First, a plethora of White female celebs had the courage to finally speak out about the alleged sexual assault they endured from Hollywood executive, Harvey Weinstein. Now the world is beginning to get an earful of those same types of accounts from Black female entertainers. Well, at this point it’s only been one- Lupita Nyong’o-and now Jill Scott makes two. The only difference is that Lupita’s and Jill’s stories are totally different from one another, but still equally degrading nonetheless.
For the past few days, we’ve all been seeing the large amount of female celebs who are finding their voices to speak out against male Hollywood execs abusing their power against women in Hollywood. After hearing all of these accounts from many different female celebs,’ the real Jilly from Philly done seeped outta Mrs. Scott. She unleashed a flurry of tweets about what she, too, experienced with Harvey Weinstein and she threw some curse words in there, to emphasis how she really feels.
Jill Scott Blasts Harvey Weinstein Over Their Past Encounter
On early Friday (10-20-2017) Jill first opened up by saying:
“When I met Harvey Weinstein, he was RUDE. In the NASTIEST tone he said “Who told you to get pregnant?!” And rolled his eyes in disgust. I stayed away from him after. Who acts that way towards a pregnant woman?? Power to all the women bullied by assholes. Power in general.
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Fan Reactions
One of Jill’s fans (@Santhony53) soon replied to her comments stating, “Hollywood and the music industry both have predators but people still work with them I don’t understand it.”
Jill made sure to answer her fan with another jab at Weinstein: “I do. It’s all about the dream. Some powerful assholes have the juice to crush them.”
Many fans, though shocked by her reveal, then began to applaud Jill for speaking out:
https://twitter.com/DeMarko_Gage/status/921364783986855937
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— BeingShawneBon (@CollinsShawne) October 20, 2017
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After one fan told her how proud they were of her for speaking out, Jill said “I speak on what I know to be true…
At this point, Harvey Weinstein has now checked himself into a sex rehabilitation center in somewhere, USA…doesn’t really matter. The thing that matters is that the female celebrities he’s allegedly degraded in various ways, continue to speak out and be an example for women everywhere to stand in their truths and not be ashamed.
In Case You Missed It: Lupita Nyong’o’s Reveals Her Past Incidents w/Weinstein
In case you missed it, Lupita Nyong’o came forward the other day as well, and reveled that in 2011, when she was still a starving up and coming actress, Harvey sexually degraded her twice within a few months span. Once during a screening of his film at his home, while his kids and family were reportedly present. Here’s part of what Lupita wrote via NY Times:
I settled in for the film, but about 15 minutes in, Harvey came for me, saying he wanted to show me something. I protested that I wanted to finish the film first, but he insisted I go with him, laying down the law as though I too was one of his children. I did not want another back-and-forth in front of his kids, so I complied and left the room with him. I explained that I really wanted to see the film. He said we’d go back shortly.
Harvey led me into a bedroom — his bedroom — and announced that he wanted to give me a massage. I thought he was joking at first. He was not. For the first time since I met him, I felt unsafe. I panicked a little and thought quickly to offer to give him one instead: It would allow me to be in control physically, to know exactly where his hands were at all times.
Part of our drama school curriculum at Yale included body work, using massage techniques on one another to understand the connection between body, mind and emotion, and so I felt I could rationalize giving him one and keep a semblance of professionalism in spite of the bizarre circumstance. He agreed to this and lay on the bed. I began to massage his back to buy myself time to figure out how to extricate myself from this undesirable situation. Before long he said he wanted to take off his pants. I told him not to do that and informed him that it would make me extremely uncomfortable. He got up anyway to do so and I headed for the door, saying that I was not at all comfortable with that. “If we’re not going to watch the film, I really should head back to school,” I said.
I opened the door and stood by the frame. He put his shirt on and again mentioned how stubborn I was. I agreed with an easy laugh, trying to get myself out of the situation safely. I was after all on his premises, and the members of his household, the potential witnesses, were all (strategically, it seems to me now) in a soundproof room.
Lupita said she ultimately left Weinstein’s home that day and that she “didn’t know how to process” the massage incident. But she said she just tried to tuck it away in the back of her mind and vowed never to work with him, which he tried to get her to do after she’d become successful. Lupita refused. You can read about what else Lupita said Harvey Weinstein did to her in the second incident HERE…it was just as degrading.
