The Icelandic pop star takes to social media to reveal that she was sexually harassed by an unidentified movie director and 'a staff of dozens who enabled it and encouraged it.'
- Oct 16, 2017
AceShowbiz - In the midst of the allegations of sexual misconduct against Harvey Weinstein, another celebrity has come forward to speak up about sexual harassment. Icelandic pop star Bjork took to her Facebook page on Sunday, October 15 to share a story of her own experiences with sexual harassment in the film industry.
"i am inspired by the women everywhere who are speaking up online to tell about my experience with a danish director," so Bjork wrote, adding, "because i come from a country that is one of the worlds place closest to equality between the sexes and at the time i came from position of strength in the music world with hard earned independence."
"it was extremely clear to me when i walked into the actresses profession that my humiliation and role as a lesser sexually harassed being was the norm and set in stone with the director and a staff of dozens who enabled it and encouraged it," she continued. "i became aware of that it is a universal thing that a director can touch and harass his actresses at will and the institution of film allows it."
The 51-year-old singer/songwriter revealed that "when i turned the director down repeatedly he sulked and punished me and created for his team an impressive net of illusion where i was framed as the difficult one." She said, "because of my strength , my great team and because i had nothing to loose having no ambitions in the acting world , i walked away from it and recovered in a years time."
"i am worried though that other actresses working with the same man did not," she continued. According to the Oscar-nominated "Dancer in the Dark" composer, "the director was fully aware of this game and i am sure of that the film he made after was based on his experiences with me . because i was the first one that stood up to him and didn't let him get away with it."
"and in my opinion he had a more fair and meaningful relationship with his actresses after my confrontation so there is hope," she added, concluding, "let's hope this statement supports the actresses and actors all over. let's stop this. there is a wave of change in the world, kindness."
