On the most recent “Brotherly Love” podcast, Matthew Lawrence claims he was teased a Marvel however refused to strip down in a director’s resort room — brother Joey Lawrence says he is confronted comparable experiences — talks double requirements on the subject of male sexual harassment.
Matthew Lawrence is not naming names, however he’s dropping a bombshell allegations about an expertise he claims he had in a resort room with an Oscar-winning director — a second he says acquired him dropped by his company.
The story got here out throughout the newest episode of his “Brotherly Love” podcast, the place he talked about this alleged expertise that noticed him requested to strip down bare, which led to a deeper dialogue of what Matthew sees as a double normal on the subject of male sexual harassment.
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In reality, Matthew says there have “been many occasions” he was “propositioned to get an enormous function.” He then went on to element this on alleged incident, with out specifying when or the place or something explicit.
“I’ve misplaced my company as a result of I went to the resort room, which I can’t imagine they might ship me to, of a really distinguished Oscar award-winning director who confirmed up in his gown, requested me to take my garments off and mentioned he wanted to take Polaroids of me,” Matthew mentioned.
He went on so as to add that he was informed, “if I did X, Y and Z, I’d be the subsequent Marvel character.”
In line with Matthew , although, he opted out of doing any of these issues, “and my company fired me as a result of I left this director’s room.”
He and his co-hosts, brothers Joey Lawrence and Andrew Lawrence, then acquired into a bigger dialogue in regards to the #MeToo motion, which Matthew thinks has been an excellent factor. On the identical time, he perceives a double normal on the subject of women and men opening up about their sexual harassment experiences.
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For instance that males allegedly get much less assist after they do come ahead, he referenced Terry Crews, who claims he was groped by a Hollywood expertise agent at a celebration; the agent denied it. A lawsuit was settled out of courtroom between the 2.
“Terry Crews comes out and says it; individuals are laughing at him,” Matthew mentioned of the alleged incident. “Individuals don’t assist him. They kick him out. Why?”
“As a result of he’s a person that represents masculinity,” Matthew continued. “And I feel our society is much less prepared to listen to that scenario happening with males than they’re with ladies.”
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Acknowledging that the issue greater than probably occurs considerably extra with ladies, Matthew nonetheless that it does occur with me, saying that loads of his male pals have had comparable expertise.
Joey then shared that he has skilled comparable conditions, saying “there have been lots,” however like his brother, it got here all the way down to his rules. “I simply wasn’t going to do it, you already know?” he mentioned. “And I misplaced out on loads of elements, too. Large film elements.”
“Males undergo this as properly, whether or not it’s one other lady or one other man in energy,” Matthew mentioned, however he would not imagine loads of them are speaking about it publicly, a minimum of partly due to how they’re obtained after they do.
In the event you or somebody you already know is a sufferer of sexual assault, get assist. The Nationwide Sexual Assault Hotline (1-800-656-HOPE [4673]) gives 24/7, free, confidential assist for folks in want.
