MORE AND MORE MEN IN HOLLYWOOD ARE COMING OUT IN SHERRY THEIR
STORIES OF GETTING SEXUALLY ASSAULTED OR SEXUALLY HARASSED
AND INDUSTRY WHICH IS GOOD.
NOT GOOD THAT THEY GOT SEXUALLY
ASSAULTED, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR MEN TO COME OUT AND SPEAK
ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES AS WELL BECAUSE THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE
THAT ONLY IMPACTS WOMEN THOUGHT KEVIN SORBO, WHO POLITICALLY
SPEAKING I HAVE NO LOVE FOR RECENTLY SHARED HOW HE WAS
SEXUALLY HARASSED BY GIANNI VERSACE WHO IS NO LONGER
ALIVE.
HE DIED, HOWEVER APPARENTLY HE NOT ONLY SEXUALLY
HARASSED HIM AND PUT HIS HANDS ON HIM AND HE SHARED THIS DURING
A PODCAST WITH ADAM COROLLA.
AGREE TO DISAGREE.
YOU
DON'T HAVE TO DO ANY OF THAT.
I HAVE AN IMPORTUNATE ANALOGY THAT I'M GOING TO NEEDLESSLY
SHARE WITH YOU GET MYSELF IN TROUBLE.
PEOPLE SAY FOREVER,
YOU JUST HAVE TO TRY EVERYTHING ONCE.
I ALWAYS SAW, NO YOU
DON'T.
I'VE NEVER HAD SEX WITH A RHINO, I DON'T HAVE TO TRY
THAT ONCE TO KNOW THAT I'M NOT GOING TO ENJOY IT.
NO, YOU
DON'T HAVE TO THE DOG OR THE CAT AND IF YOU ARE KEVIN SORBO AND
YOU ARE STRAIGHT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO YOU IN THE MUCH MORE
IMPORTANT THING IS THE POWER DYNAMIC.
1ST THOUGHT SHE HAD A
VERY IMPORTANT MODELING JOB THEY HE COULD'VE GOTTEN.
THIS WAS
WHEN HE WAS A MODEL BEFORE IT WENT OUT ACTING AND I DON'T
AGREE WITH KEVIN SORBO POLITICALLY AT ALL.
HE IS SAID
SOME THINGS THAT REALLY GOT UNDER MY SKIN, BUT THAT AFFECTS
THE STORY 0%.
HE IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT AND I DEFINITELY BELIEVE
HIS ALLEGATIONS.
I LIVED IN MIAMI WHEN VERSACE DID.
HE GOT
SHOT RIGHT BEFORE I MOVED TO MIAMI.
THE STORIES WERE THAT HE
HAD A HOUSE, GORGEOUS HOUSE RIGHT ON OCEAN AVENUE AND IT HAD
THIS TRY AND TELESCOPE AND IT WAS NOT FOR LOOKING AT THE STARS
BUT FOR YOUNG MAN ON THE BEACH AND HE WOULD PULL THEM INTO HIS
HOUSE, SOMEONE WOULD COME OUT AND GO VERSACE WOULD LIKE TO SEE
YOU.
YOU DIDN'T DO THE REST OF THE STORY, BUT IT IS NOT
SURPRISING TO HEAR THAT THIS IS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN SOMETIMES.
AGAIN, I AM GLAD KEVIN SORBO SHARED HIS TAKE BECAUSE I THINK
MEN ARE EVEN LESS WILLING TO COME OUT AND TALK ABOUT THEIR
EXPERIENCES BECAUSE THERE IS EVEN MORE STIGMA TOWARD MEN WHO
TALK ABOUT IT.
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE STRONG, HAVE NO EMOTION
BUT NO, THEY GET VICTIMIZED TO INITIATE ACCOUNTABLE SPEAKING
OUT SO PEOPLE ARE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE.
IN THIS CASE VERSACE
WILL BE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE BUT IT WILL AT LEAST OPEN THE DOOR
FOR OTHER MEN WHO HAVE HAD SIMILAR EXPERIENCES IN THE
INDUSTRY.
HE DIDN'T END UP GETTING THAT MODELING DEAL
BECAUSE HE DIDN'T CAVE INTO THESE ADVANCES.
HE TALKS ABOUT
THAT A LITTLE BIT AS WELL.
HE SAYS:
AS I SAID BEFORE I THINK THIS IS THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.
I DON'T
KNOW IF WE ARE EVER GOING TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE WHOLE ICEBERG
BUT INSENSATE TERMS OF MEN WHO ABUSE THEIR POWER GRAB AND BEGAN
HOLLYWOOD THAT WE FOUND OUT ABOUT THE MEN WHO ARE STRAIGHT
TO ABUSE THEIR POWER BUT MEN ARE MEN SO IT IS UNLIKELY THAT MEN
WHO ARE ATTRACTED TO OTHER GUYS ARE SOMEHOW DIFFERENT THAN MEN
OVERALL AND I HAVE HEARD A LOT OF TOTAL RUMORS AND NOTHING
SUBSTANTIATED, IF I KNEW I WOULD TELL YOU BUT THERE'S CONSTANT
CHATTER ABOUT GAY POWERFUL FOLKS IN HOLLYWOOD WHO HAVE DONE THIS
AND THIS IS ONE, HE'S NOT EXACTLY HOLLYWOOD, HE IS FASHION
AND I DON'T, BY THE WAY IT IS DEFINITELY NOT ME SAYING THAT
GAY HOLLYWOOD IS ANY DIFFERENT THAN STRAIGHT HOLLYWOOD.
