LONDON (ENGLAND)
Reuters via Eyewitness News (EWN)
January 5, 2018
Debra Messing says the #MeToo campaign has helped her realise how many times she’s been sexually harassed.
LONDON – New York-born actress has spoken about how the #MeToo campaign has impacted her own life.
Debra Messing says the #MeToo campaign has helped her realise how many times she’s been sexually harassed.
The 49-year-old actress says that the fallout from the Hollywood sex scandal – which led to the launch of the MeToo campaign on social media, encouraging abuse victims to share their own experiences – has caused her to understand how many times she’s been subjected to inappropriate, unwanted advances.
Debra said the campaign “made me realise that I hadn’t processed how many times I had actually been sexually harassed throughout my life”.
The ‘Will & Grace’ star said that the scandal – which was triggered by a series of allegations made against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein – has underlined the need for more female representation in positions of power.
She told the Daily Telegraph newspaper: “We need people who are not white men to be in positions of power, that’s what has become most clear through all of this.”
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