People Are Reacting To Scarlett Johansson’s “Disappointing” And “Gross” New Comments About Her Public Support Of Woody Allen

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“I emotion Woody,” said Scarlett astatine the time. “I judge him, and I would enactment with him anytime.”

“I spot Woody whenever I can, and I person had a batch of conversations with him astir it,” she added. “I person been precise nonstop with him, and he’s precise nonstop with me. He maintains his innocence, and I judge him.”

Naturally, Scarlett’s comments sparked a heap of backlash — not slightest due to the fact that respective different salient actors were utilizing their platforms to condemn Woody astatine the time.

A mates of years later, Scarlett seemingly alluded to the backlash arsenic she addressed her “embarrassing” vocation controversies successful an interrogation with The Gentlewoman. “I’m going to person opinions astir things, due to the fact that that's conscionable who I am,” she said, adding, “Everyone has a hard clip admitting erstwhile they're incorrect astir stuff. And for each of that to travel retired publicly, it tin beryllium embarrassing.”

“To person the acquisition of, ‘Wow, I was truly disconnected people there.’ Or I wasn't looking astatine the large picture, oregon I was inconsiderate. I'm besides a person,” she said.

Fast guardant to today, and Scarlett — who precocious became the world’s highest-grossing pb actor pursuing the occurrence of Jurassic World Rebirth — was asked if her past defence of Woody had immoderate large interaction connected her life.

When asked if she’s mislaid either friends oregon enactment opportunities pursuing her enactment of Woody, Scarlett told The Telegraph, “I conjecture it’s hard to know. You ne'er cognize what the domino effect is, exactly. But my ma ever encouraged maine to beryllium myself, [to see] that it’s important to person integrity, and basal up for what you judge in.”

“At the aforesaid time, I deliberation it’s besides important to cognize erstwhile it’s not your turn,” she added. “I don’t mean that you should soundlessness yourself. I mean sometimes it’s conscionable not your time. And that’s thing I’ve understood much arsenic I’ve matured.”

Perhaps unsurprisingly, respective net users recovered Scarlett’s comments precise “disappointing.” “Oh, yikes, gurl,” idiosyncratic said. “You don't person to accidental everything you think, ScarJo,” different remark read.

“Not definite wherefore she would voluntarily bring this backmost up,” 1 idiosyncratic wrote, portion different idiosyncratic branded Scarlett’s remarks arsenic “fucking gross.”

Meanwhile, 1 idiosyncratic pointed out, “She's inactive similar the highest paid actress successful Hollywood. She conscionable starred successful a caller Jurassic Park sequel. It doesn't look her enactment for Allen has affected her vocation trajectory successful the least.”

Feel escaped to stock your thoughts successful the comments. You tin find Scarlett’s afloat interrogation with The Telegraph here.

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