ELLEN Pompeo is setting the record straight about controversial comments she made about Harvey Weinstein in a resurfaced video.
The Grey’s Anatomy star, 50, explained in a lengthy social media thread that her words about the convicted rapist, which were from two years ago, were “taken out of context.”
She faced massive backlash from fans, who claimed she once put blame on women who accused Harvey of sexual assault, when a short clip of her hour-long July 2018 Oxford Union panel made the rounds earlier this week.
Ellen soon hopped on Twitter to defend some of her comments, while apologizing and clearing up other aspects of her words.
She tweeted: “Hey girls sorry if video clips are upsetting!! It’s out of context & it’s too serious a subject to talk about on a platform like this.
“People who have been abused or assaulted should seek guidance from a therapist… this is not a healthy place for topics this serious.”
The Grey’s actress continued: “I certainly didn’t know he was a rapist at that point … that took sh*t to a whole different level.”
“…And I’m talking about harassment… not assault. Two different things. I was speaking about MY experience of being harassed in Hollywood and my outlook on it.
“…MY way of coping w/ whatever situations I’ve been in is not a comment on how other women handle things.”
Ellen felt compelled to clarify her stance on rapist Harvey, who was sentenced to 23 Years in prison for rape and sexual abuse last month, and the women who came forward after a one-minute clip of her 2018 interview resurface, in which she was seemingly victim-blaming.
She said at the time when asked about the Time’s Up and #MeToo movements: “I think we bear some responsibility, not all, but it takes two to tango for sure.
“That’s not to blame the victims, that’s just to say… I did go into a room with Harvey Weinstein, I sat at a table with him, I had a probably two-and-a-half hour conversation with him.
“He never said anything inappropriate to me, he never made any sort of physical advance to me.”
She continued: “I wasn’t in the room alone with him. I had been sent there by an agent in the middle of the daytime. I didn’t think there was anything wrong.
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“I wouldn’t have gone into that room at night. But he did nothing inappropriate toward me. Now had he, I would have picked up that glass and smashed him across the side of the face with it.
“So I mean, it’s all what we’re willing to tolerate in our self-esteem, and what are we going to put up with, and what are we going to compromise to be liked, to be loved, to be accepted? How bad do we want to be in show business?”
As the video circulated on social media, viewers started slamming Ellen’s stance on the matter, calling her comments “disgusting,” “disappointing” and “appalling.”