When Woody Allen gets taken down, then I’ll believe the reckoning has arrived.

Male here interested in opinions from women: Does/can (polite) society forgive stuff like this? It seems that it does not/cannot. Sexual deviancy seems to be the unforgivable sin. Other crimes, people can bounce back from, especially if they do their time (usually in prison) and return to society (and maybe do…

Keep working, take the opportunities you get, do good work and keep moving forward. The truth is only all social media cares about is the celebrity if it all. You will find great people to work with and you will find despicable low lifes everywhere. You can not worry about rumors and allegations. It is not your fault…

“They knew he did it but just couldn’t prove it because his victims were rightly scared of the backlash.”

A lot of people talk like that.

He admitted everything and apologized for what he did. Why not take him at his word that he’s genuinely remorseful? It’s gross behavior no doubt, but he asked first each time before he did it, and if they said no, he didn’t do it. I don’t think the guy’s career should be ruined forever because of this.

The first sentence of the second paragraph reads, “These stories are true.”

I don’t know if this makes me a terrible person, but I can’t read anymore of these stories. Without a doubt I’m happy these famous women feel safe enough to talk about their experiences and are receiving support. But it’s also kind of disheartening when I compare that to my own experience. Yes, I know people want to…

It was rumormongering tho. It’s just that the rumors are true. They took a credible story and hobbled it with some very questionable reporting, then pulled Jen Kirman into the drama for good measure.

Some of the comments on here are baffling to me. He is absolutely not saying it was alright because I am famous and they admired me. He is saying my thinking like that was what led me to do it, but it was wrong. He is explicitly saying it is not an excuse.

As these non-shocking revelations continue to be revealed I can’t help but wonder the fuck why Mel Gibson, proven anti-Semetic, racist, misogynist, confessed women beater, convicted drunk diver, who for some reason is still making movies?!

As far as apologies go, that’s as good as it gets. No deflection. Doesn’t minimize his actions, or magically erase them, but it’s a good start.

I find it sincere. He’s confirming it, and admits it was a power dynamic issue. Everything hes said are things that these sites and his victims/accusers have accused him of doing.

I’m sorry you got that kind of grief. I was one of those who said there wasn’t enough evidence to hang CK out to dry, mostly because I am a Jen Kirkman fan from hearing her on podcasts. Anyone with a brain could see that there were two valid approaches to the issue at the time.

It also felt like a victory lap for people, which is also sickening. Hes a creep, but people taking a “I told you so” attitude are, to a lesser degree, also kinda creepy.

Jezebel acted like they had a vendetta against this man from the beginning, but could not assemble the evidence to prove it. A reasonable person could read the Jezebel story and think that it was exaggerated, embellished, or untrue. No named sources had come forward except one, Jen Kirkman, and she specifically said…

I don’t know if it’s sincere, but as apologies go, it’s pretty good.

Wait, his apology is creepy? He owned it, recognized he hurt these women, admits that he had power over them and abused it, understands that nothing he can say will make up for it, and that no matter what he’s feeling now can never begin to equate what he’s done. What more do you want from an apology? I mean…

Saying he was creepy and you found the rumors believable was fine. And it was also fine for people at the time to say that then-unsubstantiated and anonymous rumors weren’t proof. Both of those things could be true, but here we are.