Jennifer Lawrence says she knew Harvey Weinstein was tough, but didn't know he was abusing his power. Photo/Getty
Jennifer Lawrence once considered Harvey Weinstein as a father figure. Now, she calls him "a dog".
The 27-year-old actress has admitted it took her a "moment to process" the sexual harassment allegations against the disgraced producer - who has been accused of sexual misconduct by over 80 women in a
30 year period - because he was "paternal" toward her, and had "only ever been nice" to her.
She said: "Just speaking for myself, I had known him since I was 20, and he had only ever been nice to me - except for the moments that he wasn't, and then I called him an a-hole, and we moved on. He was paternal to me. So I needed a moment to process everything because I thought I knew this guy, and then he's being accused of rape."
The Mother! actress insisted that whilst she was aware Weinstein, 65, was a "tough guy" and a "brute", she had never considered the possibility that he might have been abusing his power.
She added: "We all knew he was a dog, we knew that he was a … tough guy, a brute, a tough guy to negotiate with. I didn't know that he was a rapist. And it's so widespread, the abuse, from so many different people - it's directors, it's producers - that I think everybody needed to [process it].
