Comments on: You asked. Ugh, fine. Here’s Harvey Weinstein.

By: Phil

Phil — Sat, 14 Jan 2023 09:31:40 +0000

There are a couple of problems with Weinstein’s apology. 1. He’s not sorry for what he’s done; he’s sorry he got caught. 2. What he did was criminal, and he doesn’t want to go to jail, therefore he CAN’T be specific in his apology because he would essentially be publicly testifying against himself.

By: A good-apologies roundup! | SorryWatch

A good-apologies roundup! | SorryWatch — Fri, 11 Jan 2019 23:00:33 +0000

[…] their own! We repeat: No one is owed redemption! And people who do horrid things over and over (thinking of Harvey Weinstein here) are unlikely to deliver a great apology. It’s just facts. The same monstrous ego and […]

By: Woody Allen sorry/not sorry roundup | SorryWatch

Woody Allen sorry/not sorry roundup | SorryWatch — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 03:29:23 +0000

[…] misconduct of one of our most important and well-regarded film producers” (that would be Harvey Weinstein) but said of Allen, “I don’t know anything about that family. As the actor in the film […]

By: Shut up and let’s heal | SorryWatch

Shut up and let’s heal | SorryWatch — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 22:34:27 +0000

[…] He’s scheduled to be sentenced in January, and additional victims are to be allowed to speak about the impact of his actions against them. Because there are more who’ve come forward. ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN of them. Even more are speaking up now that it’s all in the open. Some have been encouraged by the attention given to the Harvey Weinstein scandal. […]

By: sumac

sumac — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 22:42:14 +0000

In reply to Duncan.

Sumac here: I don’t see that Tarantino HAS apologized, exactly.

As for ‘Anything I say now will sound like a crappy excuse’? That’s no excuse!

By: Duncan

Duncan — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 10:54:04 +0000

What about Tarantino’s apology http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4999284/Tarantino-admits-s-known-Weinstein-allegations.html

By: The Talmud of Clueless

The Talmud of Clueless — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 03:49:42 +0000

[…] whoo, a bunch of new posts on SorryWatch, including a close reading of Harvey Weinstein’s execrable, whiplash-inducing apology, and a wee apology-adjacent linguistics lesson, for you word nerds. […]

By: ArtK

ArtK — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 16:41:15 +0000

In reply to Susan Oliver. When she first came out and said that she would defend Weinstein, famed attorney Gloria Allred said that she'd be happy to go toe-to-toe with Bloom. Allred is Bloom's mother.

By: Susan Oliver

Susan Oliver — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 05:03:53 +0000

In reply to Susan Oliver. (sorry, my anger was directed at Bloom, not the wonderful !)

By: Susan Oliver

Susan Oliver — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 03:40:03 +0000

– “Lisa” is not one of his victims, she’s LISA BLOOM who has in the past advocated for sexual abuse victims but is now feeling all VICTIMISED because people are MAD at ***HER*** now!

She’s being spectacularly awful on Twitter at the moment.