Ellen Pompeo has been criticised on Twitter for comments she made about Harvey Weinstein in 2018. Photo / Getty Images
Ellen Pompeo has been criticised on Twitter for comments she made about Harvey Weinstein in 2018. Photo / Getty Images
Greys Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo has landed herself in hot water after comments she made about Harvey Weinstein in a 2018 interview resurfaced.
Pompeo, best known for her role as Meredith Grey on the hit medical drama Greys Anatomy, spoke about Harvey Weinstein in the July 2018 interview for theOxford Union.
A Twitter user posted an edited version of the clip online, sparking outrage from some users on the social media platform.
"I think we bear some responsibility, not all," the actor says when discussing the allegations from Weinstein's victims, implying that they are partly to blame.
Ellen Pompeo has been criticised on Twitter for comments she made about Harvey Weinstein in 2018. Photo / Getty Images
The actress says she met with Weinstein for a midday meeting.
"That's not to blame the victim, that's just to say - I did go into a room with Harvey Weinstein, I sat at a table with him, I had a probably two and a half-hour with him. He never said anything inappropriate to me, he never made any sort of physical advance to me.
"I wouldn't have gone into that room at night. But he did nothing appropriate toward me. Now had he, I would have picked up that glass and smashed him across the side of the face with it.
"So I mean, it's all what we're willing to tolerate in our self-esteem, and what are we going to put up with, and what are we going to compromise to be.
Users on Twitter accused Pompeo of "victim-blaming" and called her comments "absolutely disgusting" and "insane", Page Six reports.
However, Pompeo claims on Twitter the edited segment from the interview was taken out of context.
"Hey girls sorry if the video clips are upsetting!! It's out of context & it's too serious a subject to talk about on a platform like this," she wrote.
However, some Twitter users were not pleased with her response.
make a video and explain it if you cant type it on twitter which is understandable. however, it needs to be addressed. you know how much i look up to you, but this hurt. its ok to make mistakes, whats not ok is facing it and not apologizing.
According to Page Six, the question she was asked was to do with what change needed to happen in Hollywood in terms of the way things are run for #MeToo to have a lasting impact.
