Rose McGowan Wants Credit for Taking Down Harvey Weinstein
by EG
On The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to promote her new reality series, Citizen Rose star Rose McGowan claimed credit for unleashing the sexual abuse furor that has gripped Hollywood in recent months. Her interview with Colbert was disjointed and sometimes hard to follow, but it left no doubt that McGowan sees herself as the primary crusader against sexual misconduct in the film and TV industry.
Following appearances earlier this week on Good Morning America and The View to promote her new memoir, Brave, Rose McGowan sat down with Stephen Colbert on The Late Show on Wednesday night to further discuss her history with disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein and her allegations that the ousted producer sexually assaulted her.
McGowan, wearing a bright orange hoodie, joined Colbert to speak about her new book and her new E! series Citizen Rose. “That was actually my father’s nickname for me,” McGowan said of Brave’s title.
When Colbert asked McGowan about her childhood, growing up in a cult, she responded, “He thought that was a better alternative to the shithole we all live in, and he might be right.”
When asked about Weinstein, McGowan said she was “the architect” of the current movement. Colbert then asked the actress if she was told she was “crazy” when she first came out with allegations against Weinstein, to which she responded, “No, I see things.”
The conversation unfolded with McGowan out-talking Colbert during a wide-ranging conversation that spanned from her arrest and her Rose Army message to the time she sat at the Fox News table during a White House Press Association dinner during Obama's presidency.
"I realized that I think psychologically suits make people insane," she said of her sweatshirt outfit. She then pressed Colbert, something she did throughout the interview, saying, "Your arms are T-Rex. Why do you have to wear a suit, who made you wear a suit, what's the rule?"
As much as Colbert tried to keep McGowan on track, even he stumbled at deciphering some of her long-winded answers, which included several bleeps by CBS.
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