Noel Clarke sexual harassment allegations, suspended by BAFTA

[Cwenthryth]

www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/apr/29/actor-noel-clarke-accused-of-groping-harassment-and-bullying-by-20-women

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Especially galling that BAFTA was seemingly made aware of this before giving him his very recent honour. I watched his acceptance speech and found it really moving in terms of celebrating a working class black man’s success in a historically white industry. Turns out he’s an (alleged) sexual abuser. Fucking great.

Excellent points, *TheLetterZ.

More cases and reports coming out..... what a sleaze.

A question we should be asking the BBC and all those other companies that don’t want the embarrassment of these types of revelations.

How many women need to be uncomfortable with their boundaries not being respected before you’ll listen to them and take action?

If some women claim not to mind does that mean they have spoken for all women?

Gosh this is quite unbelievable. Re JB

twitter.com/rainy101/status/1388143636467040258?s=21

David Tennant looking pretty shabby here too.

I find that statement from the London School of Dramatic Arts pretty pathetic.

They talk like they didn't know about the workshops/taking clothes off. They did.
They pulled him off of doing these sessions at the time.
But still kept him on and to me, that statement means they are covering their backs.

While I'm glad the award and BAFTA membership are being rescinded, I hope this doesn't give the idea that men who do still have awards must be all A-OK. As far as I know BAFTA's remit isn't to check whether men are total shitbags.
I agree they were in a tricky position here - the Graun article about it is interesting.

@Roussette

I find that statement from the London School of Dramatic Arts pretty pathetic.

They talk like they didn't know about the workshops/taking clothes off. They did.
They pulled him off of doing these sessions at the time.
But still kept him on and to me, that statement means they are covering their backs.

Agree. He should have been fired right away.

Jesus, the more you look into JB he has been sexually assaulting women for years in plain sight. Reminds me of that Top of the Pops footage of Jimmy Saville. And JB hiding behind the fact he's gay so he couldn't possibly be interested in the women sexually is insulting to those women and every gay person, in fact EVERYONE full stop.

That statement from the drama school re NC is awful. Those poor young students who were hoping to get their first big break. NC should be ashamed of himself.

How about Ezra Miller (second star of fantastic beasts to behave like a fucking monster) choking a fan?? He should have been sacked as well.

www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/apr/30/how-bafta-spent-two-weeks-grappling-with-noel-clarke-dilemma

Have to say not feeling massively sympathetic to BAFTA’s “dilemma” on this. They seem more intent on garnering sympathy for having to “wrestle with an impossible situation”, rather than just straight up apologising for the part they have played and hurt and harm they caused by going ahead with honouring Clarke. Key players clearly knew it was wrong. But they went ahead anyway. And now sound like they’re trying to blame Clarke’s victims for not giving them enough “detailed evidence”.

Why does no one in power ever accept any responsibility for their own (in)actions.

I never get over how unwilling some people are to believe women when they say men have harassed and assaulted them, and they have to frantically cast around for a way to discredit or blame them.

Those tweets make the hair on the back of my neck stand up.

I had no idea about John Barrowman, but if the collateral damage from this is that he’s also held to account for his inability to keep his penis to himself, then hopefully that will mean that lots more women in the business have less chance of being sexually assaulted while working.

Agree. He should have been fired right away

Yes. If the LSDA had to pull someone off of workshops because of what he was doing, there is something very wrong isn't there?

It's a mealy mouthed apology today.

It’s like everybody knew but no one spoke

Apologies for not having RTFT but this has gutted me more than the older sleazy types that seem to have been in some sort of abusive cohort going back to the 70s/80s. Not that it should make a difference.

His acting stood out to me massively, I admired it. I felt he was in tune with the zeitgeist surrounding my generation.

But he's just another one of 'them'.

If there were complaints there should have been a proper enquiry. I don't think you can just fire people on the spot. But just removing him from part of the job was a cop out rather than dealing with it.

NC deliberately threw JB under the bus didn't he to try and deflect some of the attention from him. That's the only thing NC has done right although it's apparent JB has been allowed to behave like this. Am horrified by that BBC show footage of JB forcing himself on those women. Has the BBC learned nothing from JS?! And the background laughter makes me feel sick.

Gutted to hear about JB allegations. Saw him in concert last year - superb voice.

I can't imagine him sexually harrassing women, I thought he was gay!

NC deliberately threw JB under the bus didn't he to try and deflect some of the attention from him

Yes probably in a 'whatever you hear about me... JB is worse' type way.

He would just not let it drop. I think I read it was 2 minutes of him going on about JB.

@KarensChoppyBob

Apologies for not having RTFT but this has gutted me more than the older sleazy types that seem to have been in some sort of abusive cohort going back to the 70s/80s. Not that it should make a difference.

His acting stood out to me massively, I admired it. I felt he was in tune with the zeitgeist surrounding my generation.

But he's just another one of 'them'.

The problem is, our generation's zeitgeist included that whole Loaded, 'lad culture' thing in the 1990s, where boorish, leery sexism became ok because it was now 'ironic', 'cheeky' and 'retro'.

@Maggiesfarm

I can't imagine him sexually harrassing women, I thought he was gay!

What the fuck?

He may be gay but flopping your cock on a women's shoulder is sexual assault. It was apologists like you that allowed him to get away with it.
It makes me physically sick what he has done and how it was discussed in public as 'such a laugh ' vile.

Camille Coduri’s shoulder
Eve Myles’ face

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IVY you can appreciate the acting without endorsing what goes on in the plot. Or even the person. If you read my post properly you'd have seen that I don't 🙈.

The acting I've seen gave a realistic portrayal of a certain time in London.

@Maggiesfarm

I can't imagine him sexually harrassing women, I thought he was gay!

Very naive.

As many misogynists in the LBGTQ community as anywhere.

What I can't understand is.... the likes of NC and JB... how in god's name do they think this is OK? The touching up, the grabbing for a kiss, the exposing yourself... this is 2021 FFS.
Women are more vocal, stronger, there is social media etc.

I'm old and it honestly was more the norm when I was working in my teens and twenties because I'm talking decades ago back in 70/80s. If you'd made a complaint back then that a work colleague grabbed you in the coffee room, you'd have been laughed at.
But I never thought this sort of stuff would still be going on now.