{"id":617353,"date":"2021-08-06T22:36:44","date_gmt":"2021-08-07T02:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=617353"},"modified":"2021-08-06T22:36:49","modified_gmt":"2021-08-07T02:36:49","slug":"hollywood-feminists-silent-on-revelations-that-times-up-helped-cuomo-undermine-accuser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hollywood-feminists-silent-on-revelations-that-times-up-helped-cuomo-undermine-accuser\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood Feminists Silent On Revelations That Time\u2019s Up Helped Cuomo Undermine Accuser"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhollywood-feminists-silent-on-revelations-that-times-up-helped-cuomo-undermine-accuser%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=617353&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-902358030-scaled-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>After reports that the Hollywood women\u2019s organization, Time\u2019s Up, advised disgraced New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on a letter intended to discredit a former staffer who has accused him of sexual harassment, stars associated with the group have stayed largely quiet.<\/p>\n<p>Among the many famous women who have proudly touted their membership in Time\u2019s Up are Ashley Judd, Eva Longoria, America Ferrera, Natalie Portman, Brie Larson, Amy Schumer, Rashida Jones, Emma Stone, Kerry Washington, and Reese Witherspoon.<\/p>\n<p>Witherspoon, in particular, heavily promoted the organization, telling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/entertainment\/reese-witherspoon-times-up-marie-claire-583087\">Marie Claire<\/a> magazine in 2018, \u201cI\u2019ve been working very hard on the initiative Time\u2019s Up with more than 400 women in my industry. We are raising money for women in a variety of workplaces to have better resources for on-the-job-harassment lawsuits. We are trying to level the playing field for all women and men who have suffered from discrimination, harassment and abuse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yet as of Friday afternoon, Witherspoon has said nothing publicly about the New York Attorney General\u2019s bombshell revelation Tuesday that two Time\u2019s Up leaders consulted with Cuomo on a letter undermining Lindsey Boylan\u2019s claims that he touched her inappropriately and tried to kiss her.<\/p>\n<p>Neither have \u201cDesperate Housewives\u201d actress Eva Longoria or super-producer Shonda Rhimes, both of whom sit on Time\u2019s Up\u2019s board.<\/p>\n<p>Longoria told <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2019\/tv\/news\/eva-longoria-times-up-2020-election-kering-cannes-1203218418\/\">Variety<\/a> in 2019 that the group has been looking for ways to influence politics:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"8\">\n<p><em>We\u2019re trying to figure out what is Time\u2019s Up\u2019s role in these elections, and how can we have an impact \u2026 The great thing that has happened out of the Me Too movement and Time\u2019s Up is that women are talking to each other. We have now this wonderful sisterhood and community of information.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But since the news broke three days ago, the actress has not addressed the organization\u2019s involvement with Cuomo.&nbsp; Posts on her social media accounts since that time have focused on wishing former President Barack Obama a happy birthday and celebrating farm workers. She has also posted several selfies.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, none of the celebrities listed above has so far offered any public comment on Time\u2019s Up\u2019s communications with Cuomo\u2019s office or the assistance they provided him in his attempts to discredit Boylan.<\/p>\n<p>A Time\u2019s Up spokesperson didn\u2019t deny CEO and President Tina Tchen and co-founder Roberta Kaplan suggested the governor make edits to the letter. But in a statement to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/politics-news\/times-up-responds-cuomo-investigation-1234992138\/\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>, the representative argued that their contribution didn\u2019t in any way undermine the organization\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/timesupnow.org\/\">stated<\/a> mission to \u201cfight for a future where no one is harassed, assaulted, or discriminated against at work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore any allegations were made against Governor Cuomo, in 2019, Time\u2019s Up worked with his administration to pass the Time\u2019s Up\/NY Safety Agenda. In December 2020, Tina was asked to give her perspective on a public response to Ms. Boylan\u2019s allegations,\u201d the spokesperson said. \u201cAlthough Tina made no recommendations as to what he should do, she shared the stance Time\u2019s Up has always taken in these matters. She was clear that any response coming from the Governor\u2019s office