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Not all men are harassers: Matt

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Actor-producer Matt Damon has said amid the climate of sexual misconduct allegation­s in Hollywood people should also talk enough about all the men in the entertainm­ent industry who are not sexual predators. The actor said the “prepondera­nce” of men he has worked with are not predators and he would decide whether to collaborat­e with people accused of inappropri­ate behaviour on a “case-by-case basis.”

“We’re in this watershed moment and it’s great but I think one thing that’s not being talked about is there are a whole s*** load of guys — the prepondera­nce of men I’ve worked with — who don’t do this kind of thing and whose lives aren’t going to be affected. If I have to sign a sexual harassment thing, I don’t care, I’ll sign it. I would have signed it before. I don’t do that and most of the people I know don’t do that,” Damon said. The 47-year-old actor was asked if he would back out of a movie if someone prominent involved, such as an actor, director, or producer, had been accused of sexual misconduct.

“That always went into my thinking. I mean, I wouldn’t want to work with somebody who — life’s too short for that. But the question of if somebody had allegation­s against them, you know, it would be a case-by-case basis. You go, ‘What’s the story here?’” he said.

 ?? PHOTO: MICHAEL LOCCISANO/GETTY IMAGES/AFP ?? Matt Damon
PHOTO: MICHAEL LOCCISANO/GETTY IMAGES/AFP Matt Damon

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