Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein is speaking out from behind bars.
In alengthy interviewconducted from New York’s Rikers Island jail complex with The Hollywood Reporter, Weinstein lashed out at the #MeToo movement and the wave of allegations that ultimately landed him in prison.
Once one of the most powerful figures in Hollywood, Weinstein claimed the global backlash against him was really about money. .
“When Alyssa Milano said ‘Me too,’ she didn’t mean #MeToo about Harvey,” Weinstein said during the interview.
“She said ‘Me too,’ and then everybody said #MeToo about me. Every woman I was with, every friend that I had.”
“It was a march to the money pile,” he added.
Harvey Weinstein on life at Rikers:
“It’s hell. Other inmates get to go to the yard. But every time I’m out there, I feel like I’m under siege. They come up and say, ‘Weinstein, give me some money. Weinstein, give me your lawyer. ‘Weinstein, do this. Weinstein, do that.’ I’m…
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR)March 10, 2026
Weinstein insisted that financial settlements played a major role in encouraging accusations against him.
Source: The Gateway Pundit
