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Natalie Portman has responded to Rose McGowan ’s social media

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of her red carpet protest at the Oscars. The “Black Swan” star created a stir with her decision to wear a black and gold Dior dress that included a cape embroidered with the names of snubbed female

directors.

However, her act of haute couture defiance didn’t sit well with McGowan, who called Portman a “fraud” and said wearing the cloak wasn’t an act of bravery, it was, “More like an actress acting the part of someone who cares.” In a statement, Portman agreed with McGowan that she didn’t deserve to be called brave. “I agree with Ms. McGowan that it is inaccurate to call me ‘brave’ for wearing a garment with women’s names on it,” Portman said. “Brave is a term I more strongly associate with actions like those of the women who have been testifying against Harvey Weinstein the last few weeks, under incredible pressure.” McGowan accused Weinstein of raping her at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival, one of dozens of claims against the former movie mogul. She later reached a $100,000 settlement with him. In her post, McGowan implied that Portman only paid lip service to working with female filmmakers, but noted that she had only worked with a few female directors over the course of her career. “I find Portman’s type of activism deeply offensive to those of us who actually do the work. I’m not writing this out of bitterness, I am writing out of disgust. I just want her and other actresses to walk the walk,” McGowan wrote on Facebook. “Natalie, you have worked with two female directors in your very long career- one of them was you. You have a production company that has hired exactly one female

director- you.”

Portman went on to state that she hoped that the industry would begin to offer more opportunities for women to direct movies. “The past few years have seen a blossoming of directing opportunities for women due to the collective efforts of many people who have been calling out the system,” Portman said. “The gift has been these incredible films. I hope that what was intended as a simple nod to them does not distract from their great achievements. It is true I’ve only made a few films with women. In my long career, I’ve only gotten the chance to work with female directors a few times – I’ve made shorts, commercials, music videos and features with Marya Cohen, Mira Nair, Rebecca Zlotowski, Anna Rose Holmer, Sofia Coppola, Shirin Neshat and myself. Unfortunately, the unmade films I have tried to make are a ghost history.” This year’s Academy Awards were sharply criticized for not highlighting more films from women, with acclaimed works such as Lulu Wang’s “The Farewell” and Greta Gerwig’s “Little Women” failing to score directing nominations. Portman went on to cite studies from Stacy Smith of USC, who has chronicled the lack of studio movies made by women, to claim that films from female filmmakers have a harder time getting greenlit or

financed.

“If these films do get made, women face enormous challenges during the making of them. I have had the experience a few times of helping get female directors hired on projects which they were then forced out of because of the conditions they faced at work,” Portman said. “After they are made, female-directed films face difficulty getting into festivals, getting distribution and getting accolades because of the gatekeepers at every level. So I want to say, I have tried, and I will keep trying. While I have not yet been successful, I am hopeful that we are stepping into a new day.”

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DAMON says:

February 13, 2020 at 3:38 pm Rose McGowan speaks like a true Hollywood activist. This is what all you guys sound like. The words are neither enlightening nor persuasive; they’re just annoying.

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MILES says:

February 13, 2020 at 3:06 pm Natalie Portman is annoying and most irritating actress working today and a minor footnote in cinema. Always spouting off about some cause or another. She should just quit whilst she’s ahead. Take a leaf out of the book of a real talented actress like Sissy Spacek, who lets her work speak for itself .

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RENEE says:

February 13, 2020 at 3:03 pm To Rose McGowan. Women will never be taken seriously if they continue to tear each other down.

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HOLLYWOOD HYPOCRITES says: February 13, 2020 at 11:25 am Solution: Have your own ‘academy awards for women’ show. That way you won’t have to whine, complain and bully and shame others into getting things your own way….like you’re doing now.

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UNDERYOURWING says:

February 12, 2020 at 6:18 pm RMc: mind your business. What another woman chooses to wear has nothing to do with you, yet you make it all about you, as usual. I just want her and other actresses to walk the walk,” This whole thing is NOT about what YOU want, get i? Good on NP for a thoughtful response to your endless narcissistic BS. BTW: I’m not writing this out of bitterness, I am writing out of

disgust.

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EDNA says:

February 12, 2020 at 5:56 pm It is hard for me to respect McGowan when she took money for her silence. How many naive young women were assaulted because they were unaware of his reputation? And then she had an affair with a married male director, a man with 4 or 5 kids, helping to break up his marriage. Let she who doesn’t shaft other woman cast the first

stone.

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LYNNE ANDRES says:

February 12, 2020 at 5:33 pm I am sick to death of McGowan’s holier than thou attitude. Perhaps if she hadn’t sold out to Weinstein, she could have prevented another woman from being raped. Put up or shut up Rose. At least

Portman has class.

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JASMINE says:

February 13, 2020 at 10:42 am I think most people are sick of everyone in Hollywood’s holier than

thou attitude.

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DAVE JORDON says:

February 12, 2020 at 4:29 pm “Natalie Portman Responds to Rose McGowan’s Criticism of Her Oscar

Dress”

One of the major problems with what McGowan is doing is that, she is supposed to uplift women and is disparaging them instead, since she cannot talk to them herself personally. That she has to resort going to the media to sound her grievances as opposed to talking to them directly. I mean, who would want to be friends, converse or work with her if he is going to criticize them for every type of thing they do.

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HOOSIERDADDY says:

February 12, 2020 at 3:40 pm Kudos to Ms. Portman’ publicist for the well crafted response that, despite her much lauded Harvard education, Natalie would have never

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