Ben Affleck has come out to condemn Harvey Weinstein’s disgusting actions…
— Ben Affleck (@BenAffleck) October 10, 2017
He doesn’t say he didn’t know about them. Based on the fact that his girlfriend Matt Damon had helped cover up for Weinstein in the past, I’m suuuuuure he knew something.
It’s interesting how COMMITTED he is to respecting and defending women… It sure doesn’t line up with this…
Yup. That happened.
Remember, she was 19. Would YOU have known how to respond?
Hilarie Burton claims she was groped by Ben Affleck during his appearance on TRL in 2003.
The former host of the show made the allegations on Tuesday night, just hours after Affleck made a statement condemning Harvey Weinstein’s alleged abusive actions in his sexual assault and harassment scandal.
In it he said he was ‘saddened and angry’ over the ‘sickening’ claims.
Affleck’s statement was quickly slammed by a number of people – including Weinstein accuser Rose McGowan who called Affleck a liar.
When a fan tweeted that Affleck might as well have ‘kept quiet,’ another Twitter user wrote: ‘He also grabbed Hilarie Burton’s breasts on TRL once.
Everyone forgot though.’
The One Tree Hill Star then surprised the Twitter thread by interjecting with: ‘I didn’t forget.’
Think of the 19 year olds in your life. As a 19 year old girl, that would have really, REALLY freaked me out. Heck, that would REALLY freak me out now.
The only difference? Now I would have ripped his A$$ to shreds over it. At 19? I would have probably responded the same way she did.
A bunch of you are going to say she was laughing, so no harm. I laugh when I’m nervous all the time. I’m silliest when I’m really uncomfortable. I actually think that’s a pretty normal thing.
So Ben, now that you’re some great protector and defender of women…. how would you feel if in a few years someone did this to one of your daughters?
UPDATE: He responded.