Morgan Freeman

Spijed · Post by **Spijed** » Thu May 24, 2018 6:49 pm

Won't be appearing on a screen near you anytime soon.

Another one accused of sexual harassment.

Imploding Turtle · Post by **Imploding Turtle** » Thu May 24, 2018 6:52 pm

randomclaret2 · Post by **randomclaret2** » Thu May 24, 2018 6:59 pm

What an odd response

Imploding Turtle · Post by **Imploding Turtle** » Thu May 24, 2018 7:19 pm

randomclaret2 wrote:What an odd response

Not to people who have the ability to think.

ŽižkovClaret · Post by **ŽižkovClaret** » Thu May 24, 2018 7:40 pm

I do wonder what ever happened to "Innocent until proven guilty" these days, however i do also fully understand people being taken out of the limelight while these things are investigated.

It still astounds me how long Adam Johnson played for after accusations came to light

Devils_Advocate · Post by **Devils_Advocate** » Thu May 24, 2018 7:42 pm

Imploding Turtle wrote:Not to people who have the ability to think.

Go easy on him as he's probably confused about which side he should be defending/attacking

Diesel · Post by **Diesel** » Thu May 24, 2018 7:48 pm

Imploding Turtle wrote:

My immediate reaction.

Shawshank, certainly will need a new name.

AlargeClaret · Post by **AlargeClaret** » Thu May 24, 2018 7:54 pm

I see he’s been looking at women in a funny way and even tried to lift a woman’s skirt after “ flirtatious talk”...a bit naughty but the mob are closing in .

While the likes of Cosby and Weinstein deserve (d)all they get, you have to wonder where this stops .Keven Spacey (repeats of 7 are looking unlikely !) has been ruined for nothing more than being a lecherous old queen .

conyoviejo · Post by **conyoviejo** » Thu May 24, 2018 8:05 pm

He has apologised,so everything is okay..

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ŽižkovClaret · Post by **ŽižkovClaret** » Thu May 24, 2018 8:09 pm

AlargeClaret wrote:I see he’s been looking at women in a funny way and even tried to lift a woman’s skirt after “ flirtatious talk”...a bit naughty but the mob are closing in .

While the likes of Cosby and Weinstein deserve (d)all they get, you have to wonder where this stops .Keven Spacey (repeats of 7 are looking unlikely !) has been ruined for nothing more than being a lecherous old queen .

Spacey's was with a 14yr old lad wasnt it? Not something many would put "nothing more" before tbh

Imploding Turtle · Post by **Imploding Turtle** » Thu May 24, 2018 8:32 pm

ZizkovClaret wrote:Spacey's was with a 14yr old lad wasnt it? Not something many would put "nothing more" before tbh

I'm sure AlargeClaret wouldn't dream of making sneering comments on a topic he knows nothing about, so i can only assume that he thinks raping 14 year old boys isn't a big deal.

AlargeClaret · Post by **AlargeClaret** » Thu May 24, 2018 9:14 pm

IT

As ever your bedroom based world views differ grotesquely from any actual facts . The “sexual advance “ which I presume you’re referring to ?has not even been fully investigated or even heard before a judge, never mind a jury so “ raping 14yr old boys” a touch presumptions even for your lurid fantastical 6th form debating society guff .Im sure the LA? da and co will see justice is done if and when enough evidence is brought .

While unwanted sexual advances can never ever be condoned , the facts are often lost in the mass compensation charge .There’s not an A lister out there that hasn’t fended off dozens of ( usually ) preposterous filed suits . The likes of Cruise /Travolta/Arnie et al have all feasted at “ the buffet “ though,granted often with a differing choice of prime cuts and a damn fine team of lawyers .

TVC15 · Post by **TVC15** » Thu May 24, 2018 9:33 pm

Aye but have they ever been to the Kierby Hotel AlargeClaret ?!!!!

duncandisorderly · Post by **duncandisorderly** » Thu May 24, 2018 9:34 pm

If I was ever being sexually assaulted by anyone, I'd want Morgan Freeman to narrate it. Or David Attenborough.

CharlieinNewMexico · Post by **CharlieinNewMexico** » Fri May 25, 2018 4:23 am

duncandisorderly wrote:If I was ever being sexually assaulted by anyone, I'd want Morgan Freeman to narrate it. Or David Attenborough.

Jacques Cousteau surely? "Wertch 'ow Philllipe..." Etc etc

Oshkoshclaret · Post by **Oshkoshclaret** » Fri May 25, 2018 5:49 am

I have worked with him a bit, professionally. My take is that he 's got a slightly creepy air about him and I understand some of these stories, but he is no different to a pretty broad swathe of men. He is no Harvey Weinstein or Bill Cosby.

