Blake Lively was sexually harassed by make-up artist
Los Angeles
October 13, 2017
Actress Blake Lively has revealed she became a victim
of sexual misconduct at the hands of a make-up artist.
"He was saying
things inappropriately, insisting on putting my lipstick on with his finger,"
Lively told latimes.com.
"I was sleeping one night on location and I woke
up and he was filming me. I was clothed, but it was a very voyeuristic,
terrifying thing to do," she added.
Lively says she reported the issue to
the project's producers, but they did nothing.
"After three months of
complaining, they called me into my trailer and said, 'We need to talk to you.'
I thought, 'Well finally, they're going to do something about this man who I had
to have touching me all day.'
"And they said, 'Your dog left a poop
behind the toilet in your dressing room and our janitor had to pick it up. And
this is very serious and we can't have this happen again'," Lively recountered.
Lively finally took her sexual harassment complaints to a lawyer, who
then conducted an investigation, leading to the make-up artist being removed
from the project.
Despite his removal, "our unit production manager
wrote him a letter of recommendation because nobody wanted there to be bad
blood", Lively said.
Los Angeles
October 13, 2017
Actress Blake Lively has revealed she became a victim
of sexual misconduct at the hands of a make-up artist.
"He was saying
things inappropriately, insisting on putting my lipstick on with his finger,"
Lively told latimes.com.
"I was sleeping one night on location and I woke
up and he was filming me. I was clothed, but it was a very voyeuristic,
terrifying thing to do," she added.
Lively says she reported the issue to
the project's producers, but they did nothing.
"After three months of
complaining, they called me into my trailer and said, 'We need to talk to you.'
I thought, 'Well finally, they're going to do something about this man who I had
to have touching me all day.'
"And they said, 'Your dog left a poop
behind the toilet in your dressing room and our janitor had to pick it up. And
this is very serious and we can't have this happen again'," Lively recountered.
Lively finally took her sexual harassment complaints to a lawyer, who
then conducted an investigation, leading to the make-up artist being removed
from the project.
Despite his removal, "our unit production manager
wrote him a letter of recommendation because nobody wanted there to be bad
blood", Lively said.
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