Rose McGowan is back in the headlines. Again.
The outspoken star of films like Jawbreaker and Grindhouse helped blow the lid off Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s years of sexual abuse and harassment, making her a leading voice of the #MeToo movement. Time magazine even named her, along with several other prominent voices, 2017 person of the year.
McGowan, however, has a complicated relationship with the queer community. Though she’s starred in films like the Jawbreaker camp fest, she’s also taken her share of criticism for falsely labeling gay men “misogynistic as straight men, if not more so.” She’s also come under fire as transphobic for criticizing Caitlyn Jenner, following an altercation with a transgender woman at a press event for her memoir, Brave.
Related: Rose McGowan Is Sorry About Gay Slur; Doesn’t Get Golden Girls
How about we take this to the next level?
Our newsletter is like a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.
In an exclusive, one hour interview with transgender activist Ashlee Marie Preston, McGowan discusses her journey with the #MeToo campaign and her approach to LGBTQ issues.
The interview will air on Shook, a talk show from streaming service Revry, on February 23.
Here’s a sampling of quotes from the interview to wet your appetite for the whole meal.
“What people don’t understand a lot online about me is that the same Russian trolls, the bots they used against Hillary [Clinton], they’re doing against me. They’re doing it now.”
“The queer community was my safety. I was terrified of straight men; I was hated within that community. They were my people, and to be ostracized from that by somebody who has done so many awful things to me, and so many others, is so deeply hurtful.”
“Imagine this brain stuck in that goddamn dress and high heels I was stuck in for 20 years. I was doing drag as a woman, and that’s what it felt like…There were so many levels of wrong to my life, and everything hurt.”
“I stopped smoking weed because my brain needed to be clear. I think cannabis is magical, but I think if you abuse it, it’s a way of…if you don’t like going home at night, and it’s like ‘I can’t feel, it’s too much.’ But I also had no other tools. I had none.”
Shook with Ashlee Marie Preston: the Rose McGowan Interview streams Friday, February 23 exclusively on the LGBT streaming service, Revry.
Check out the preview here:
miserylovedme24
This woman is clearly nuts. Why do you even cover her?
tham
Even your nam3 seems Russian
CaliKyle
She is a consummate attention ho aka malignant narcissist. Its as if she’s playing the role of a victim on some ridiculous, over the top Lifetime movie iinstead of advocating a position or sharing her experience. She is not relevant to the gay community so I agree with op that Queerty has no reason to cover Rose or her self serving antics.
tham
Haha sure “calikyle”
That name doesn’t sound Russian
happiness17
Rose McGowan is evidently a victim of sexual harassment and
rape. That being said she’s obsessed over situation. She went through
a lot. I get it. Every time you hear about her she’s going off about someone.
She needs to get a life. All the other women who were sexually assaulted
have continued to live their lives. McGowan is definitely a drama queen.
tham
Two words.
.
Word vomit
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JaredMacBride
Nutcases like this are the reason many Americans still believe in Trump.
tham
Your name seems like the name above
CaliKyle
Tham you are clearly the only troll here, Russian or otherwise.
Brian
Tham has issues. I think the foil on his tin foil hat needs replacing.
As soon as I saw the headline, I knew he’d be all over the comments, and he did not disappoint.
tham
Yeah, his name is Brian…and he has bobby as a pic.
Listen to him
tham
And you didn’t correct me that’s a Family Guy.
Russian.
Brian
Don’t ever change, comrade.
trickster3737
One hot mess of a human. Marilyn Manson must have done a number on you..i remember at the VMAs you wore just a fishnet outfit. nothing else..and told everyone to “just touch me”.
Truth is, she’s just a hate machine..hates herself, hates everyone and just wants to destroy anyone in her path.
tham
Your talking like that it’s 1998. I’m going to call….Russian.
DuMaurier
@tham, okay, I did NOT see that coming!
tham
How old are?
It’s a trick question.
Kangol
She’s a bit of a mess, but if you read through the comments on Queerty regularly, it’s clear quite a few of the posters are misogynistic. Jaxton is Exhibit A, Danny Exhibit B, etc. Her criticism of Caitlin Jenner is not transphobic, though; Caitlin is a total opportunist who supports not just anti-gay but anti-trans oppressors. How can she possibly claim to be working on behalf of the trans community and then support a lying, racist, emotionally bankrupt monster like Don the Con Man who unilaterally banned trans people from serving in the military, throwing their service into temporary disarray?