Colburn_Claret · Post by **Colburn_Claret** » Fri May 25, 2018 8:14 am

If some of the things I got up to in my youth came to light, they would lock me up and chuck away the key. But it wasn't just me, all the lads I knew were the same. The lasses we ' abused', if that's the right word, were our friends then, and still friends now 45 years later.
The line between the lads being lads, and real sex fiends has been seriously blurred by the media, and some, not all, attention seeking starlets. That isn't fair on anybody.

What Morgan Freeman has or hasn't done, I don't know, but he's certainly paying a price for living in the era of Weinstein and Cosby.

Devils_Advocate · Post by **Devils_Advocate** » Fri May 25, 2018 8:48 am

Colburn_Claret wrote:If some of the things I got up to in my youth came to light, they would lock me up and chuck away the key. But it wasn't just me, all the lads I knew were the same. The lasses we ' abused', if that's the right word, were our friends then, and still friends now 45 years later.
The line between the lads being lads, and real sex fiends has been seriously blurred by the media, and some, not all, attention seeking starlets. That isn't fair on anybody.

What Morgan Freeman has or hasn't done, I don't know, but he's certainly paying a price for living in the era of Weinstein and Cosby.

He isn't being accused of things he got upto over 50 years ago when he was a lad. Some of the stuff is in the last 10 years when he is a very mature adult in a position of extreme power.

I'm guessing you and your mates still don't go around treating ladies the way you used to and I'm guessing those then lasses wouldn't put up with it today if you did.

Falcon · Post by **Falcon** » Fri May 25, 2018 8:59 am

The main thing is that we can all argue his guilt or innocence on here without anyone on either side having anything substantial to go off.

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Fri May 25, 2018 9:05 am

The only good thing to come out of the sixties and seventies was the music....they were Lawless times in all things relating to human behaviour in every category from the top of the pile down.

pushpinpussy · Post by **pushpinpussy** » Fri May 25, 2018 9:10 am

I have given Morgan Freeman the number of a good lawyer. I put it in a tin, buried under a rock in the wall beside the old oak tree at the edge of the field.

Lord Beamish · Post by **Lord Beamish** » Fri May 25, 2018 9:10 am

'March of the Penguins' will never feel the same again!

houseboy · Post by **houseboy** » Fri May 25, 2018 9:17 am

duncandisorderly wrote:If I was ever being sexually assaulted by anyone, I'd want Morgan Freeman to narrate it. Or David Attenborough.

Nah! It would have to be James Earl Jones - if ever they make another biblical epic he would have to be the voice of God.

houseboy · Post by **houseboy** » Fri May 25, 2018 9:21 am

I think these historic claims are getting a bit tedious now to be honest. Why the hell (in many cases) are people coming forward 30/40/50 years after the fact? Because it is easier to make claims for unearned money these days methinks.
I'm just waiting for some 60 year old tart to make a claim against Mick Jagger - with the number of women he's had over the years it must happen. He once said he gave up counting at a thousand and that was about 30-odd years ago.

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Fri May 25, 2018 9:24 am

houseboy wrote:I think these historic claims are getting a bit tedious now to be honest. Why the hell (in many cases) are people coming forward 30/40/50 years after the fact? Because it is easier to make claims for unearned money these days methinks.
I'm just waiting for some 60 year old tart to make a claim against Mick Jagger - with the number of women he's had over the years it must happen. He once said he gave up counting at a thousand and that was about 30-odd years ago.

And that analysis says a lot about the female species.

houseboy · Post by **houseboy** » Fri May 25, 2018 9:57 am

tim_noone wrote:And that analysis says a lot about the female species.

I think it says a lot about Jagger as well (not that I'm jealous you understand).

ClaretinMyBlood · Post by **ClaretinMyBlood** » Fri May 25, 2018 10:21 am

The only thing that will make all of this stop is when female celebrities start being the accused.

Seems to be a complete power trip going on against men at the moment, all this is going to result in is more and more sh;tty films being made with majority female casts as there's no longer a place for men in Hollywood.
Feck em.
Silly hags.

I'd be quite proud if Morgan Freeman flirted with me and I'm a straight man. Enjoy the attention you're getting, it won't last forever.

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Fri May 25, 2018 10:32 am

Well said.

Dyched · Post by **Dyched** » Fri May 25, 2018 10:39 am

I dont know about him but his madame tussaud work of his creepy as ****! I recently stayed in a hotel and it wasn’t positioned very well. Hiding around the corner as you worked through reception and bang, he’s there. Scared the **** out of me the first time I saw it

UpTheBeehole · Post by **UpTheBeehole** » Fri May 25, 2018 10:40 am

ClaretinMyBlood wrote:The only thing that will make all of this stop is when female celebrities start being the accused.

