to leave the meeting numerous times and I politely declined. When we were leaving his office, he cornered me and said, ‘What do I have to do to get her alone?’
She added, “When Ash and I returned to our hotel, I sent Harvey a steel pig trough filled with DIET COKE as a thank you gift for the meeting.
Yes, we did do business and yes, he eventually threatened me. Told me I’d never work in this business.
But you can be sure, I never gave him the opportunity to even breathe on my client.”