--- title: Merl Streep Discusses Harvey Weinstein With Tom Hanks description: Meryl Streep condemns Harvey Weinstein and Dustin Hoffman in interview with The Post co-star Tom Hanks. canonical: https://time.com/5085621/meryl-streep-post-interview-harvey-weinstein/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-03T15:10:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:49:29.438Z og:title: Meryl Streep Opens Up About Harvey Weinstein og:description: "How evil, deeply evil, and duplicitous, a person he was" og:url: https://time.com/5085621/meryl-streep-post-interview-harvey-weinstein/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf43c6ca55a5d666f/6988e639656a3f772cbd2812/gettyimages-6349509341.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5106 og:image:height: 2872 og:image:alt: EE British Academy Film Awards - Red Carpet Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Meryl Streep Opens Up About Harvey Weinstein twitter:description: "How evil, deeply evil, and duplicitous, a person he was" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf43c6ca55a5d666f/6988e639656a3f772cbd2812/gettyimages-6349509341.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'It Really Underlined My Own Sense of Cluelessness.' 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-brief-2026q3/newsletters?i=ae174d31-33c9-4f36-80fb-33407e56072c&cr=time-nl-brief-2026q3-v1) by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jan 3, 2018 3:10 PM UTC  Meryl Streep attends the British Academy Film Awards at Royal Albert Hall in London, Eng. on Feb. 12, 2017. Meryl Streep attends the British Academy Film Awards at Royal Albert Hall in London, Eng. on Feb. 12, 2017. John Phillips—Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jan 3, 2018 3:10 PM UTC Oscar winning actor [Meryl Streep](http://time.com/4974377/meryl-streep-harvey-weinstein/) — and former creative collaborator of producer Harvey Weinstein — has condemned the Hollywood executive after numerous women leveled accusations of sexual assault and misconduct against him. And [people specifically wanted to hear what she had to say](http://time.com/5070285/meryl-streep-rose-mcgowan-response/), which she acknowledged in an interview with the [New York _Times_](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/05/us/harvey-weinstein-harassment-allegations.html?%5Fr=0) published Wednesday. ## **Meryl Streep discussed Harvey Weinstein** --- > “” --- Streep worked with Weinstein on acclaimed movies like _The Iron Lady_ in 2012 and _August: Osage County_ in 2013, both of which earned her Academy Award nominations. Weinstein was fired from his own company in October following reports of multiple decades of allegations of sexual harassment from [female actors and employees](http://time.com/4971185/harvey-weinstein-sexual-harassment-women/). Some women alleged that he invited women to his hotel room, asked for massages and, in one case, asked a woman to watch him shower. A lawyer working for Weinstein said in a statement to the _Times_ that Weinstein “denies many of the accusations as patently false.” Streep was one of the first in her industry to join the chorus of actors speaking out about Weinstein. But when it came to Weinstein’s behavior, Streep has a message to deliver in her [statement:](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/meryl-streep-harvey-weinstein%5Fus%5F59db5d87e4b072637c45420e) She didn’t know. Now she’s elaborating: --- > “” --- Separately, following her viral Golden Globes speech about Trump, [people also are looking to her to speak out about politics](http://time.com/5061446/meryl-streep-on-trump-climate/), a role she was quick to dismiss, instead asking to hear from the first family. ## **What does Meryl Streep want from Ivanka Trump and Melania Trump?** --- > “” --- ## **Meryl Streep discussed Dustin Hoffman** Weinstein isn’t the only man facing allegations of sexual harassment with whom Streep has worked. Streep said that while art can blur lines, during the making of the film _Kramer vs. Kramer_, Dustin Hoffman crossed the line when he slapped her. --- > “” --- Streep added that she’s optimistic about the future. --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5085621/meryl-streep-post-interview-harvey-weinstein/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5085621/meryl-streep-post-interview-harvey-weinstein/"},"headline":"'It Really Underlined My Own Sense of Cluelessness.' 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