McGowan’s Globes tweets spur backlash
Actress Amber Tamblyn has called out friend Rose McGowan for criticizing women reportedly planning a fashion-fueled protest at the Golden Globes.
McGowan, who is chief among those accusing producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct and assault, called out the women who worked with the disgraced producer, including Meryl Streep, for saying they would wear black at the awards show to protest gender inequality and sexual assault.
In Saturday tweets that have since been removed, McGowan wrote: “Actresses, like Meryl Streep, who happily worked for The Pig Monster, are wearing black @GoldenGlobes in a silent protest. YOUR SILENCE is THE problem.
“You’ll accept a fake award breathlessly & affect no real change. I despise your hypocrisy. Maybe you should all wear Marchesa,” she said, according to People, referring to the designer label run by Weinstein’s estranged wife, Georgina Chapman.
Tamblyn has been an advocate for women speaking out against sexual assault but took issue with McGowan’s criticism.
“Rose McGowan is a friend and while I support her kind of movement, I do not support any woman (or man) shaming or taunting the movements of other women who are trying to create change. Telling us to all wear Marchesa? This is beneath you, Rose,” Tamblyn wrote in a lengthy thread. McGowan later apologized for the Marchesa line. Meanwhile, Streep said Monday she did not know Weinstein was allegedly harassing and assaulting women when they worked together. Streep says she’s sorry McGowan sees her as an adversary because they are on the same side in the fight to eradicate the status quo power structure in Hollywood.