Selena Gomez's mum 'warned' her about Woody Allen

Selena Gomez is under pressure from her mum to join her co-stars donating their fee for the upcoming Woody Allen movie, A Rainy Day in New York to charity.

For years Woody Allen has been accused of sexual abuse by his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow, but Hollywood carried on working with him anyway.

But Selena's mother, Mandy Teefey, has said she advised her daughter to avoid working with the director.

In a response to an Instagram comment calling for Selena to apologise for her working with Allen, Mandy blasted her famous daughter, saying her warning fell "on deaf ears."

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"Sorry, no one can make Selena do anything she doesn't want to," she wrote, explaining they had a long talk about the decision but "she makes her own decisions."

"No matter how hard to try to advise," she finished. "It falls on deaf ears."

The director wasn’t charged with the crime during the 1992 investigation and the state attorney didn’t recommend putting Dylan through a criminal court proceedings for fear of traumatising her.

However, when Allen tried to sue his ex-partner Mia Farrow for custody of their three children – including Dylan – a judge ruled in her favour and gave a damning portrayal of him.

In the years since, the director has made several critically-acclaimed movies with some of the biggest stars despite his questionable bakground. Even after Dylan penned an op-ed in 2014, when Allen’s film Blue Jasmine was earning critical acclaim, actors and actresses excitedly signed up to work with him.

But now as the #MeToo movement continues to gain momentum, with more and more victims, both inside the film industry and out, coming forward with their stories of sexual harassment, abuse and misconduct Allen is getting the scrutiny from his peers that he has never had before and Dylan’s voice is finally being heard.

So here are all the stars, so far, who have spoken out against Woody Allen.

Selena's co-star Timothée Chalamet (Rainy Day in New York, 2018)

“I have been asked in a few recent interviews about my decision to work on a film with Woody Allen last summer," he wrote on Instagram. "I’m not able to answer the question directly because of contractual obligations. But what I can say is this: I don’t want to profit from my work on the film, and to that end, I am going to donate my entire salary to three charities: Time’s Up, the LGBT Centre in New York, and Rainn [the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network].”

Rebecca Hall (Vicky, Christina, Barcelona, 2008, Rainy Day in New York, 2018)

“The day after the Weinstein accusation broke in full force I was shooting a day of work on Woody Allen’s latest movie in New York," she said in a lengthy post to Instagram, as she explained that she felt extremely grateful for her first "signifcant role" that he had given her.

“I have, however subsequently realised there is nothing easy about any of this," she went on. "I have thought very deeply about this decision, and remain conflicted and saddened."

In particular, the actress noted how she felt after reading and re-reading Dylan Farrow’s statements, admitting she could see, not how her "actions have made another woman feel silenced and dismissed."

"That is not something that sits easily with me in the current or indeed any moment," she said. "I am profoundly sorry. I regret this decision and wouldn’t make the same one today."

Just like Timothée she has donated her wages, this time to the Time's Up movement.

Mira Sorvino (Mighty Aphrodite, 1996)

Mira, who has emerged as an alleged victim of Harvey Weistein, also apologised for working with Allen in the movie that earned her an Oscar.

“I am so sorry, Dylan!" she wrote in a blog for the Huff Post. "I cannot begin to imagine how you have felt, all these years as you watched someone you called out as having hurt you as a child, a vulnerable little girl in his care, be lauded again and again, including by me and countless others in Hollywood who praised him and ignored you."

"As a mother and a woman, this breaks my heart for you," she added. "I am so, so sorry…I will never work with him again.”

Greta Gerwig (To Rome With Love, 2012)

“If I had known then what I know now, I would not have acted in the film," she told the New York Times. "I have not worked for him again, and I will not work for him again."

"Dylan Farrow’s two different pieces made me realise that I increased another woman’s pain, and I was heartbroken by that realisation," she continued. "I grew up on his movies, and they have informed me as an artist, and I cannot change that fact now, but I can make different decisions moving forward.”

Ellen Page (To Rome With Love, 2012)

“I did a Woody Allen movie and it is the biggest regret of my career," the Juno star wrote in a brave Facebook post. "I am ashamed I did this."

"I had yet to find my voice and was not who I am now and felt pressured, because ‘of course you have to say yes to this Woody Allen film,’" she explained. "Ultimately, however, it is my choice what films I decide to do and I made the wrong choice. I made an awful mistake.”

David Krumholtz (Wonder Wheel, 2017)

“I deeply regret working with Woody Allen on Wonder Wheel," he revealed on Twitter. "It’s one of my most heartbreaking mistakes. We can no longer let these men represent us in entertainment, politics, or any other realm. They are beneath real men.”

Griffin Newman (Wonder Wheel, 2017)

Comedian Griffin shared David's sentiments in a similar post on the social media site, adding he donated his fee for Wonder Wheel to a domestic abuse charity.

These are just several of the many high-profile actors and actresses who have worked with Woody Allen since the 1992 incident.

While they have been prompted to speak out because of Hollywood’s Time’s Up initiative, many others are standing by the award winning director.

Selena Gomez talked about the situation during her interview with Billboard after being crowned their 2017 Woman of the Year.

“To be honest, I’m not sure how to answer – not because I’m trying to back away from it," she told the publication. "The Harvey Weinstein allegations actually happened right after I had started on the movie. They popped up in the midst of it."

"That’s something, yes, I had to face and discuss," she continued. "I stepped back and thought, ‘Wow, the universe works in interesting ways.’”

Other stars who have spoken about their conflict over working with accused Allen include Kate Winslet, who told the New York Times that not knowing "whether any of it is true or false" means you have to just put it to one side.

The Titianic star described working with him on Wonder Wheel — alongside Justin Timberlake, a loud Time's Up supporter — as "incredible."

Blake Lively told Variety it was “very dangerous to factor in things you don’t know anything about" when making a call on working with someone.

"I could [only] know my experience," she said of their work on Cafe Society. "And my experience with Woody is he’s empowering to women.”

Diane Keaton, who has worked with Woody Allen on countless movies including Play It Again, Manhattan and Radio Days proudly stood by him in light of the re-surfaced accusations.

“I have nothing to say about that," she told The Guardian. "Except: I believe my friend.”

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