Yahoo Movies Rose McGowan hits out at reported Golden Globes protest
Rose McGowan is challenging actresses who are apparently planning to wear black at next year's Golden Globes.
The comments came after it was reported that actresses attending the awards ceremony in January 2018 will protest silently with their clothes against the sexual harassment and abuse scandal engulfing Hollywood.
The gesture was not well received by McGowan, who has previously claimed she was raped by the serially accused Harvey Weinstein (who continues to deny all allegations of non-consensual sex), as she deemed it a "silent protest".
She also suggested that the actresses "wear Marchesa"; the fashion line of Weinstein's wife Georgina Chapman, which Weinstein allegedly bullied actresses to wear on the red carpet.
"YOUR SILENCE is THE problem. You'll accept a fake award breathlessly & affect no real change," she said.
"I despise your hypocrisy. Maybe you should all wear Marchesa."
In response, actress Amber Tamblyn urged Rose to not 'shame or taunt' those involved in the planned protest.
THREAD: Rose McGowan is a friend and while I support her kind of movement, I do not support any woman (or man) shaming or taunting the movements of other women who are trying to create change. Telling us to all wear Marchesa? This is beneath you, Rose.
- Amber Tamblyn (@ambertamblyn) December 17, 2017
You don’t have to support and stand with us, but we stand and support you. You may take below the belt shots at us but we will not take them at you in return.
- Amber Tamblyn (@ambertamblyn) December 17, 2017
Our movement is big. And a black dress is just the beginning of the darkness that will be drained from every industry across the country by the time we’re done. That’s a promise.
- Amber Tamblyn (@ambertamblyn) December 17, 2017
And we stand together in this fight, shoulder to shoulder, weapon to weapon, woman to woman (and man), body to burned body. And our arms are open. And our hearts two fold. And our fire will be a universal scorch. Heed the mantra: #ChangeIsComing
- Amber Tamblyn (@ambertamblyn) December 17, 2017
"Rose McGowan is a friend and while I support her kind of movement, I do not support any woman (or man) shaming or taunting the movements of other women who are trying to create change," she said.
"You don't have to support and stand with us, but we stand and support you.
"You may take below the belt shots at us but we will not take them at you in return."
McGowan was one of the original silence breakers, when she talked to the New York Times ahead of their original Harvey Weinstein exposé.
Since then, more than 100 women have accused the disgraced film producer of sexual harassment of varying degrees, although he denies any non-consensual sexual activity.
Last week, Salma Hayek added her name to the ever-growing list of accusers by revealing Weinstein was also 'her monster'.
In an op-ed for the New York Times, the actress claimed that Weinstein made repeated sexual advances towards her during production of her movie Frida and that he threatened to remove her from the project.
Hayek also claimed Weinstein forced an irrelevant lesbian sex scene into the Oscar-winning picture because it wasn't sexy enough.
Weinstein's reps later issued a statement denying Hayek's version of events.
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