Dame Joan Collins insists actresses should have done more to stop themselves from being sexually harassed.
The 85-year-old actress - who has previously spoken of how she was drugged and raped by her first husband, actor Maxwell Reed - insists many of those who spoke out as part of the #MeToo movement weren't "suffering" and their ordeals could have been avoided if they hadn't put themselves in certain situations or had reacted differently.
She said: "When people ask why I wasn't speaking out about this - I've been speaking out about it for 40 years.
"It seems to me actresses who are saying, you know, 'I went up to this producer and he took his d**k out and I froze.' I mean, I'm sorry, you don't freeze you go, 'Stop that, I'm leaving.'
"I just gave them a knee in the groin. It's hardly suffering. You just didn't put up with it."