Queer actress Cara Delevingne has opened up about her harassment by disgraced movie titan Harvey Weinstein.
Delevingne, who stars opposite Orlando Bloom in the new Amazon series Carnival Row, began her transition from modeling to acting appearing in several films in 2014. Her looks and dramatic range caught her immediate attention, and Hollywood began to take notice too. That led to meetings with Weinstein in 2016, and to incidents of harassment.
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According to Delevingne, “One of the first things Harvey Weinstein ever said to me was, ‘You will never make it in this industry as a gay woman – get a beard.’ … When I’d just started to audition for films, he was naming people [women] I’m friends with – famous people – and asking, ‘Have you slept with this person?’ I just thought: this is insane.”
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Delevigne also alleges that on another occasion, Weinstein tried to touch her inappropriately. He also asked her to make out with another actress in front of him. To date, more than 100 women–many of them famous actresses–have accuesed Weinstein of misconduct ranging from inappropriate comments to outright rape. Among them: Rose McGowan, Gwenyth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie, Cate Blanchett, Lupita Nyong’o and Daryl Hannah. At present Weinstein is awaiting a rape trial in New York.
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He’s probably not the only person in the industry who gave her this “advice.”
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Wolfie
Why does the writer take the liberty of calling her “queer” and a “gay women” and not a “lesbian” Des he know HOW she identifies?
Donston
I believe she embraces “queer” like most of Hollywood. I don’t know about “gay” or “lesbian”. I know she actively distanced herself from those words a couple years ago. Who knows what’s up now. This site refers to everyone who fits the formula as “queer” even when a decent amount of lgbtqwhatever people don’t really embrace “queer”. But i don’t think it’s a big deal. I find “queer community” more bearable than “all the alphabets community”.
judysdad
Wolfie, I agree. One of these days, when LGB sites have no more readers, they’ll learn that the vast majority of gay men and lesbians and bi’s do not appreciate being called “queer”. You hear that, David Reddish?
Brian
…but that’s the word she wants for herself, so it’s not up to you.
Kangol2
@judysdad, and yet you posted your comment on a site named QUEERty. Are you that ridiculously un-self aware?
Donston
People who fully embrace “queer” are more likely to see identity as something that is mostly about politics and sociological maneuvering. And I don’t feel comfortable with grouping every single person who isn’t entirely cis gender and entirely heterosexual together. That just leads to a bunch of the nonsense we see right now. That’s why I say embracing the entire individual gender and orientation spectrum is more important than words. Yet, I have somewhat embraced “queer” in recent months, since a lot of people seem to resent folks connecting themselves to “gay” or “lesbian” if they’re not entirely inherently homo and live homo lifestyles. And yes, “queer” is a word she has referred to herself as. But these sites do need to realize that it isn’t nearly as mainstream and widespread as they try to present.
happiness17
That is so true. The definition of queer is strange. It’s an insult to be called that.
judysdad
How do you know this, Brian? Has she said it?