All right.
So let's talk about what's going on right now.
First of all, I want to start by saying good for you
because I'm on your side.
And I think people should always speak up when
they see something happening.
I think being quiet when there is
something that needs to be addressed is the wrong move.
So you were in this movie, The Predator.
And you found out that the director hired his friend
to play a guy that was hitting on you who actually turned out
to be a registered sex offender for a 14-year-old girl.
And so you spoke out about it, and now people
are not supporting you.
Well, the public, social media, fans, strangers on the street,
all of the news outlets have been extremely supportive.
And that's such a gift because it's not an easy situation
to be in.
I did find out.
And he was a 38-year-old man at the time.
It happened about 10 years ago.
He's 38 years old and went after a 14-year-old female relative.
And when I found that out, I did call Fox.
And I said we have to delete the scene.
And they did, thankfully.
And then I did reach out to my costars individually
and said, hey, I want you guys you know I found this out.
And I found it out through an acquaintance
who wanted to know if I knew.
I didn't know them well enough to know if they
would say something or not.
But I figured in that moment, they
weren't calling me just to kind of give me the heads up.
It was going to be something that would get out there.
So I wanted to give my costars the heads
up so that they wouldn't be blindsided like I was.
And then when it did come out--
well, first of all, when I did call my costars,
I got chastised the next day by people in the studio
for telling them.
And why am I not just keeping it quiet?
It's all going to be OK.
It got deleted.
What's the big deal?
And I said, well, it happened.
When we do movies, we have this reach.
It goes everywhere.
There's people all over the world that see what we do.
And just that tiny drop of fame can
be used to hurt an impressionable person,
and that's just not OK.
And when I spoke out and gave a statement
to the LA Times, which they had asked for-- but they
had asked the rest of my cast.
I was the only one that did give a statement--
I had no idea how bad the details of the case were
and what happened to that girl until it came out
in the LA Times on Thursday.
The reality is that the people who collude to keep people
like this in positions of power--
that's the real problem, the people
who keep turning blind eyes.
The next thing that has been hard that you brought up
is the support.
That's become this other story because my cast members--
nobody said anything to me about it.
Nobody talked to me.
Nobody reached out that whole day.
And at first, I thought maybe it's because they just
don't know what to say.
They want to stay out of the way.
But privately, I did feel iced out.
And I think that's what's really important for people
to understand.
When you see something, you have to say something.
However, it's not going to be easy.
And there will be people that just get mad at you for not
playing the game.
I think that people expected me to be quiet
because it was my movie.
But the truth is I don't care.
I don't care if this movie gave me
all the money in the world and all the power.
If it costs one person's life, they can take it.
I don't want this career.
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I'm so proud of you.
You did the right thing.
Sterling did eventually tweet out support
and was very forthcoming about how he felt.
So that's important.
Good.
I like Sterling.
That's great to hear.
[APPLAUSE]
I know when things happen, moms can be very, very protective.
How's your mom handling this?
My mom has been really sweet.
She called me and said, you know, I've been thinking.
Don't know how much you have, but I
think you have enough money to buy a house in Costa Rica.
So this a mom thing, OK?
Who need Hollywood?
Who care about Hollywood?
You, me-- we go to Costa Rica, make a smoothie bar on beach.
This is the best part.
She goes, then we went boog boards.
And I'm like, boog boards?
She goes, yeah, boog board.
And I'm like, what's boog?
You know, in water.
People go in water on the boog board.
Now, we rent boog board, $25 per day.
No one use whole day.
They bring back after two hour.
We get to rerent.
We make so much money.
[APPLAUSE]
But she's been really supportive.
And honestly, it feels good when you
have a family that doesn't really
care if you're doing movies or renting boog boards
on the beach in Costa Rica.
But that's actually been really good.
That is the best kind of family.
Anyway, I am really, really happy for you.
I'm happy to see you.
And I just found out about all of this today, so sorry
if I didn't reach out sooner because I didn't know about it.
I know.
When you go on vacation, you really--
I unplug.
--unplug.
That's the best thing to do.
I wish I could unplug.
I was in Costa Rica doing a boog board.
What?
If you just wait, I'm going to have a smoothie shop there.
Come back for me.
I'll go back.
The movie is called The Predator.
It opens everywhere Friday.
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