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Following the Golden Globes, on January 7, James Franco was accused by five women of sexual misconduct.
Franco has denied the allegations, but Scarlett Johansson has decided that Franco is to be judged as guilty for what is, at the moment, #MeToo inspired accusations.
Via Sputnik News…
The second nationwide Women’s March took place on Saturday in Los Angeles during which Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson voiced her support for the Time’s Up movement.
In an emotional speech, Johansson took aim at James Franco, calling out to his, according to her, hypocrisy in wearing a Time’s Up pin during the recent Golden Globes, when he himself has been accused of sexual misconduct by several women.
Hollywood’s highest grossing actress did not say James Franco’s name specifically during her speech, but her representatives later confirmed that her words were directed at him.
“How could a person publicly stand by an organization that helps to provide support for victims of sexual assault while privately preying on people who have no power? … I want my pin back, by the way,” Johansson said during her speech.
She also expressed her indignation on abuse of power and extended her support to women who have been abused.
Johansson then related her own personal experience: “Suddenly I was 19 again and I began to remember all the men who had taken advantage of the fact that I was a young woman who didn’t yet have the tools to say no, or understand the value of my own self-worth.”
The actress went on to say, “No more pandering. No more feeling guilty about hurting someone’s feelings when something doesn’t feel right for me. I have made a promise to myself to be responsible to myself, that in order to trust my instincts I must first respect them.”
Social media was abuzz following her speech with many supporting her remarks.
jen yamato on Twitter: “”I want my pin back.” Yes, Scarlett Johansson was calling out James Franco in her #WomensMarch2018 speech https://t.co/goqhL9CrhP pic.twitter.com/7esSpIxjyd / Twitter”
“I want my pin back.” Yes, Scarlett Johansson was calling out James Franco in her #WomensMarch2018 speech https://t.co/goqhL9CrhP pic.twitter.com/7esSpIxjyd
Twitter users criticized Johansson, recalling that in 2006 she stood by director Woody Allen when he was accused of sexual abuse by his step daughter.
https://twitter.com/eimearnicroib/status/955073824147562496
https://twitter.com/HannaFlint/status/955095514156097538
Piers Morgan on Twitter: “Scarlett Johansson is so repulsed by James Franco she wants her #TimesUp pin back.She wasn’t quite so repulsed by child rapist Roman Polanski or Woody Allen, who married his wife’s adoptive daughter & whose own adoptive daughter says he abused her at 7. pic.twitter.com/7PnZQWVZjH / Twitter”
Scarlett Johansson is so repulsed by James Franco she wants her #TimesUp pin back.She wasn’t quite so repulsed by child rapist Roman Polanski or Woody Allen, who married his wife’s adoptive daughter & whose own adoptive daughter says he abused her at 7. pic.twitter.com/7PnZQWVZjH
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