NgoMsombuluko odlule, incwadi kaMemoirov Woody Allen obizwa ngokuthi yi-APPORT AKUFUNI, lapho uMqondisi odumile ukhuluma ngempilo yakhe, kusukela ebuntwaneni, kanye ne-Teather Curnied. Ngasikhathi sinye, umlobi akazange ashiye abanye ozakwabo, omunye wabo kwakunguThimothi uShalam, owadlala indima enkulu kwifilimu yokugcina ngo-Allen's "Usuku lwemvula eNew York" eNew York "eNew York".
Mayelana ne-Sexy Scandal ezungeze uHarvey Weinstein kanye nethonya laleli bhizinisi elisebenzayo emphakathini wonke, ku-Allen kwaqala ukuhlobana nobutha. Iqiniso ngukuthi ngo-1992 uMqondisi wasolwa ngokuqothuka kwesitshalo sendodakazi yakhe yokutholwa uDylan Farrow, eyayinjalo ngaleso sikhathi iminyaka eyisikhombisa. Ekupheleni kuka-2017, uFarrow wakhumbuza umphakathi ngalesi sigameko, ngemuva kwalokho abaculi abaningi bakulahla u-Allen, futhi ama-Amazon wenqabile ukukhiqiza usuku lwemvula eNew York. Ngokuqondene noShalam, wasola futhi, futhi imali yakhe yefilimu yafakwa kuhlu lwenhlangano ukulwa nodlame lwezocansi.
Encwadini yakhe entsha, u-Allen, nokho, uthi izenzo ze-SHAME zachazwa yi-non-nobility, kodwa i-korasty: Ngakho-ke, umlingisi osemusha okusolwa ukuthi wayefuna ukuzichaza ngo-Oscar olandelayo:
Bonke abadlali abalulekile 'bosuku lwemvula eNew York "bazibonakalisa behle kakhulu, ngajabula ukusebenza nabo. Kamuva, uThimothewu ohlangothini wamemezela ukuthi uyazisola ngokuhlanganyela kwifilimu yami, ngemuva kwalokho wanikela ngemali yakhe ekuphathweni. Kepha engxoxweni nodadewethu, waveza ukuthi wathatha isinyathelo esinjalo sokwandisa amathuba akhe okuthi "Oscar" endima "ebingise ngegama lakhe." Ngokubambisana ne-ejenti yakhe, wanquma ukuthi ukusebenza ngami kuzomnika inzuzo.
Ngasikhathi sinye, u-Allen waphawula ngokwehlukana kangangokuba wajabula ngomsebenzi we-shalam kusethi futhi akazisoli ngokubambisana nomlingisi.