Hollywood is buzzing about Scarlett Johansson’s “fake” criticism of James Franco’s sexual harassment
Criticizing James Franco, Scarlett Johansson herself once defended Woody Allen – the director accused of sexually abusing his adopted daughter.
At the Golden Globe Awards on January 7, James Franco wore a badge supporting the Time’s Up anti-sexual abuse movement. Witnessing this image, five women immediately stood up and accused James of being a hypocrite because the actor had sexually harassed them. Meanwhile, James denied all accusations.
James Franco (middle) – actor of many famous films such as “Spider-Man”, “127 Hours”,… – at the Golden Globe awards ceremony.
Therefore, over the weekend, Scarlett Johansson criticized her male colleague in her speech at the Women’s March. The female star said: “By the way, I want you to return my badge.”
Scarlett Johansson speaks at the Women’s March.
Although Johansson did not mention Franco by name, her representative confirmed that the actress had indeed mentioned this actor.
“My mind is confused. How can someone who publicly represents an organization that helps victims of sexual abuse secretly seek out weak prey without any power?”, Johansson said. in his speech, intended to criticize the fake James Franco.
However, when accusing James Franco of hypocrisy, Scarlett Johansson herself is being called a hypocrite. Because in the past, she worked many times with Woody Allen – the director accused of sexually abusing his adopted daughter. Scarlett even stood up to defend Allen against the accusations.
Criticizing James Franco, Scarlett Johansson herself defended Woody Allen – the director accused of sexually abusing his adopted daughter.
Scarlett played in the movies “Match Point”, “Scoop”, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” directed by Woody Allen. The actress was full of praise for this talented and flawed director. In 2007, she even said: “I will sew his pants if he asks.”
In 2014, when Woody Allen was accused by his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow of sexually abusing her since Farrow was 7 years old, Scarlett defended the director: “When someone is prosecuted and found guilty because a certain action, you can’t immediately say: ‘I don’t support this way of life’. It’s all just speculation. I don’t know anything about this any decision”.
Scarlett even criticized her adopted daughter Dylan Farrow for blaming the actresses in Allen’s films, including Scarlett: “I think that’s irresponsible.”
Scarlett Johansson has constantly defended the infamous director Woody Allen.
Scarlett’s “duality” has caused outrage on social networks: “It’s funny when Scarlett Johansson condemns James Franco – who is accused of abusing adult women. Meanwhile, she herself was criticized by Dylan Farrow – a victim of child molestation – for collaborating with Woody Allen again and again. Then, Scarlett attacked the victim herself.
“Scarlett Johansson is an embarrassment for condemning James Franco like that. He is innocent until proven guilty. I wonder how you feel about starring in Allen’s movies all these years?”.
“I can’t understand how Scarlett Johansson can condemn James Franco, while in the past she defended Woody Allen. What hypocrisy.”
