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James Corden 'truly sorry' for Weinstein jokes
James Corden has apologised for making light of the serious allegations leveled at Harvey Weinstein after he opened a charity gala with a with a series of tasteless jokes about the movie producer.
Taking to Twitter, the 39-year-old released a statement saying he was "truly sorry" for his actions after he was slammed by fans and multiple victims of Harvey Weinstein.
"To be clear, sexual assault is no laughing matter. I was not trying to make light of Harvey’s inexcusable behavior," James said in the first of two tweets before adding "but to shame him, the abuser, not his victims. I am truly sorry for anyone offended, that was never my intention."
Over the weekend James was MC for the amfAR gala event, an AIDS research foundation, and opened the night by joking about Harvey and the scandal that has rocked Hollywood.
"It's so beautiful, Harvey Weinstein has already asked tonight up to his hotel to give him a massage," James said about the event in LA, with several audience members heard groaning after the punchline.
"I don’t know whether that groan was that you liked that joke or you don’t like that joke. If you don’t like that joke you should probably leave now," The Late Late Show host added.
Not backing down, James continued adding: "It has been weird this week hasn’t it, watching Harvey Weinstein in hot water. Ask any of the women who watched him take a bath... it’s weird watching Harvey Weinstein in hot water."
"Harvey Weinstein wanted to come tonight but he’ll settle for whatever potted plant is closest."
Yo @JKCorden people groaned because this was vile trash. Well done to those listening for not finding this funny. https://t.co/i6tc1oflJS
— 🦇 T O R E 🎃 (@ohmoonbone) October 15, 2017
This is quite shameful. .@JKCorden -what utter disrespect you show to all those women.
Jokes perpetuate widespread denial of what happened. https://t.co/LWVoJLSO60— Dr Lauren Gavaghan (@DancingTheMind) October 15, 2017
However with the audience not responding and groaning more, James can be heard saying: “Oh come on!"
After his opening act was shared on Twitter, James has copped major backlash, with two of the 65-year-old's alleged victims Rose McGowan and Asia Argento slamming him on the social media platform.
"Shame on this pig and everyone who grunted with him," Asia, who claims Harvey raped her when she was 21-year-old, tweeted, with Charmed actress Rose, who has been vocal about the scandal and her dealings with the Good Will Hunting producer, called James a "motherf***ing piglet".
And they weren't the only ones to take James to task, actress Holli Dempsey tweeting: "ALL the hard and brave work women have done this week in light of Hollywood abuse and @JKCorden belittles it all."
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