Lindsay Lohan says sharing #MeToo stories ‘makes women look weak’

The actress also hit out at "attention seekers"
Controversial: Actress Lindsay Lohan
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Emma Powell8 August 2018
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Lindsay Lohan has said that some women who speak out in the wake of the #MeToo movement are making themselves look “weak”.

Lohan, who said she has never personally been a victim of sexual abuse in Hollywood, said those have been should speak up as soon as something happens.

Speaking to The Times she said: “I don’t really have anything to say. I can’t speak on something I didn’t live, right? Look, I am very supportive of women. Everyone goes through their own experiences in their own ways.

“If it happens at that moment, you discuss it at that moment. You make it a real thing by making it a police report. ‘I’m going to really hate myself for saying this, but I think by women speaking against all these things, it makes them look weak when they are very strong women.”

She also hit out at the “attention seekers” who have come forward in the wake of the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements.

“You have these girls who come out, who don’t even know who they are, who do it for the attention,” she said. “That is taking away from the fact that it happened.”

Supportive: Actress Lindsay Lohan and producer Harvey Weinstein
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The #MeToo movement spread late last year after several sexual misconduct allegations were levelled against disgraced director Harvey Weinstein, with high profile names including Gwyneth Paltrow, Ashley Judd and Angelina Jolie coming forward to recall their own experiences.

Lohan sparked controversy by appearing to defend Weinstein in the wake of the allegations in October, saying she ‘felt bad’ for him.

Speaking on her Instagram story she said: “I feel very bad for HW right now I don’t think it’s right what’s going on. I think Georgina needs to take a stand and be there for her husband.

“He’s never wronged me or done anything to me and we’ve done several movies together. I think everyone needs to stop. It’s wrong, so stand up.”

Weinstein has been charged with assaults on three women in 2003, 2006 and 2014.

He has vehemently denied all allegations of non-consensual sex.

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