On a glorious night in 1995, Jason Priestley punched Harvey Weinstein in the face.
The teen heartthrob was attending a Golden Globes party, hosted by Miramax Films, when things got a little heated between him and the Hollywood mogul.
Priestley has recounted the whole incident on Twitter, much to everyone’s delight.
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“95 Golden Globes… at the Miramax party … Harvey told me I had to leave … I was leaving when he grabbed me by the arm and said ‘what are you doing?’ I said ‘you told me leave, I’m leaving,’ he began.
“’I didn’t say you had to leave,’ he replied. ‘You just told me to leave … right over there,’ I tell him once again. Getting heated now. He then grabs me tighter and says ‘why don’t we go outside and talk about this?’ That was all I needed to hear.
“’I’m not going anywhere with you,’ I said as I pushed him back and punched him with a right hand to his face. Suddenly, there were security guards pulling us apart and I was escorted out of the party …”
Priestly has given no further context to his story but his timing is… interesting.
He chose to tweet about it right after Weinstein publicly denied Peter Jackson’s allegations he ran a smear campaign against actresses Ashley Judd and Mira Sorvino.
Did Priestley witness something at the party that night? Or was this just a case of two big egos clashing after one too many free champagnes?
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So what is Jason hoping to prove, exactly, by sharing this story? That he punched a guy, displaying his toxic masculinity? If he'd punched Harvey protecting a woman from being assaulted, that is one thing. This just sounds like a drunk guy getting his wired cross and hitting someone for it.
"Priestly has given no further context to his story but his timing is… interesting."
Jumping on the bandwagon of the virtue signalers. I bet there is no provided context because the reason had nothing to do with making a stand against abuse of women. Just as those Tweets have nothing to do with it now.