Oprah Winfrey? Surely not. Out of all the big celebrities to be outed as a phony, maybe only Tom Hanks would be less likely. Not according to Rose McGowan though. The former Charmed star has astonishingly hit out at the talk show icon, saying that Oprah is “as fake as they come.”
As per News.com.au, McGowan made the bold claim via Twitter: “I am glad more are seeing the ugly truth of @Oprah,” she wrote, accompanied by an old picture of Oprah beside convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein, the pair both smiling. “I wish she were real, but she isn’t.”
McGowan’s main issue with Oprah, it seems, is her “fake” support of the #MeToo movement. McGowan, of course, was one of that movement’s most high-profile activists, being among the first wave of women to accuse Weinstein of rape in 2017.
McGowan continued: “From being pals with Weinstein to abandoning & destroying Russell Simmon’s [sic] victims, she is about supporting a sick power structure for personal gain, she is as fake as they come. #lizard.”
Weinstein, whose list of sexual assaults goes back as far as the 70’s, is currently locked up in Wende Correctional Facility after being found guilty of two felonies in February 2020. Music executive Simmons has been accused of rape and sexual misconduct by 20 women but hasn’t yet been convicted for anything.
It seems that McGowan is referring to Oprah backing out of On The Record, the 2020 documentary which focused on Simmon’s alleged sexual misconduct. While she was originally part of the project as an executive producer, she ultimately departed, citing differences with the directors.
“I want it to be known that I unequivocally believe and support the women,” she said in a statement given to The Hollywood Reporter at the time. “Their stories deserve to be told and heard. In my opinion, there is more work to be done on the film to illuminate the full scope of what the victims endured, and it has become clear that the filmmakers and I are not aligned in that creative vision.”
Neither McGowan or Oprah have immediately responded to requests for comment.
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