Producer got pervy — Lupita
LUPITA NYONG’O opened up Thursday about a litany of “inappropriate” interactions with Harvey Weinstein over the last six years.
The 34-year-old actress detailed several meetings with the disgraced producer, beginning with a 2011 awards ceremony in Berlin when she was a student at the Yale School of Drama.
Shortly after their introduc- tion, Nyong’o (photo left) said Weinstein invited her to lunch, where he tried to bully her into drinking a vodka and diet soda, before a private screening at his home in Westport, Conn.
Fifteen minutes into the film, Nyong’o wrote, Weinstein (photo right) took her to his bedroom and told her he was going to give her a massage. She refused and offered to give him a rubdown to stay in control, she wrote.
Unsatisfied with a shirtless back massage, Weinstein allegedly began to take his pants off, at which point Nyong’o left.
On another occasion, the producer invited her to a private room, Nyong'o said.
“He told me not to be so naïve. If I wanted to be an actress, then I had to be willing to do this sort of thing,” she wrote. QUENTIN TARANTINO knew about his longtime pal Harvey Weinstein’s predatory behavior toward women — one of them his ex-girlfriend — and now claims he wishes he had done something to stop him.
The legendary director, who worked with Weinstein on movies including “Reservoir Dogs,” and “Pulp Fiction” told the New York Times Thursday that he “knew enough to do more than I did” about the allegations of sexual harassment and assault against the disgraced producer.
“There was more to it than just the normal rumors, the normal gossip. It wasn’t secondhand. I knew he did a couple of these things,” he said. “I wish I had taken responsibility for what I heard.”
Tarantino, who has been linked to Weinstein since the early ’90s, told the Times that former girlfriend Mira Sorvino had told him about “unwelcome advances and unwanted touching” that reportedly happened in 1995.
Tarantino also said he knew about Weinstein’s settlement with Rose McGowan — who recently accused him of rape — and another actress. He stayed silent.