Actress Judi Dench has Havey Weinstein's initials tattooed on her butt.
Actress Judi Dench has Havey Weinstein's initials tattooed on her butt.
A piece of Hollywood lore was recirculated on social media in October 2017 after NewsweekÂ claimedÂ that actress Judi Dench, who recently spoke out against Weinsteinâ€™s alleged history of sexually harassing women, had a tattoo of Harvey Weinsteinâ€™s initials on her backside in a tweetÂ (and presumably an accompanying â€œexclusiveâ€ article): Reports about Denchâ€™s Harvey Weinstein â€œtattooâ€ have been circulating since at least 2011 when the actress made a joke about theÂ cheekyÂ inkÂ while acceptingÂ a British Film InstituteÂ award in London. Page Six reported: < The Oscar-winner for â€œShakespeare in Loveâ€ said the former Miramax mogul gave her a break when others said she â€œdidnâ€™t have a face for film.â€ â€œ[He] said, â€˜Mrs. Brownâ€™ should be a film,â€ Dench said of the 1997 project that launched her Hollywood career after Weinstein took it from the BBC to US cinemas. â€œIt was thanks to Harvey, whose name I have had tattooed on my bum ever since.â€ > Dench took this joke a step further when she reportedly mooned Weinstein at a New York restaurant in 2014. The actress explained in a Q&A withÂ The Hollywood ReporterÂ that she had her makeup artist draw a temporary tattoo on her backside before meeting WeinsteinÂ for dinner: < I once said to him, â€œI have your named tattooed on my bum.â€ He laughed and was, well, quite embarrassed, actually. Itâ€™s quite difficult to embarrass Harvey, but I did! And then, we went out to lunch, to the Four Seasons.Â Charlie RoseÂ was there and I think my agent was there. Beforehand, I got my makeup lady to actually write Harveyâ€™s name. [laughs] Then I brought it up at lunch and said, â€œYou know, I do have it on my bumâ€ â€” and then I actually got up and showed him! Iâ€™ve never seen a man more embarrassed and Iâ€™ve never let him forget it. [laughs] Perhaps I should have it done and really shock him! > Weinstein told a similar story during an appearance onÂ The Graham Norton Show,Â although the producer appeared to be under the false impression that Denchâ€™s tattoo was genuine: < She did not get Weinsteinâ€™s name immortally etched into her arm, though. Instead, she got the words â€œcarpe diemâ€ inscribed on her wrist as a gift from her daughter,Â Finty Williams.Â In an interview withÂ Surrey Life, Dench explained the ink: â€œThatâ€™s my motto: seize the day. Finty gave it to me for my 81st birthdayâ€”sheâ€™s wonderful with surprises.â€ > As of this writing,Â Newsweekâ€˜sÂ tweet incorrectly stating that Dench has a â€œHarvey Weinstein tattooâ€ on her derriere is still on Twitter, though the publication has added an update to their article: < This article has been updated to reflect that JudiÂ Denchâ€™s tattoo dedicated to Harvey Weinstein was not a permanent fixture. > Although Dench was close to the producer throughout much of her career, she released a statement on 9 October 2017 condemningÂ Weinstein for his alleged history of sexual harassment: < â€œWhilst there is no doubt that Harvey Weinstein has helped and championed my film career for the past 20 years, I was completely unaware of these offences which are, of course, horrifying and I offer my sympathy to those who have suffered, and wholehearted support to those who have spoken out.â€ >
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