Disgraced Hollywood heavyweight Harvey Weinstein isn’t done talking to the press in the aftermath of revelations he sexually harassed — and in some cases, assaulted — dozens of women.
Weinstein told Page Six on Wednesday that he’s “profoundly devastated” that his wife Georgina Chapman has decided to leave him.
“I have lost my wife and kids, whom I love more than anything else,” Weinstein told reporter Emily Smith.
Chapman made her decision to leave her husband of 10 years on Tuesday, following a damning report from The New Yorker highlighted decades of abuse at the hands of the movie mogul. Italian actress and director Asia Argento said Weinstein “forcibly performed oral sex on her,” and in the same story, actress Lucia Evans said Weinstein forced her to perform oral sex on him.
“I have chosen to leave my husband,” Chapman told People magazine hours after the story published.
The former actress and co-founder of the fashion label Marchesa has been married to Weinstein since 2007. They have two children, a seven-year-old daughter and a four-year-old son.
Weinstein told Page Six he’s supporting his wife’s decision.
“I fully support her decision. I didn’t stand in Georgina’s way when we discussed a separation, I encouraged her to do what was in her heart,” he said. “I know she has to do what is best for the children, for herself and her business, she employs 130 people. I don’t want her or my children to be hurt any more than they already have. I truly love Georgina, and I hope one day we can reconcile, although right now I don’t know if that could possibly happen.”
Weinstein established himself as a major player in Hollywood while at the helm of Miramax, and later, The Weinstein Company, where he produced hit films like “Pulp Fiction,” “Silver Linings Playbook,” and “The Artist.”
But a devastating New York Times article last week revealed Weinstein had spent decades terrorizing actresses, often inviting them to his hotel room for massages and to watch him shower. Ashley Judd told the Times Weinstein repeatedly asked her to do so, while filming the 1997 movie “Kiss The Girls.”
“I said no, a lot of ways, a lot of times, and he always came back at me with some new ask,” said Judd. “It was all this bargaining, this coercive bargaining.”
The fallout from the Times and New Yorker pieces has been swift. Weinstein was fired from his company on Sunday. A-list stars denounced the producer. And Top actresses, including Angelina Jolie and Gwyneth Paltrow, came forward to share similarly harrowing interactions with Weinstein.
Weinstein told Page Six he’d resigned from his charity posts, including at Robin Hood Foundation, a fact confirmed by TheWrap.
After the initial report, Weinstein had told the New York Post his wife “stands 100 percent behind [him].” He’s now reportedly heading to Europe for sex addiction rehab.
A Short History of Harvey Weinstein's Oscar Campaigns (Photos)
Indie mogul Harvey Weinstein, who was fired last October from his position of co-CEO of The Weinstein Company, revolutionized the Oscar race both at TWC and his previous company, Miramax.
Harvey Weinstein first got into the Oscar race in a big way in 1990 with a "guerilla" campaign for the art-house drama "My Left Foot" by setting up meet-and-greets between Academy members and film talent. The result? Oscar wins for stars Daniel Day Lewis and Brenda Fricker.
Miramax snagged its first Best Picture victory for 1996's "The English Patient" -- which earned a total of nine awards, including for director Anthony Minghella and lead actress Juliette Binoche.
Weinstein built an awareness campaign for the then-unknown Billy Bob Thornton for 1996's "Sling Blade" -- which yielded an Oscar for his adapted screenplay and a nomination for Best Actor.
Miramax pulled off a double coup with 1997's "Good Will Hunting," delivering Robin Williams his long-awaited first Oscar and a rare screenplay prize for two twentysomething newbies, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon.
One year later, Miramax pulled out all the stops after landing two Best Picture nominations, including for the Italian-language drama "Life Is Beautiful." According to Peter Biskind's book "Down and Dirty Pictures," star-auteur Roberto Begnini "moved into L.A. for a month during the peak of the voting period." The film came away with three Oscars, including Best Actor.
That year, Miramax pulled off a bigger upset when "Shakespeare in Love" seized Best Picture over Steven Spielberg's heavily favored "Saving Private Ryan." "Shakespeare" won a total of seven Academy Awards, including for actresses Gwyneth Paltrow and Judi Dench.
Miramax surprised many by landing yet another Best Picture nomination for the 2000 Juliette Binoche-Johnny Depp bonbon "Chocolat."
In 2003, the Weinsteins had a hand in four of the five Best Picture nominees: "Chicago," "The Hours," "Gangs of New York" and "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" (on which they had producer credits). "Chicago" won the top prize -- as well as five others.
In 2004, Miramax took advantage of a careful reading of Academy rules and scored four nominations for the Brazilian inner-city drama "City of God" -- even though the film had failed to land a Best Foreign Language film nomination the previous year.
The Weinsteins exited Disney-owned Miramax and founded their own company in 2005 -- and got right back in the Oscar race with two nominations for one of their first releases, the Felicity Huffman vehicle "Transamerica."
By 2009, The Weinstein Company landed its first Best Picture contender with "The Reader" -- and also snagged Kate Winslet her first Oscar as Best Actress in a role that many thought was more of a supporting part.
Two years later, TWC scored its first Best Picture win for "The King's Speech" -- as well as three other awards, including Best Actor for Colin Firth.
The following year, Weinstein pulled off another coup: landing five Oscars, including Best Picture for the mostly silent, black-and-white ode to Old Hollywood, "The Artist."
In 2013, TWC again had two horses in the Best Picture race: Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained" and "Silver Linings Playbook" -- which landed Jennifer Lawrence the prize for Best Actress.
Last year, Weinstein successfully landed six nominations -- including Best Picture -- for Garth Davis' tear-jerker "Lion." But just as Open Road won the top prize in 2016 for "Spotlight," another upstart, A24, used a lot of Harvey touches to score the indie "Moonlight" a Best Picture win.
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This is the first Oscar season in decades without the disgraced mogul who challenged the major studios and changed the game at the Academy
Indie mogul Harvey Weinstein, who was fired last October from his position of co-CEO of The Weinstein Company, revolutionized the Oscar race both at TWC and his previous company, Miramax.
