Matt Damon has joined the rapidly growing list of Hollywood stars who have
condemned Harvey Weinstein, but the film producer has at least one supporter
left.
Lindsay Lohan is defending Weinstein in new videos shared
on her Instagram and Snapchat accounts from Dubai, where she is currently
located.
"I feel very bad for Harvey Weinstein right now. I don't
think it's right what's going on," the 31-year-old actress said with an
accent.
"He's never harmed me or done anything wrong to me, we've
done several movies together, and so everyone needs to stop. I think it's
wrong. So... stand up."
Lohan, who starred in The Weinstein Co. movies like "Bobby" and
"Scary Movie 5," also encouraged Weinstein's wife Georgina Chapman to stay
with him. Chapman, a fashion designer, announced Tuesday that she is leaving
her husband of 10 years.
"My heart breaks for all the women who
have suffered tremendous pain because of these unforgivable actions. I have
chosen to leave my husband. Caring for my young children is my first
priority and I ask the media for privacy at this time," Chapman, who has two
kids with Weinstein, said.
Weinstein has accused of sexually assaulting or harassing more
than a dozen actresses, models, employees and reporters since an expose was
published by The New York Times last week. Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina
Jolie say he made unwelcome advances in the '90s; Italian actress Asia
Argento says she was raped; and accounts have also come from Rose McGowan,
Mira Sorvino, Rosanna Arquette, Ashley Judd and Heather Graham.
President
Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have condemned Weinstein, along with stars
who worked with Weinstein including George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Ben
Affleck, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Bob Iger, Jeffrey Katzenberg,
Judd Apatow, Judi Dench, Glenn Close, Kevin Smith and more.
Damon,
who won an Oscar for the Weinstein-produced "Good Will Hunting," spoke out
Tuesday in a Deadline interview.
"I did five or six movies with Harvey. I never saw this," the
actor said. "I just feel absolutely sick to my stomach... as the father of
four daughters, this is the kind of sexual predation that keeps me up at
night."
Damon also denied trying to kill a 2004 story by The New
York Times that allegedly aimed to first expose Weinstein. He told Deadline
he calld reporter Sharon Waxman to vouch for Fabrizio Lombardo, who ran
Miramax's Italian office and allegedly procured some women for Weinstein,
but says he never knew anything of Weinstein's alleged misconduct.
"If there was ever an event that I was at and Harvey was doing
this kind of thing and I didn't see it, then I am so deeply sorry, because I
would have stopped it," Damon said. "And I will peel my eyes back now,
farther than I ever have, to look for this type of behavior. Because we know
that it happens. I feel horrible for these women and it's wonderful they
have this incredible courage and are standing up now."
Weinstein
was fired Sunday by the Weinstein Co., which he co-founded, and the film
studio has dropped his name from upcoming projects and is expected to change
the company name altogether.