Seems to be a complete power trip going on against men at the moment, all this is going to result in is more and more sh;tty films being made with majority female casts as there's no longer a place for men in Hollywood.
Feck em.
Silly hags.

I'd be quite proud if Morgan Freeman flirted with me and I'm a straight man. Enjoy the attention you're getting, it won't last forever.

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Chobulous · Post by **Chobulous** » Fri May 25, 2018 10:41 am

UpTheBeehole wrote:Incel member identified

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brigante · Post by **brigante** » Fri May 25, 2018 10:42 am

duncandisorderly wrote:If I was ever being sexually assaulted by anyone, I'd want Morgan Freeman to narrate it. Or David Attenborough.

If David Attenborough was narrating the act would involve an animal. So avoid Blackburn.

houseboy · Post by **houseboy** » Fri May 25, 2018 11:19 am

Colburn_Claret wrote:If some of the things I got up to in my youth came to light, they would lock me up and chuck away the key. But it wasn't just me, all the lads I knew were the same. The lasses we ' abused', if that's the right word, were our friends then, and still friends now 45 years later.
The line between the lads being lads, and real sex fiends has been seriously blurred by the media, and some, not all, attention seeking starlets. That isn't fair on anybody.

What Morgan Freeman has or hasn't done, I don't know, but he's certainly paying a price for living in the era of Weinstein and Cosby.

It is now seen as wrong and inappropriate (I hate that word these days - overused and PC friendly) to get a girl drunk in order to do the business. It's what we did when we were young and they seemed okay with it and even expected it to happen. I can see a time in the not too distant when people will have to sign a written consent form before they have sex. I'm so glad I'm not young and single any more, life must be very difficult socially.

Colburn_Claret · Post by **Colburn_Claret** » Fri May 25, 2018 11:59 am

Devils_Advocate wrote:He isn't being accused of things he got upto over 50 years ago when he was a lad. Some of the stuff is in the last 10 years when he is a very mature adult in a position of extreme power.

I'm guessing you and your mates still don't go around treating ladies the way you used to and I'm guessing those then lasses wouldn't put up with it today if you did.

I agree with that. But even back then, if a lass told you to **** off, you ****** off. There was nothing to stop these accusers from telling any of these fiends to **** off, apart from their personal ambition. I'm not saying it's right, just that to complain about it years later is odd. I would hope my daughter, in similar circumstances, would smack the bastards, but that's down to the way she was raised. Is starring in a film or programme really worth that shame......

thelifeofbrian · Post by **thelifeofbrian** » Fri May 25, 2018 11:59 am

pushpinpussy wrote:I have given Morgan Freeman the number of a good lawyer. I put it in a tin, buried under a rock in the wall beside the old oak tree at the edge of the field.

boyyanno · Post by **boyyanno** » Fri May 25, 2018 12:00 pm

Strange that so many people are defending him. Let's forget he's an actor and a big star, he allegedly lifted up a girls skirt and asked if she was wearing underwear AT WORK. How anyone can justify that to me is insane.

Interestingly he didn't deny allegations, he apologised for them.

Colburn_Claret · Post by **Colburn_Claret** » Fri May 25, 2018 12:07 pm

boyyanno wrote:Strange that so many people are defending him. Let's forget he's an actor and a big star, he allegedly lifted up a girls skirt and asked if she was wearing underwear AT WORK. How anyone can justify that to me is insane.

Interestingly he didn't deny allegations, he apologised for them.

No one is justifying it.
More like saying he wants a slap round the face, rather than dragging it through the mud like this. What he did was crass, not criminal. As the good book says, let those without sin throw the first stone. We've all been there to varying degrees, at sometime or other, but because he's famous......

ClaretAndJew · Post by **ClaretAndJew** » Fri May 25, 2018 12:10 pm

Colburn_Claret wrote:No one is justifying it.
More like saying he wants a slap round the face, rather than dragging it through the mud like this. What he did was crass, not criminal. As the good book says, let those without sin throw the first stone. We've all been there to varying degrees, at sometime or other, but because he's famous......

Lifting up a girls skirt, in the work place without consent is actually very illegal.

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Fri May 25, 2018 12:16 pm

Lord Beamish wrote:'March of the Penguins' will never feel the same again!

