Chloe Grace Moretz Addresses Louis C.K. Sexual Harassment Scandal
The If I Stay star is breaking her silence.
On Friday, Jan. 26, 2018, Chloë Grace Moretz opened up about Louis C.K.'s sexual harassment allegations, as well as working with the comedian in I Love You, Daddy, during an interview with Variety at the Sundance Film Festival. However, rather than discuss her own experience, she instead focused on looking forward, in reference to the #MeToo and Time's Up movements.
"I think it's not helpful to kind of, you know....I could single in and talk about my experience, but I think it's more important to talk about the entire movement as a whole," the 20-year-old actress said. "I'm one of hundreds of thousands of women in so many different industries that has a story. ... I think it's just nice, the communication, and the fact that you asked that question at Sundance in a video suite. This never would have happened two years ago."
"The fact that it's a conversation and a question is monumental and I think that shouldn't be looked past or looked over," she continued. "We've all been through a lot of stuff, but at least we're communicating and people are going to be held accountable."
As Nicki Swift previously reported, five women accused C.K. of exposing himself and masturbating in front of them in a New York Times piece in November 2017. The stand-up comedian, 50, later confessed to the allegations. "These stories are true," he wrote in a statement, adding, "The power I had over these women is that they admired me. And I wielded that power irresponsibly."
Similarly to multiple other men in Hollywood who have been accused of sexual misconduct in recent months, C.K. faced severe backlash. While HBO, Netflix, and FX severed ties with the Louie star, the distributor for I Love You, Daddy canceled the film's release.