Helen Mirren is a self-proclaimed feminist, but that didn’t stop her from taking shots at Melania and Ivanka Trump.
Like most Hollywood stars, Mirren has been vocal against Donald Trump and the administration. In an interview with Allure published Monday, the 72-year-old actress and “champion for women’s rights” blasted the president and then lowered herself to going after his wife and daughter.
“You look at old Mel there, and she is one of the most powerful women in the world because she could take him down. She almost did that with the hand,” Mirren said referencing the moment during the Trump’s first foreign visit when Melania refused to hold her husband’s hand.
“I’m Eastern European, you know; [we’ve] got these dark souls,” Mirren continued. “That dark Slovenian soul is about to come out.”
As for Ivanka, Mirren says she “talks a good game but there’s no substance.” What a thing for a feminist to say of a successful business woman and entrepreneur…
“Her book is so ignorant about how the majority of women live, talking about ‘Make time for yourself to have a massage.’ Puh-lease,” Mirren added.
Surely this isn’t an admirable approach for the feminist movement, but it seems Mirren’s distaste for the administration has led her to abandon the values she claims to hold so dear.