Matt Damon discussed the current sexual harassment scandals dominating the press, and believes that not every man being called out should be put in the same category.
During an interview with ABC’s “Popcorn with Peter Travers,” Matt called the #MeToo movement a “watershed moment,” but added that he doesn’t think all of the men accused should be lumped together. “I think it’s wonderful that women are feeling empowered to tell their stories, and it’s totally necessary,” he said. “I do believe there’s a spectrum of behavior… There’s a difference between patting someone on the butt and rape or child molestation, right? Both of those behaviors need to be confronted and eradicated without question, but they shouldn’t be conflated.”
Matt then used Al Franken and Harvey Weinstein as examples of such differences. “When you see Al Franken taking a picture putting his hands on that woman’s flak jacket and mugging for the camera… that is just like a terrible joke, and it’s not funny. It’s wrong, and he shouldn’t have done that,” Matt noted. “But when you talk about Harvey and what he’s accused of, there are no pictures of that. He knew he was up to no good. There’s no witnesses. There’s no pictures. There’s no braggadocio. That stuff happened secretly, because it was criminal and he knew it. So they don’t belong in the same category.” Source: Entertainment Weekly
