[USA Today] Michelle Pfeiffer is opening up about her own #MeToo moment when she was a 20-year-old actress.
In an interview with The Sunday Times, the former Catwoman said it took some time to realize what happened to her and to come to terms with the fact that it wasn’t OK.
“First, I thought, ‘Well, I didn’t experience that,’ but then as time went on I started going, ‘Well, actually, there was that one time,’ ” Pfeiffer told the outlet.
She added that, at first, she blamed herself for what happened.
“There’s that process you go through – denial, self-blame, ‘I shouldn’t have worn that dress,’ ‘I should’ve known.’ You look at it through a grown-up lens and think, ‘Wow, I was a kid,’ ” Pfeiffer said. “There were a number of situations that were not good.”
The “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” star went on to talk of the time when she was 20, she buried the incident from the encounter with a “high-powered person in the industry.”
“Like one incident – I am not going to share – but I look back and I cringe,” she said about the unnamed man. “I was really uncomfortable and it was inappropriate. I put it in a drawer.”
Pfeiffer noted that if the man is still alive, she would write to him to express how he made her feel.
She also added that she uses her platform as an actress to tell these difficult stories: “Sometimes you can make a bigger statement by representing someone you wouldn’t ever want to be, rather than hitting people over the head by preaching and getting up on your soapbox. Sometimes it’s a more effective and interesting way to get things across.”
Pfeiffer noted that it’s not easy for her or her fellow colleagues to open up about these types of experiences.
“It was challenging for women of my generation to find their voices,” the actress said. “And even though slowly, over time, we have been given more permission to speak up, if you grow up not really having your voice valued or heard or encouraged, the way you view yourself and your place, it’s pretty set.”
In a 2017 interview with the Today Show, Pfeiffer was asked about the #MeToo movement and if she’s experienced anything similar.
“I’ve had situations,” she said. You just didn’t talk about it… there’s so much shame involved in it.”
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Prettysure says
Steven isn’t a creep. He has issues but being a creep isn’t one. I know from whence I speak. Plus he wasn’t powerful as an actor. #Metoo is about power.
Balone says
Al Pacino
luvprue1 says
I don’t think it’s Al Pacino. I view him as a closet queen.
KCeagle says
Ivan Reitman (exec producer of The Delta House)
I’m a mentally fatigued and frustrated that our current president has a different scandal every week, and he and his swamp keep obstructing Congressional subpoenas and investigations.
Hollywood has nothing on the melodrama playing out in DC. We’ve seen this movie before in the 70’s, and it didn’t end well for Nixon and his swamp rats either. 🙄
BobNYC says
Yep, but fortunately the pendulum is swinging and both D.C. and Hollywood are changing.
TruePatriot says
I truly like most of your comments KC, but I believe that Libs hate POTUS b/c you folks are never told anything good about the man.
How can anyone like someone they *don’t know personally* if all they ever hear is negative, nasty things.
What’s happening right now is neither honest or following proper precedent. Why won’t the Media *stop lying* to the public? Have you heard about the CNN scandal disclosed by Project Veritas? I think, as a prof, everyone should hear BOTH sides before…
Lindasu says
He’s draining the swamp alright. Of his own people. I’m so tired of “winning” and “Making America Great Again”. I can’t afford much more in terms of the money he’s costing with tariff wars, etc.
JipJip says
Al Pacino
angelbratt says
Aaron spelling
ItsBouquet says
I want Prince Andrew’s time to be up. The trouble I have with royalty is the privilidges and protections they have that an ordinary person wouldn’t. Shame on anybody that is protecting him.
yaddayadda says
This. You are so right. There are about 10-20 times as many articles on Meghan and Harry as there are on a man who had a pedophile at his children’s birthday party and who traveled to pedophile island. That is not right.
TruePatriot says
I’m with you. This entire global network of creeps like Andy & Jeffy are sick, twisted evil-doers who need to be rounded up – no matter WHO they are – for crimes against children.
spookie says
absolutely agree with you
Lindasu says
Well, it’s pretty bought and sold in terms of his participation. But with our solidarity with the UK, it’s going to have to include stained sheets and a smoking gun…literally.
MaryRead says
Could not agree more! Sometimes I start wondering if the whole escalating Meghan&Harry vs. the family drama is just the Queen’s way of distracting the media from her creeper son Andrew.
Bookworm says
Cool, open post! I am wondering just how much jail time Lori Loughlin will be getting and when it will happen.
Lindasu says
I’ve been so turned off by her and her husbands actions. Her ego during this has been off the charts. I know Prosecution wants to strike a deal, but I think it ought to be pretty hefty and harsh.