Courtney Love warned aspiring young actresses about Harvey Weinstein in a red carpet interview from 2005.
In footage obtained by TMZ Sunday. the 53-year-old actress and singer gets stopped walking to the Comedy Central’s Pamela Anderson Roast by a reporter and asked what advice, if any, she would give to “young girls” thinking about trying to make it in Hollywood. (RELATED: Ed Asner Asks Chris Jansing For Kiss During Weinstein Interview)
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“Do you have advice for a young girl moving to Hollywood?” reporter Natasha Leggero asked.
Before responding, Love looks to her left and right and mutters something about being “libeled” for saying it.
“Um, I’ll get libeled if I say it,” the actress responds. “If Harvey Weinstein invites you to a private party at the Four Seasons, don’t go.”
On Sunday, the “Violet” singer retweeted the article and claimed that she was “banned by CAA [Creative Artists Agency in Hollywood] for her comments about Weinstein.
“Although I wasn’t one of his victims, I was eternally banned by CAA for speaking out against #HarveyWeinstein #rape,” Love tweeted Sunday.
Although I wasn’t one of his victims, I was eternally banned by CAA for speaking out against #HarveyWeinstein #rape https://t.co/8giwNkrC5t
— Courtney Love Cobain (@Courtney) October 14, 2017
On Saturday, the now fallen film producer was expelled from the Academy of Motion Pictures amidst the numerous allegations of sexual harassment and sexual assault.
“The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences Board of Governors has voted well in excess of the required two-thirds majority to immediately expel him [Weinstein] from the academy,” the Academy said in a statement.