Myleene Klass has claimed that Harvey Weinstein as soon as provided her a ‘intercourse contract’ in change for stardom.
The previous Hear’Say singer and TV star, 47, stated she was left ‘completely devastated’ after the convicted intercourse offender allegedly propositioned her in 2010, promising he would assist her rating massive film roles.
Throughout a latest look on Paul C Brunson’s We Want To Speak podcast, Klass defined that the alarming encounter came about at Cannes Movie Pageant.
She recalled how she was working as a reporter for CNN and had interviewed the previous movie producer, now 73, earlier than he invited her to lunch.
On the time, Weinstein’s sexual abuse was nonetheless underneath wraps – however behind closed doorways, he had been wielding his energy within the leisure trade to coerce a string of budding starlets.
In the end, greater than 80 completely different accusers got here ahead from October 2017 and alleged that they had been a sufferer of Weinstein.
Weinstein’s fall from grace – which has culminated with him being locked up for greater than twenty years – is credited with popularising the #MeToo motion.
In keeping with Klass, Weinstein provided her a ‘intercourse contract’ after they met in Cannes.
Explaining what this meant, she advised Brunson: “Properly, it is ‘you might have intercourse with me and I will make you well-known’.
“And I stated, ‘I am already well-known within the areas I need to be’.”
The previous I am A Celeb star claimed that Weinstein then advised her she might ‘be in motion pictures’, earlier than he then ‘began naming all these girls’.
She recalled how she politely advised him she wasn’t searching for a profession within the movie trade, earlier than happening to element how she managed to flee the dialog.
“I imagine each lady that got here ahead,” Klass stated of Weinstein’s accusers. “As a result of I sat there, I used to be completely devastated as a result of I did not know if I used to be going to get out.
“I stated we would be in contact. I made it very businesslike, I suppose. I simply…I bought out. Lunch completed and I bought out.
“Any lady will inform you, it is battle or flight, is not it? Any lady who’s been in that place the place anyone’s being predatory…they do not have to come back with a weapon.
“We really feel it in our intestine. We all know instantly after we’re at risk.”
She went on to say that ‘what is just not okay’ within the showbiz world is the ‘those that take benefit’.
“It’s normally these middle-aged males who’re casting the cube and deciding how [women] are represented or after we might be solid apart,” Klass continued.
“And girls particularly, we really feel that each single day with out us even realising. It is simply innately in us.”
LADbible has contacted Weinstein’s representatives for remark.
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