--- title: Scarlett Johansson On The Dylan Farrow-Woody Allen Abuse Controversy description: The actress calls Dylan Farrow's open letter to Hollywood -- in which she reiterated claims that the director abused her as a child and mentioned Johansson along with Alec Baldwin and Cate Blanchett -- "irresponsible" canonical: https://time.com/26948/scarlett-johansson-woody-allen-dylan-farrow/ author: Megan Gibson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-03-17T11:42:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:55:01.207Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Scarlett Johansson addresses the Woody Allen sex abuse claims og:description: Scarlett Johansson calls Dylan Farrow's open letter "irresponsible" og:url: https://time.com/26948/scarlett-johansson-woody-allen-dylan-farrow/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2bb14f217dab6255/698685bfcd804df4c9cc9c2b/scarlett-johansson.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Scarlett Johansson, arrives at the premiere Of Marvel's "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" at the El Capitan Theatre on March 13, 2014 in Hollywood. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Scarlett Johansson addresses the Woody Allen sex abuse claims twitter:description: Scarlett Johansson calls Dylan Farrow's open letter "irresponsible" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2bb14f217dab6255/698685bfcd804df4c9cc9c2b/scarlett-johansson.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Scarlett Johansson Says It's 'Irresponsible' to Involve Her in Woody Allen Controversy > Sponsored content. 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In an interview with The Observer, the actress says despite all the controversy surrounding her endorsement of at-home soda maker SodaStream, she’s standing by her decision._ by [Megan Gibson](https://time.com/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Mar 17, 2014 11:42 AM UTC  Scarlett Johansson, arrives at the premiere Of Marvel's "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" at the El Capitan Theatre on March 13, 2014 in Hollywood. Scarlett Johansson, arrives at the premiere Of Marvel's "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" at the El Capitan Theatre on March 13, 2014 in Hollywood.Frazer Harrison—Getty Images by [Megan Gibson](https://time.com/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Mar 17, 2014 11:42 AM UTC Actress Scarlett Johansson says it wasn’t fair for Dylan Farrow to mention her in Farrow’s open letter last month detailing claims that adopted father Woody Allen abused her as a child. In [the harrowing New York _Times_ op-ed](http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/01/an-open-letter-from-dylan-farrow/?%5Fphp=true&%5Ftype=blogs&%5Fr=0) on Feb. 1, Farrow reiterated claims that Allen abused her, something Allen has steadfastly denied for years. Farrow also called out a few celebrities who have continued to work with Allen since the allegations were first made, writing, “What if it had been your child, Cate Blanchett? Louis CK? Alec Baldwin? What if it had been you, Emma Stone? Or you, Scarlett Johansson?” Now in a new [interview with the _Observer_](http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/mar/16/scarlett-johansson-interview-middle-ground-under-the-skin-sodastream), Johansson has addressed being thrown into the controversy. “I think it’s irresponsible to take a bunch of actors that will have a Google alert on and to suddenly throw their name into a situation that none of us could possibly knowingly comment on,” she said. “That just feels irresponsible to me.” Johannson also made an attempt to defend Allen, who directed her in 2008’s _Vicky Cristina Barcelona_. “I’m unaware that there’s been a backlash,” she said. “I think he’ll continue to know what he knows about the situation, and I’m sure the other people involved have their own experience with it. It’s not like this is somebody that’s been prosecuted and found guilty of something, and you can then go, ‘I don’t support this lifestyle or whatever.’ I mean, it’s all guesswork.” She also indicated she’d like to stay out of the controversy, saying, “I don’t know anything about it. It would be ridiculous for me to make any kind of assumption one way or the other.” Cate Blanchett and Alec Baldwin have [also briefly addressed the controversy,](http://time.com/3769/cate-blanchett-and-alec-baldwin-respond-to-woody-allen-abuse-claims/) as has Allen himself, who penned [his own _Times_ letter](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/09/opinion/sunday/woody-allen-speaks-out.html), in which he again declared his innocence and blamed Dylan’s mother Mia for the accusations. \[[_Observer_](http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/mar/16/scarlett-johansson-interview-middle-ground-under-the-skin-sodastream)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/26948/scarlett-johansson-woody-allen-dylan-farrow/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/26948/scarlett-johansson-woody-allen-dylan-farrow/"},"headline":"Scarlett Johansson Says It's 'Irresponsible' to Involve Her in Woody Allen Controversy","datePublished":"2014-03-17T11:42:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:55:01.207Z","description":"The actress calls Dylan Farrow's open letter to Hollywood -- in which she reiterated claims that the director abused her as a child and mentioned Johansson along with Alec Baldwin and Cate Blanchett -- \"irresponsible\"","url":"https://time.com/26948/scarlett-johansson-woody-allen-dylan-farrow/","keywords":["celebrities","Living","Crime","woody allen","Scarlett Johansson","controversy","New York Times"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2bb14f217dab6255/698685bfcd804df4c9cc9c2b/scarlett-johansson.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan Gibson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/megan-gibson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2bb14f217dab6255/698685bfcd804df4c9cc9c2b/scarlett-johansson.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Scarlett Johansson, arrives at the premiere Of Marvel's \"Captain America: The Winter Soldier\" at the El Capitan Theatre on March 13, 2014 in Hollywood.","caption":"Scarlett Johansson, arrives at the premiere Of Marvel's \"Captain America: The Winter Soldier\" at the El Capitan Theatre on March 13, 2014 in Hollywood.","creditText":"Frazer Harrison—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/26948/scarlett-johansson-woody-allen-dylan-farrow/","name":"Scarlett Johansson Says It's 'Irresponsible' to Involve Her in Woody Allen Controversy"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Scarlett Johansson: No Regrets Over SodaStream Endorsement","description":"In an interview with The Observer, the actress says despite all the controversy surrounding her endorsement of at-home soda maker SodaStream, she’s standing by her decision.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/4qQ75nYm/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-03-17T14:08:52.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/4qQ75nYm.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/26948/scarlett-johansson-woody-allen-dylan-farrow/","duration":"PT1M32S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/26948/scarlett-johansson-woody-allen-dylan-farrow/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```