Actress Jennifer Aniston defended the concept of redemption during a recent interview.
“I’m so over cancel culture,” she told the Wall Street Journal and joked, “I probably just got canceled by saying that.”
Jennifer Aniston talks being “so over cancel culture” to WSJ:
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“I probably just got canceled by saying that. I just don’t understand what it means.… Is there no redemption? I don’t know. I don’t put everybody in the Harvey Weinstein basket.” pic.twitter.com/PeSGfVHIBW
“I just don’t understand what it means. … Is there no redemption? I don’t know. I don’t put everybody in the Harvey Weinstein basket,” Aniston went on, referencing Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein who was convicted of rape and sexual assault.
She also noted in the interview published Tuesday, “He’s not a guy, you’re like, ‘God, I can’t wait to hang out with Harvey.’ Never.”
“You were actually like, ‘Oh, God, OK, suck it up,” she added.
Aniston then explained, “I remember actually, he came to visit me on a movie to pitch me a movie. And I do remember consciously having a person stay in my trailer.”
According to the New York Post, Weinstein faced allegations from over 80 women in Hollywood.
A representative for Weinstein sent the New York Post his statement on Aniston’s comments. Weinstein said, “I had an excellent professional relationship with Jennifer Aniston on the making of ‘Derailed.’”
“If I was creepy, or if I had made her uncomfortable, she would have told her manager, agent, or director who would have handled something like that. We never had any instances like that — ever.”
Aniston also defended comedy back in March. She said, “There’s a whole generation of people, kids, who are now going back to episodes of ‘Friends’ and find them offensive.”
Her role on the show made her an A-list star.
She defended that work, noting, “There were things that were never intentional and others … well, we should have thought it through, but I don’t think there was a sensitivity like there is now.”
Aniston discussed the evolution of entertainment and empathized with modern comedians.
She said, “Now, it’s a little tricky because you have to be very careful, which makes it really hard for comedians, because the beauty of comedy is that we make fun of ourselves, make fun of life.”