{"id":2308,"date":"2017-11-05T19:59:17","date_gmt":"2017-11-05T19:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commarts.pleather.us\/2017\/11\/05\/alec-baldwin-departs-twitter-after-being-criticized-for-rose-mcgowan-comments\/"},"modified":"2017-11-05T19:59:17","modified_gmt":"2017-11-05T19:59:17","slug":"alec-baldwin-departs-twitter-after-being-criticized-for-rose-mcgowan-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/2017\/11\/05\/alec-baldwin-departs-twitter-after-being-criticized-for-rose-mcgowan-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Alec Baldwin Departs Twitter After Being Criticized for Rose McGowan Comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/t\/alec-baldwin\/\" id=\"auto-tag_alec-baldwin\">Alec Baldwin<\/a> is stepping away from Twitter. The actor announced his decision on, well, Twitter yesterday after comments he made about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/t\/rose-mcgowan\/\" id=\"auto-tag_rose-mcgowan\">Rose McGowan<\/a> and Harvey Weinstein were criticized. Asked why \u201cnobody said anything\u201d about the actress, Baldwin said during an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewsHour\/status\/926587391455977475?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">PBS NewsHour<\/a> that \u201cwhat happened was that Rose McGowan took a payment of $100,000 and settled her case with him. And it was for Rose McGowan to prosecute that case.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link read-more\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Read More:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2017\/10\/rose-mcgowan-womens-convention-speech-harvey-weinstein-sexual-assault-1201891379\/\" title=\"Rose McGowan Makes Powerful First Speech Since Weinstein Rape Allegation: \u2018Name It. Shame It. Call It Out.\u2019\">Rose McGowan Makes Powerful First Speech Since Weinstein Rape Allegation: \u2018Name It. Shame It. Call It Out.\u2019<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt is w some degree of sadness that I will suspend posting on this, a TWITTER account, for a period of and in the current climate,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlecBaldwin\/status\/926854522886115330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">began Baldwin\u2019s series of tweets<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt was never my intention, in my public statements, to \u2018blame the victim\u2019 in the many sexual assault cases that have emerged recently. I simply posited that the settlement of such cases certainly delayed justice, though I am fully aware that those settlements were entered into w the understanding that settlement is wise, intimidated into believing so. My heart goes out to all such victims. My goal is to do better in all things related to gender equality. Au revoir.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link read-more\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Read More:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2017\/10\/rose-mcgowan-lisa-bloom-harvey-weinstein-1201887547\/\" title=\"Rose McGowan Slams Lisa Bloom: \u2018Did You Think of How It Would Affect Victims to See You Champion a Rapist?\u2019\">Rose McGowan Slams Lisa Bloom: \u2018Did You Think of How It Would Affect Victims to See You Champion a Rapist?\u2019<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Asia Argento was unimpressed with Baldwin&#8217;s comments, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AsiaArgento\/status\/926828908653285377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">tweeting<\/a> that &#8220;you&#8217;re either a complete moron or providing cover for your pals and saving your own rep. Maybe all three.\u201d Hours later, Baldwin went on to reprise his role as Donald Trump on \u201cSaturday Night Live.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">1- it is w some degree of sadness that I will suspend posting on this a TWITTER account for a period of and in the current climate.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AlecBaldwin (@AlecBaldwin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlecBaldwin\/status\/926854522886115330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">November 4, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlecBaldwin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">@AlecBaldwin<\/a> on a culture of complicity in Hollywood after allegations of sexual harassment and assault by fmr movie mogul <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HarveyWeinstein?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">#HarveyWeinstein<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jHeWAhEuOg\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/jHeWAhEuOg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewsHour\/status\/926587391455977475?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">November 3, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link sign-up\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Sign Up:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/indiewire.com\/email\" title=\"Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.\">Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>Source: IndieWire film<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alec Baldwin is stepping away from Twitter. 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