Thandie Newton Talks About Sexual Abuse, Racism in Hollywood

Actress Thandie Newton spoke about Hollywood and the sexual abuse and racism she said she suffered. The Westworld actress, 47, said her experiences with sexual abuse in the industry and the way she has spoken out about the mistreatment led her to “challenge” people; preventing her from working with others.

Newton said that the treatment she’s suffered in Hollywood is evidence that “you can dismiss a Black person“. She continued, “If you’re a young Black girl and you get raped, in the film business; no one’s going to f*cking care. You can tell whoever the f*ck you want, and they’ll call it an affair. Until people start taking this seriously, I can’t fully heal.”

“There are so many problems to feeling disenfranchised. But I keep finding myself alone,” Newton added. “There is now an appetite for listening to women.”

“But there’s women and then, right at the bottom of the pile, is women of colour.”

Newton said that she will eventually share the names of those she believes have taken advantage of her. “I’ve got my little black book, which will be published on my deathbed….I’m not doing it when I’m alive,” she said. “I don’t want to deal with all the fallout and everyone getting their side of the story. There is no side of the story when you’re sexually abused. You give that up.”

“Careful what you do, everybody… Because you might find yourself f*cking over a little brown girl at the beginning of a career when no one knows who she is and no one gives a f*ck. She might turn out to be Thandie Newton,” the actress said.

For more details on what Thandie Newton endured in Hollywood, read the full interview here.