“I thought you were my Uncle Harvey”: Avengers Actress Was Left Stunned After Harvey Weinstein Tried Massaging Her, Gave Bedroom Invitation

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The Harvey Weinstein episode has been a dark age in Hollywood’s eccentric and colorful history. Throughout the megaproducer’s scandalous career, he has preyed on actresses, starting from Gwyneth Paltrow to Angelina Jolie. The lawsuit that unceremoniously ended his career finally landed him in prison in February 2020.

However, trauma often lingers even after much time has passed. Despite shredding the hopes and dreams of many young and wide-eyed debutantes in the field, Weinstein’s actions remained unheard of and unspoken among friends and family.

Now, in the post-Me Too era, actresses have been more confident about voicing their own stories regarding their one fateful encounter with Harvey Weinstein.

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In her early 20s,Gwyneth Paltrowhad already found a footing in Hollywood as the daughter of Hollywood power couple Bruce Paltrow and Blythe Danner. Her talent helped her carve out an identity and pave a path forward in the industry. However, as a close collaborator of Miramax, Paltrow quickly learned that all that glitters, especially in Tinsel Town, is not gold.

After securing a star-making part in a film that would define the rest of her career, Gwyneth Paltrow was on her way to Los Angeles when she was invited byHarvey Weinsteinto the Peninsula Beverly Hills Hotel. Once in his room, Paltrow recounts a horrific account of Weinstein preying on her vulnerability to the point where she believed she would never work in Hollywood again.

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The actress, who has now built an empire with her health and wellness platform Goop, was one of the most crucial members of Weinstein’s cast roster. Paltrow helped pull in Miramax’s first Oscar with her 1998 filmShakespearein Love. However, the dark history that clouds the film’s past makes it ethically disturbing to watch.

Gwyneth Paltrow narrates a horrific story

Gwyneth Paltrow was only 22 when she was asked by CAA, the talent agency that represented her, to visit Harvey Weinstein in the Peninsula Beverly Hills Hotel. On the pretense of a work meeting after landing the leading role inEmma, Paltrow had expected a professional rendezvous but was taken aback by the experience that followed immediately after.

Harvey Weinstein ushered her into his hotel room, placed his hands on her, and implied that the two of them head to his bedroom for a massage.

In an interview withThe New York Times, Paltrow claimed in 2017,“I was a kid, I was signed up, I was petrified.”After refusing his advances, Paltrow fled the scene thinking,“I thought you were my Uncle Harvey.”

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She later relayed the incident to then-boyfriend Brad Pitt, who famously confronted and threatened Weinstein. The resulting commotion made Paltrow fear that her career in Hollywood was over. Currently,Harvey Weinstein is serving a prison sentenceof 23 years in New York, followed by 16 years in the state of California.

Diya Majumdar

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Diya Majumdar is a Senior Content Writer at FandomWire with over 2000 published articles on the website. Since 2022, she has been working as an entertainment journalist with a special focus on films and pop culture.Among the countless genres and themes of Hollywood, the ones that particularly favor Diya’s tastes include Game of Thrones, DC, and well-aged thrillers and classics.

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