Is he accused of feeling the Penguins as well? Dirty

Loyalclaret · Post by **Loyalclaret** » Fri May 25, 2018 12:20 pm

Imagine trying to lift up a woman’s skirt at work to ask if she was wearing underwear...and thinking that’s acceptable

ClaretinMyBlood · Post by **ClaretinMyBlood** » Fri May 25, 2018 12:25 pm

I've been in workplaces where women have comfortably grabbed my backside, and once where a woman grabbed the front.
All in the name of having a bit of a flirt and a laugh,
It always depends on the context that these things happen, but it is often considered to be very different when opposite sexes do the same sort of thing.

Hipper · Post by **Hipper** » Fri May 25, 2018 12:54 pm

These sorts of accusations are not about sex but about power - the power to abuse and think they can get away with it.

All this talk about youths and flirting has nothing to do with these situations.

turfytopper · Post by **turfytopper** » Fri May 25, 2018 12:55 pm

I'm not sure what he's been up to, but last year my son's best friend was involved in some work that Freeman was doing in London. My son's mate Andy (who I know really well) was working on a film production and there was a meeting at the start of work with staff...Freeman was in charge I believe. Andy made contact with him (Freeman) and offered his hand and said "Hi I'm Andy, nice to meet you". To which he Freeman simply said "Should I care?"

Whilst I have loved his films thus far from that point I thought he was a completer t@sser.

houseboy · Post by **houseboy** » Fri May 25, 2018 1:32 pm

ClaretinMyBlood wrote:The only thing that will make all of this stop is when female celebrities start being the accused.

Seems to be a complete power trip going on against men at the moment, all this is going to result in is more and more sh;tty films being made with majority female casts as there's no longer a place for men in Hollywood.
Feck em.
Silly hags.

I'd be quite proud if Morgan Freeman flirted with me and I'm a straight man. Enjoy the attention you're getting, it won't last forever.

It's the same in music mate, too many Leona Lewis's and Rhiannas and not enough Pink Floyds.

houseboy · Post by **houseboy** » Fri May 25, 2018 1:34 pm

Loyalclaret wrote:Imagine trying to lift up a woman’s skirt at work to ask if she was wearing underwear...and thinking that’s acceptable

It used to be. I remember one day when.....oops, sorry.

houseboy · Post by **houseboy** » Fri May 25, 2018 1:36 pm

Hipper wrote:These sorts of accusations are not about sex but about power - the power to abuse and think they can get away with it.

All this talk about youths and flirting has nothing to do with these situations.

I think it's more about no win no fee lawyers - **** of the earth.

houseboy · Post by **houseboy** » Fri May 25, 2018 1:37 pm

Why is the word s-c-u-m considered offensive? It forms on the top of liquids and is a natural process.

Inchy · Post by **Inchy** » Fri May 25, 2018 2:10 pm

If he has none nothing serious the vast majority of people will see it that way

A very small number of people will be offended. Such a small number it isn’t worth getting worked up about. However the more people getting outraged at the outrage of a very small number of people just makes things worse and gives them a voice

It’s a bit like Katie Hopkins. If people stopped feeding that troll she would soon disappear

HiroshimaClaret · Post by **HiroshimaClaret** » Fri May 25, 2018 2:10 pm

turfytopper wrote:I'm not sure what he's been up to, but last year my son's best friend was involved in some work that Freeman was doing in London. My son's mate Andy (who I know really well) was working on a film production and there was a meeting at the start of work with staff...Freeman was in charge I believe. Andy made contact with him (Freeman) and offered his hand and said "Hi I'm Andy, nice to meet you". To which he Freeman simply said "Should I care?"

Whilst I have loved his films thus far from that point I thought he was a completer t@sser.

Really!? Freeman must have been a 79-year old man at the time of this `incident`. I suspect most of us, upon reaching that age, will be slightly cantankerous buggers (if we aren`t already!) who struggle to remain civil throughout the day.

TVC15 · Post by **TVC15** » Fri May 25, 2018 2:19 pm

ClaretinMyBlood wrote:The only thing that will make all of this stop is when female celebrities start being the accused.

Seems to be a complete power trip going on against men at the moment, all this is going to result in is more and more sh;tty films being made with majority female casts as there's no longer a place for men in Hollywood.
Feck em.
Silly hags.

I'd be quite proud if Morgan Freeman flirted with me and I'm a straight man. Enjoy the attention you're getting, it won't last forever.

What utter sh-ite

Did you spend a lot of time working that through ?

So you think that the "only thing" that will stop this is that if a celebrity female starts being accused ? Is the theory based on a double negative equalling a positive ? Or have you been in the Big Window since 10am on the sauce ?

Is it just Morgan flirting with you that would make you proud....as a straight man ? How about if he went further ?- would you still be chuffed to bits ?