Hussain-TheCanadian
ROFL! Jaxton is beyond misogynistic; that heffa would put women to the mines if he could.
tham
Match maker match maker make me a Match…
Pistolo
What she said about gay men was even worse than saying we are misogynistic, she said we came this far and all that we’re doing with it is dancing on floats and taking MDNA. She also said that “privileged” gay men don’t really do enough to help other causes, she actually used that word “privilege”. Then, when pressed for an apology, she really coughed up something very half-hearted and basically said she should be able to criticize gay men the same as anyone else she would criticize which is a reasonable argument if you weren’t being fricken HOMOPHOBIC to begin with. Btw, the remarks that this all sourced from were said during an interview with Bret Easton Ellis who now conveniently says he’s gay so it gives him license to hurl homophobic rhetoric at the kids on Glee, preach on the “narcissism” the gay community, and say actors should stay closeted- he’s really disgusting.
Rose is just a pompous straight person when it comes to gay rights. Just because you think you’re edgy and just because you take this radical perspective it doesn’t mean queer people should fall in line with your directive. I have compassion for what she’s been through and support key issues she does but I think she’s needs to show some healthy humility and recalibrate, she’s really screwing the pooch.
tham
That….seems so Russian. That’s all I can say.
tham
Gays can make the difference between crazy…and Russian.
Omg, I’m hearing the song…Benny…stop….Benny.
Kieran
Are you now, or have you ever been, a Russian?
tham
Does Russians know….we’re like…
Do you like what you see?
tham
Freedom is soooo sexy
CaliKyle
Tham you can’t even communicate properly in English! Bot much, loser?
tham
Haha I put a paragraph of word vomit…
Hmm
Jaxton
We love you, Rose. We have your back.
tham
Haha, a gay man would never say that…
Nosso Crankee
Clearly a gash.
tham
Haha, that makes no sense.
Like a Bloody Caesar
Brody
Aaaaand there goes any semblance of legitimacy the MeToo movement had, being that McGowan just outed herself as a conspiratorial paranoid.
Surprised she’s not blaming the whole mess on Trump.
tham
Nor this either
DCguy
Oh Look, the anti-lgbt screename also thinks it’s ok if women get raped.
No surprise there.
Ummmm Yeah
Why is Queerty still covering up accusations that the trans activist that verbally attacked McGowan, Andi Dier, molested several women when they were young teens???>? These accusations have been around for years now.
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
Down the memory hole it goes. Same with (literally self-confessed rapist of a trans man) trans woman Cherno Biko — co-chair of the Young Women’s Advisory Council for New York City (!) A true liberal mind would want to see JUSTICE, accountability on ALL sides, regardless of blinkered ideologically-driven factionionalisn. These coverups, the apologists and enablers are a time bomb waiting to blow and fatally damage the LGBT movement when some big abuse scandal is revealed. It’s been quite eye opening watching these two and others play out. It’s changed my mind on many things
tham
Omg, Russians arguing with Russians
Ummmm Yeah
We aren’t arguing. We are stating facts. Why are you scared of those? Why are you personally complicit in the possible rape of 12 to 14 year old girls by being part of the cover up?
tham
And did you admit you’re Russian?
That’s both funny and fun.
tham
If we going to be all Russian
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aZcSCT34H84
KaiserVonScheiss
LOL. It’s always the Russians. I saw a week or so ago, the MSM are already blaming the Russians for the upcoming midterms. If the Dems lose, they’ll just blame Russia.
tham
Ok, sure, gays ALWAYS blames the Dems….in the end
Ronbo
Oh Rose! You don’t appreciate our First Amendment and so you blame your massive loss on “Russians!”
You are the second biggest collective gag in history, (Hillary being forced down our throats giving us tRump in the process is the first).
Evji108
I really don’t like this psycho b!tch. She’s pushed her vendetta beyond any reasonable limit and the karmic backlash is going to burn.
tham
Word vomit
Nosso Crankee
Miss “tham” has way too much time on her hands. And, clearly, a micro-peen.
tham
Nobody cares about me EXCEPT for Russians.
If you keep saying my name…you’re Russian.
Everyone in the gay community…knows better.
tham
And BTW, I LOVE miss “tham”
I love it so much, thank you
heckles202
Yeah, tham is going off like a loon, but you just proved Rose’s point about the rampant misogyny in the homo community, though.
o.codone
Rose McGowan is not an activist, she’s crazy. Just crazy.
Nosso Crankee
Precisely!
DCguy
Whatever McGowans part in helping to expose Harvey Winestein, which is fantastic, I think she herself has some narcissistic issues.
Or maybe I’m just still pissed at her for attacking gay people and crossing the boycott of the anti-lgbt Beverley Hills Hotel. She attacks others for not supporting women, but the first time she’s asked about gays she generalized and attacked an entire group of people.
#MeToo is a valuable movement and it’s helping to expose years of rape and abuse of women. I’m just not sure McGowan is the one to lead it. She seems far more interested in self aggrandizement than in helping other women. Just observation.