In the caption posted alongside this powerful video, Kate added: “Everyone in EVERY industry should be taken seriously and not punished when something egregious happens to them at work -and the difference, I suppose ,in our industry is that it becomes something that is played out in the public sphere, and that can be very very hard to take , and because it is so public and so globally public , and very quickly becomes clickbait,it can also destroy someone’s livelihood, mental health and reputation and that can be very difficult to recover from …”
“I’m not trying to say ‘wah poor actresses we all have it so difficult’- but I think this is a problem that affects every industry ,it’s just that it’s a little bit more visible in ours – and I don’t want our younger generation of actresses to be facing all the same things as we all do and did , but they have it even worse because of social media and how that can be weaponised to a literally nuclear level ,designed to eviscerate. And it is very, very ,very easy to foment hatred against actresses, as was seen in the transcripts of conversations full of repulsively between the publicists and crisis team involved in this case,” she continued.
“Complaining about abuse should not beget more abuse ,particularly at work where there should be inviolable safeguarding in place , and it should not be expected of women who have been harmed, insulted, hurt, shamed or in any other way abused (mostly with at least 100 witnesses )to have to be ‘one of the boys’ and take it on the chin or face retribution for having been abused in the first place,” Kate went on.
“I don’t want anybody ,male or female who has a legitimate complaint to then have that weaponised against them in any industry ,anywhere, and I mention this in association with Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni because our industry makes things more visible due to the press and the public getting deliberately involved and led towards an opinion they don’t realise is deliberate,” she concluded. “There are far too many casualties of this , many of whom I know personally ,and it really falls to both men and women in our industry to be part of stamping this out for good.”