MY
POINT IS OPPOSITE.
MEN ARE MEN, THEY ARE ALL THE SAME AND SO IF
MILLER STORIES LIKE THIS COME OUT, I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED AND
IN THIS CASE, HE SAID NO, YOU KNOW.
ANYWAY.
SO I HAVE A REALLY QUICK QUESTION TO ASK YOU.
YOU SAY
MEN ARE MEN AND I FEEL LIKE, I KNOW YOU DON'T MEAN TO SAY THIS
WHICH IS WHY I WANT YOU TO CLARIFY.
THAT MAKES IT SEEM
LIKE AS SOON AS A GUYS AND EMPEROR POSITION OF POWER HE IS
GOING TO ABUSE IT WAS I DON'T THINK IS TRUE AT ALL.
I'VE COME
ACROSS A LOT OF POWERFUL MEN WHO HAVE NEVER MADE ME FEEL HARASSED
OR ASSAULTED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
IT IS JUST, I THINK THE
PART OF THIS THAT SHOCKS EVEN ME IS HOW INCREDIBLY COMMONPLACE IT
IS IN CERTAIN INDUSTRIES.
NOT EVEN IN CERTAIN INDUSTRIES,
PROBABLY EVERY INDUSTRY.
I THINK I UNDERESTIMATED HOW OFTEN
THIS KIND OF STUFF HAPPENS BUT I DON'T THINK MOST MEN ARE LIKE
THIS ARE ALL MEN ARE LIKE THIS, NOT EVEN CLOSE, I JUST THINK WE
HAVE UNDERESTIMATED JUST HOW MANY POWERFUL PEOPLE THERE ARE
OUT THERE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE THAT DON'T HAVE AS
MUCH POWER.
LET ME BE CLEAR.
DO I THINK ALL MEN ARE DOING IT RIGHT NOW?
OF COURSE NOT.
DO I THINK A WAY HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF MEN IN
POSITIONS OF POWER TO THE EARLIER, 1960S, 70S, ETC.?
YES.
I THINK WE WERE NAœVE AND NOT REALIZING TO WHAT DEGREE
THAT HAPPENED BEFORE AND IT IS PARTLY A DYNAMIC OF MEN BECAUSE
MEN ARE INTERESTED IN SEX MORE THAN WOMEN.
I KNOW THAT'S
TOTALLY GROSS GENERALIZATION.
ADMIN IN THIS SENSE.
AND TAKE
ALL THE GENERALIZATIONS FOR WHATEVER YOU WANT BUT IT IS NOT
THAT WOMEN DON'T HAVE SEX, IT'S JUST THAT THEY ACTUALLY CARE TO
BE ATTRACTED TO MEN.
IN SOME WAY THAT IS NOT JUST PHYSICAL.
WHEREAS MEN MORE OFTEN FOCUS ON THE PHYSICAL BOTH STRAIGHT AND
GAY MEN SO THEY ARE LIKE YOU ARE HERE, I HAVE POWER OVER YOU, I
AM INTERESTED IN THIS AND SO THERE'S THAT PORTION OF IT THAT
IT RELATES TO MEN.
THE MORE IMPORTANT PORTION PERTAINS TO
POWER SO HOWEVER MUCH POWER YOU HAVE IN THE REASON IN THE PAST
THEY HAD MORE POWER IS BECAUSE WOMEN HAD INCREDIBLE DIFFICULTY
BREAKING INTO INDUSTRIES.
THERE WAS ALMOST NO ONE WOMEN IN THOSE
INDUSTRIES AND IN ORDER TO GET PAST THE GATEKEEPERS THESE GUYS
HAD DISPROPORTIONATE POWER AND UNFORTUNATELY POWER CORRUPTS AND
ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY.
THE REASON HAPPENS
MORE AND HOLLYWOOD AS WELL AND SOMETIMES IN POLITICS IS BECAUSE
THERE IS VERY FEW JOBS IN THOSE INDUSTRIES.
THERE'S ONLY A
COUPLE DOZEN GREAT ACTING JOBS PER YEAR, ESPECIALLY IN THE OLD
DAYS, THERE WERE LESS MOVIES THAT WERE BEING MADE AND SAVED
FOR FASHION AND MUSIC.
IF YOU ARE A GATE KEEPER IN THAT TIME,
YOU HAD THIS ABSOLUTE POWER IN A SENSE AND THAT IS WHY NOW
LOOKING BACK AT IT WE SHOULDN'T BE SURPRISED AT HOW MUCH IT WAS
ABUSED.