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When Salma Hayek Was ‘Bullied’ By Harvey Weinstein During Frida. Told ‘Didn’t Hire You To Look Ugly’

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when salma hayek was 'bullied' by harvey weinstein during frida. told 'didn’t hire you to look ugly'

Actress Salma Hayek was among those who bravely spoke out about their experiences of sexual abuse while working with convicted filmmaker Harvey Weinstein. In an opinion piece, titled Harvey Weinstein Is My Monster Too, she had revealed the outrageous demands he made during the filming of Frida. Several years later, Salma reflected on how the situation had left her feeling depressed.

When Salma Hayek recalled being 'bullied' by Harvey Weinstein

In 2021, she told The Guardian, “…I did feel all right [when he bullied me]. OK, I would shake [afterwards] and it did depress me, but there was a cartoon aspect about the whole thing. When he would call me up [during the making of Frida] and scream, ‘Why do you have a [monobrow] and moustache? I didn’t hire you to look ugly!’ I was like, ‘But didn’t you ever look at a picture of Frida Kahlo?’ If a man was playing Cyrano de Bergerac, he wouldn’t say, ‘What’s with the nose?’”

For those unversed, Salma had opened up about the sexual abuse she faced in a piece for The New York Times. She had said that it all started with a furious late-night call where he insisted she fired her agent over a dispute about another film with a different client. It escalated to him physically dragging her out of the Venice Film Festival’s opening gala for Frida, so she could attend his private party. Initially, she believed the women at the party were models, but later she was informed they were high-priced escorts.

He had even threatened to kill her if she didn't fulfil his demands of sexual favours.

Weinstein was finally arrested and charged with rape in 2018. In 2020, he was sentenced to 23 years in prison after being found guilty of two of five felony counts.

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