As Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced for 23 years following his rape trial,Kate Beckinsale has taken to Instagram to reveal a shocking incident that occurred following the premiere of the film Serendipity in 2001.
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Posting an image of herself wearing a white suit and tie, Kate Beckinsale took to Instagram and powerfully wrote about the heartbreaking context behind the image: “These photos were taken at the premiere of Serendipity on October 5,2001. We all refused to go because holding a premiere mere weeks after 9/11 with the city still smoking felt like the most insensitive, tone deaf, disrespectful idea possible. But Harvey insisted.”
“We flew into New York and somehow got through it,” the British actress continued. |The next morning Harvey called me and asked if I would like to bring my less than two-year-old daughter to his house for a playdate with his similar aged daughter I said ok. I turned up and he immediately called for his nanny to take the babies to another room to play. I went to go with them, and he said. ‘No, you wait here.’
“The minute the door closed he started screaming, ‘you stupid fucking C*NT, you C*NT you ruined my premiere.’ I had no idea what he was talking about and started to shake. He said, ‘If I am throwing a red carpet you get in a tight dress, you shake your ass you shake your tits you do not go down it looking like a fucking lesbian you stupid fucking c*nt .’”
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Kate went on to say the outburst left her in a state of shock and reduced her to tears. “I tried to say, ‘Harvey, the city is on fire, people are still looking for their relatives none of us even felt the premiere was appropriate much less coming out dressed like it’s a bachelor party.’ He said, ‘I don’t care -it’s my f**king premiere and if I want pussy on the red carpet that’s what I get”.
“Screaming. Livid. I managed to get myself and my child out of there and yes that was one of many experiences I had that there was no recourse for, and falls under no felony,” Kate powerfully continued before praising his victims for coming forward and her hopes that his sentence yesterday will give them some level of piece.
“But I WAS punished for it, and for other instances where I said no to him for years, insidiously and seeming irreversibly. Hearing that he has gone to prison for 23 years is a huge relief to me on behalf of all the women he sexually assaulted or raped, and I hope will be a deterrent to that sort of behavior in this and any other industry. Having said that the crimes that are not crimes, the inhumane bullying and sick covert abuse for which there is STILL no recourse no matter who you tell (and I did tell), these too need to go.”
Kate concluded by saying, alongside a swiping gallery image of Harvey which is suitably unflattering, “I hope and pray that we as an industry can start to actually outlaw all abuses of power and expose them and eliminate them, for all genders, forever. And Rose, Brava ❤” Here, here, Kate and we applaud you for telling your story.