--- title: Angela Lansbury's Sexual Harassment Comments Anger Internet description: Angela Lansbury's recent comments on sexual harassment have incited Internet criticism. canonical: https://time.com/5039330/angela-lansbury-sexual-harassment-comments-internet-reactions/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-11-28T18:07:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:48:56.385Z og:title: The Internet Hates Angela Lansbury's Sexual Harassment Comments og:description: “We must sometimes take blame, women" og:url: https://time.com/5039330/angela-lansbury-sexual-harassment-comments-internet-reactions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b1d0c5cf49b823b/6988e70f97cdff40706b3638/angela-lansbury-sexual-harassment.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Angela-Lansbury-Sexual-Harassment-Comments og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Hates Angela Lansbury's Sexual Harassment Comments twitter:description: “We must sometimes take blame, women" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b1d0c5cf49b823b/6988e70f97cdff40706b3638/angela-lansbury-sexual-harassment.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Isn't Happy With Angela Lansbury Saying Women Should 'Take Blame' for Sexual Harassment  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 28, 2017 6:07 PM UTC  Angela Lansbury attends the 25th anniversary screening of 'Beauty And the Beast' presented by The Academy on May 09, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California. Angela Lansbury attends the 25th anniversary screening of 'Beauty And the Beast' presented by The Academy on May 09, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California.Tibrina Hobson/FilmMagic  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 28, 2017 6:07 PM UTC [Angela Lansbury’s](http://time.com/4077190/angela-lansbury-career-photos/) recent comments on [sexual harassment](http://time.com/5035689/sexual-harassment-california-legislature-misconduct/) have incited Internet criticism. In an interview with [_Radio Times_](http://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2017-11-28/angela-lansbury-women-must-sometimes-take-blame-for-harassment/)published Tuesday, the 92-year-old actor said that women are sometimes responsible for [unwanted sexual advances](http://time.com/5037332/al-franken-sexual-harassment-allegations-response/) — a statement that hasn’t gone over well online. “There are two sides to this coin,” she said. “We have to own up to the fact that women, since time immemorial, have gone out of their way to make themselves attractive. And unfortunately it has backfired on us — and this is where we are today. We must sometimes take blame, women. I really do think that. Although it’s awful to say we can’t make ourselves look as attractive as possible without being knocked down and raped.” The _Murder, She Wrote_ starwent on to clarify that she doesn’t think sexual harassment is justifiable. “Should women be prepared for this? No, they shouldn’t have to be!” she said. “There’s no excuse for that. And I think it will stop now – it will have to. I think a lot of men must be very worried at this point.” However, some were still unhappy with the nature of her comments, calling them “[victim-blaming](https://twitter.com/HannaFlint/status/935445335354290176).” See a selection of responses below. > [](https://twitter.com/juliamacfarlane/status/935447582192566272) > [](https://twitter.com/StanHengen/status/935465989516513280) > [](https://twitter.com/lauraewaddell/status/935489873875742721) > [](https://twitter.com/PattyArquette/status/935506242012876800) > [](https://twitter.com/PattyArquette/status/935506891358244864) > [](https://twitter.com/HannaFlint/status/935445335354290176) > [](https://twitter.com/typofoto/status/935466168982343680) > [](https://twitter.com/AmyleighCraigg/status/935433570004406278) > [](https://twitter.com/OllyWrites/status/935465624733614081) Angela Lansbury's Sexual Harassment Comments Anger Internet ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5039330/angela-lansbury-sexual-harassment-comments-internet-reactions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5039330/angela-lansbury-sexual-harassment-comments-internet-reactions/"},"headline":"The Internet Isn't Happy With Angela Lansbury Saying Women Should 'Take Blame' for Sexual Harassment","datePublished":"2017-11-28T18:07:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:48:56.385Z","description":"“We must sometimes take blame, women\"","url":"https://time.com/5039330/angela-lansbury-sexual-harassment-comments-internet-reactions/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Internet","celebrities","viral","sexual harassment"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b1d0c5cf49b823b/6988e70f97cdff40706b3638/angela-lansbury-sexual-harassment.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b1d0c5cf49b823b/6988e70f97cdff40706b3638/angela-lansbury-sexual-harassment.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Angela-Lansbury-Sexual-Harassment-Comments","caption":"Angela Lansbury attends the 25th anniversary screening of 'Beauty And the Beast' presented by The Academy on May 09, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California.","creditText":"Tibrina Hobson/FilmMagic","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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5039330/angela-lansbury-sexual-harassment-comments-internet-reactions/","name":"The Internet Isn't Happy With Angela Lansbury Saying Women Should 'Take Blame' for Sexual Harassment"}}]}] ```