Columnist Retracts Harvey Weinstein Interview, Says Conversation Was a “Social Visit”
“Harvey Weinstein: ‘I offered acting jobs in exchange for sex, but so does everyone — they still do’” — Theodoracopulos wrote a column in defense of Weinstein and quoted him, in the first interview since the accusations and subsequent sex-crimes charges came to light, about his alleged behavior.
“You were born rich and privileged and you were handsome,” Weinstein is quoted as saying to Theodoracopulos. “I was born poor, ugly, Jewish and had to fight all my life to get somewhere. You got lots of girls, no girl looked at me until I made it big in Hollywood. Yes, I did offer them acting jobs in exchange for sex, but so did, and still does, everyone. But I never, ever forced myself on a single woman.”
