ACTOR TERRY CREWS SLAMS RUSSELL SIMMONS ON TWITTER AFTER RUSSELL
SIMMONS SENT HIM AN EMAIL ASKING HIM TO TAKE IT EASY ON THE
AGENT ADAM BENNETT WHO TERRY CREWS HAS ACCUSED OF
GROPING HIM AT A PARTY.
TERRY CREWS THEN TWEETED.
WHAT I THINK IS INTERESTING IS THE EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
I THINK TERRY CREWS DISPLAYED.
TO
GIVE YOU UP-TO-DATE CONTEXT ñ
WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION WHEN YOU SAW TERRY CREWS TAKING THIS
EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE TO TWITTER?
I THOUGHT THIS WAS INCREDIBLY BOLD AND AWESOME FOR
CALLING HIM OUT.
NO ONE GETS A PASS.
>> I'M NOT SURE I THOUGHT IT WAS AWESOME.
I WILL TELL YOU DISTINCTIONS.
FIRST OFF, OF COURSE IT SHOULDN'T MATTER BETWEEN MALE
AND FEMALE VICTIMS BUT I THINK WHAT IT IS IS THERE ARE
DIFFERENT STANDARDS BETWEEN NOT MALE-FEMALE BUT
THICK-SKINNED VERSUS THIN-SKINNED.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT TO DISPARAGE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THIN-SKINNED.
I'M JUST SAYING PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT REACTIONS.
THE GUY GRABBED HIM FROM THE FRONT.
WE'VE COVERED STORIES IN THE PAST YEAR WERE A COUPLE OF GUYS
HERE HAVE BEEN GRABBED FROM THE BACK AND I REMEMBER I TALKED
ABOUT THE CUBAN GUY THAT GRABBED ME IN THE MIDDLE OF A MELEE
OF ADRIAN GONZALEZ.
THEN I REALIZED I REMEMBER SOMEONE ONCE GRABBED ME FROM THE
FRONTS BUT I CARED SO LITTLE THAT I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER
WHO IT WAS.
I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS KIND OF WEIRD.
I TELL YOU THAT ñ I WOULDN'T BE INTIMIDATED BY IT, IF I
DIDN'T WANT TO LET IT GO I WOULD TELL HIM KISS OFF.
I'M SAYING THIS SHOULD BE LEFT UP TO THE VICTIM.
>> BUT IT IS NOT RUSSELL SIMMONS PLACE TO THEN SAY LET'S GIVE
THIS GUY A PASS, DID HE APOLOGIZE?
TERRY CREWS SAID HE
FELT THE MOST EMASCULATED IN HIS LIFE BY THE GROPING INCIDENT.
HOW YOU FEEL WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN GROPED IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT
AND YOU CAN'T PROJECT THAT ONTO HOW OTHER PEOPLE SHOULD FEEL.
>>THAT'S ACTUALLY MY POINT AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR.
YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT NOT EVERYBODY THINKS LIKE YOU DO.
JUST BECAUSE I'M THICK-SKINNED DOESN'T MEAN EVERYONE ELSE IS.
>> IT IS STILL A FIREABLE OFFENSE.
IT IS INAPPROPRIATE TO DO THAT.
HE SHOULD NOT BE GIVEN A PASS.
>> THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT THING ñ ONE IS THEIR WORKING
RELATIONSHIP AND WHERE IT HAPPENED.
THE WORKING RELATIONSHIP HAS THE MOST EFFECT ON IT.
AND THIS SITUATION WHAT WAS THE WORKING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
TERRY CREWS AND ADAM VENIT?
THEN IT IS JUST SOME GUY AT SOME POINT.
I CAN'T TELL TERRY CREWS WHAT TO DO OR THINK, IF IT WAS ME I HAVE
BEEN IN SITUATIONS WHERE I KNEW THAT SOMEONE WAS ACTING
INAPPROPRIATELY AND I THOUGHT I CAN HANDLE THIS.
THE DISCUSSION WOULD BE BEST SERVED BY A 10,000 FOOT VIEW
SINCE TERRY CREWS IS SO ACCOMPLISHED.
IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION.
IF THE NAME IS DROPPED, IT IS THE NAME OF ADAM VENIT.
ANOTHER
QUALIFYING FACTOR WOULD BE WHAT IS THEIR RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
TERRY CREWS AND RUSSELL SIMMONS?
IF THEY HAVE A GOOD
RELATIONSHIP, AND MY FRIEND SENDS ME AN EMAIL LIKE THIS,
ESPECIALLY WITH BAD PUNCTUATION.
THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE IF I LIKE RUSSELL SIMMONS,
YOU ARE RIGHT, WITH LOVE GREAT THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.
BUT IF SOMEONE HAS BEEN PULLING ON A SWEATER, THEN HE IS NOW AN
EVIL PERSON AND I HATE HIM BECAUSE HE SAYS THINGS LIKE
WITH GREAT LOVE ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.
>> LET'S BE CLEAR.
NO ONE THINKS THAT WHAT ADAM DID TO TERRY CREWS IS OKAY.
I'M SAYING THAT IS UP TO TERRY CREWS TO DECIDE IT.
ADAM VENIT SHOULD NEVER HAVE DONE THAT, THAT IS OBVIOUS
AND CLEAR.
I THINK THE HARDER PART IS THE RUSSELL SIMMONS PART WHERE
IT IS A PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE AND TERRY CREWS IS PUTTING
IT OUT THERE.
THAT IS WHEN CONTEXT MATTERS A LOT.
>> THAN IT SOUNDS LIKE HE IS SHOWING UP AND IT'S LIKE
RUSSELL SIMMONS IS IN
THE ROOM.
IF I CARE A LOT ñ WRITE MORE WORDS AND WRITE A
THOUGHTFUL EMAIL AS OPPOSED TO THREE THINGS.
>> I THINK WHY THIS RESONATED WITH ME IS THAT RUSSELL
SIMMONS IS INCREDIBLY POWERFUL AND SO MANY INDUSTRIES.
I LOOK AT THIS AS TERRY CREWS SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER,
ESPECIALLY WHEN WE THINK ABOUT RUSSELL SIMMONS RELATIONSHIP TO
BRETT RATNER.
I WONDER HOW RUSSELL SIMMONS HAS THOUGHT OF THOSE ñ I UNDERSTAND
WHY TERRY CREWS CHOSE RUSSELL SIMMONS TO CALL OUT THAT WE
CANNOT GIVE PREDATORS A PASS.
I THINK TWITTER IS THE FORUM THAT EVERYONE, OUR WORLD
LEADERS ARE USING TO ANNOUNCE POLICY.
IF THIS IS GOING TO BE THE NEW POLICY IN HOLLYWOOD I
UNDERSTAND WHY HE CHOSE
THAT PLATFORM.