addressing the allegations would be insufficient and unacceptable if it did not acknowledge the experiences of the women who came forward, and that it should in no way shame or discredit the women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Actress Alyssa Milano, who has also assumed a prominent role with the group, wrote in a first-person <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/culture\/culture-news\/alyssa-milano-on-joining-times-up-women-are-scared-women-are-angry-204035\/\">Rolling Stone<\/a> essay in 2018, \u201cThe most important thing to me was that Time\u2019s Up wouldn\u2019t just represent the voice of my industry but it needed to represent every woman\u2019s voice because that\u2019s what #MeToo has always been about.\u201d She went on, \u201cSo in this hubbub of actors and entertainment industry leaders uniting and coming together to create Time\u2019s Up, I want us to be mindful of supporting the victims in the workplace \u2026 \u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the \u201cWho\u2019s the Boss\u201d actress has called on Governor Cuomo to resign, she, too, has not distanced herself from Time\u2019s Up despite pointed criticism from her former \u201cCharmed\u201d co-star Rose McGowan.<\/p>\n<p>As the Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/lizard-people-your-time-is-up-after-cuomo-report-mcgowan-blasts-biden-milano-times-up-movement\">reported<\/a> Wednesday, McGowan blasted Tchen and Milano in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rosemcgowan\/status\/1423401755296010249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1423401755296010249%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Fsec-greenlights-stock-exchanges-race-gender-lgbtq-diversity-mandate-for-corporate-boards\">tweet<\/a> Friday, saying:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"17\">\n<p><em>Remember when Hollywood actresses and paid-off activists wore stupid black dresses at the Oscars? That was sponsored by Time\u2019s Up who were meant to help abuse victims. I told the world they are a lie 3+ years ago. I was mocked &amp; harassed by so many who want to believe the illusion. Wake up. Hard truths are inconvenient &amp; uncomfortable. So what, suck it up. Milano, TimesUp, fake performatives and profiteers. Alyssa\u2019s statement at the time was gaslighting in full effect. She said of my truth-telling \u201cHurt people hurt people.\u201d No, Alyssa, it\u2019s lizard people like you, SDK Knickerbocker, Gov Cuomo, the Pres, Tina Chen who hurt people. Your time is up. Exit stage left.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first evidence that Time\u2019s Up\u2019s activism may be mostly for show. In December, the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/11\/28\/star-studded-times-up-charities-spent-big-on-salaries-not-victims\/\">New York Post<\/a> broke an exclusive story titled, \u201cStar-studded Time\u2019s Up charities spent big on salaries, little on helping victims.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Post revealed that in 2018, its first year in operation, Time\u2019s Up took in nearly $4 million, but spent only around $300,000 on the victims of sexual harassment. The story then detailed the inner workings of the group, which highlighted very different activities from its public-facing goals:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"15\">\n<p><em>Time\u2019s Up Now, the lobbying arm of the organization, also spent $157,155 on conferences \u2018designed to build community and spark critical conversations about gender equity,\u2019 tax filings show. In June 2018, the group co-sponsored a retreat at the Ojai Valley Inn, a luxury resort and spa north of Los Angeles. The retreat was dominated by agents from the Creative Artists Agency, who apparently had difficulty deciding on what the core mission should be.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very hard for us to speak righteously about the rest of anything if we haven\u2019t cleaned our own house,\u201d Rhimes said in a full page 2018 ad in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/01\/01\/movies\/times-up-hollywood-women-sexual-harassment.html?rref=collection%2Fbyline%2Fcara-buckley&amp;action=click&amp;contentCollection=undefined&amp;region=stream&amp;module=stream_unit&amp;version=latest&amp;contentPlacement=1&amp;pgtype=collection&amp;_r=0\">The New York Times<\/a> announcing the founding of Time\u2019s Up. Yet so far, there are no indications Rhimes and her fellow Hollywood power players plan to take a scrub brush to the organization they helped establish.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After reports that the Hollywood women\u2019s organization, Time\u2019s Up, advised disgraced New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on a letter intended to discredit a former staffer who has accused him of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-617353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}