Akunjalo kudala, esinye isisulu sokuhlukunyezwa kukaWeinstein, umlingisi othile, owayefisa ukuhlala engaziwa (ezindaweni zophenyo, udlula njengoJane Dow). Ngokusho kwakhe, ukuwenza ekuxhumaneni obuseduze, uHarvey Weinstein uqhosha ngokuthi walala noJennifer Lawrence - yingakho esho, umlingisi wathola u-Oscar.
"Ngilale noJennifer, ngibone ukuthi ngubani waba yi-Oscar," kusho uWeinstein wake wathi umhlatshelo olandelayo. Isifanekiso se-US Film Academy Jennifer, siyakhumbula, sithola njengomlingisi ongcono kakhulu wefilimu "isoka lami yi-psycho" ngeBradley Cooper. Wamkhiqiza eminye imidwebo embalwa nge-Lawrence, Weistein ngempela.
UJennifer Lawrence wasabela kula magama ngokushesha - futhi ngempelasonto ekhiphe isitatimende somphakathi lapho yonke into ikuphika ngokwemvelo:
"Inhliziyo yami iphukile ngenxa yalabo besifazane ababeyizisulu zikaHarvey Weinstein. Angikaze ngibe nobudlelwano naye ngaphandle kochwepheshe, "umlingisi wagcizelela, ngokungezelela ukuthi, ngokusobala, kungenye indlela yokuhlatshelwa" yokugcina "umhlatshelo olandelayo.
Ngonyaka owedlule, ngoDisemba 2017, lapho yonke isikebhe ngeHarvey yaqala nje, uJennifer Lawrence engxoxweni no-Obrey Winfrey atshele:
"Ngiyazi ukuthi uHarvey usuka eminyakeni engama-20 ubudala. Wayehlala aziphatha ngokuhlangana nami muhle, futhi uma bekungekho okuhlukile, ngangimbiza ngezwi elibi, futhi savele saqhubeka. Wayefana nobaba. Bengidinga isikhathi esiningi ukubona lokho okwenzekile. Bengicabanga ukuthi kukhona engiyaziyo lo muntu, wamangalelwa ngokuzumayo ubudlova. Sasazi ukuthi wayengumuntu onenkani kakhulu, cishe isilwane sokuthi bekungcono ukungaxabani naye. Kepha besingacabangi ukuthi wayenekhono lobudlova. Kuvamile phakathi kwabantu abanethonya eHollywood! Ngicabanga ukuthi manje wonke umuntu kufanele enze okuthile ukuguqula isimo. "