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Rose McGowan Comments on Harvey Weinstein Arrest: ‘I Didn’t Believe This Day Would Come’

May 25, 2018 | Posted by Jeremy Thomas
Rose McGowan

Rose McGowan appeared on Megyn Kelly TODAY on Friday morning to discuss Harvey Weinstein’s arrest for rape and other charges. After Weinstein surrendered to police in New York City and was charged with rape, sex abuse and sexual misconduct against two separate women, McGowan appeared on Kelly’s portion of the morning show and talked about seeing the former movie mogul in handcuffs. McGowan was among the first to come out and accuse Weinstein of sexual misconduct back in October

“It’s surreal. It’s… real. It’s both,” McGowan said. “It’s a very good feeling… I actually didn’t believe this day would come… This is a big strike into the heart of abuse of power, and it shows people worldwide — which is what I was hoping [for] the whole time — that this will not stand.”

The actress added, “The system was created by men like him, and his accomplices, to protect him. He had the nerve to walk in the Women’s March down the street at Sundance where he raped me. It’s intense… It’s tragic that it takes over 100 women… and that probably means like 1,000, let’s be real. This man had hunting grounds all over the world, and he had accomplices and a complicity machine. He was the cult leader of Hollywood, I would say. Their king… He tied with God for thanks at the Oscars, and to see that constantly and live in that town… and to see people lay wreaths at his feet even though they knew… today is a good day.”

When asked what she would say to Weinstein if she could confront him now, she said, “We got you. We got you.”