--- title: Dylan Farrow Calls Out Justin Timberlake Over Woody Allen description: Dylan Farrow called out Justin Timberlake for working with her Woody Allen, who she accused of sexually assaulting her as a child. canonical: https://time.com/5115063/justin-timberlake-dylan-farrow-woody-allen/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-23T20:06:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:49:59.272Z og:title: Dylan Farrow Calls Out Justin Timberlake Over Woody Allen og:description: She used his joke about cake against him og:url: https://time.com/5115063/justin-timberlake-dylan-farrow-woody-allen/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Dylan Farrow Calls Out Justin Timberlake Over Woody Allen twitter:description: She used his joke about cake against him twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Dylan Farrow Called Out Justin Timberlake for Working With Woody Allen By Using His Own Tweet Against Him  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 23, 2018 8:06 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 23, 2018 8:06 PM UTC [Dylan Farrow](http://time.com/5098837/mira-sorvino-woody-allen-letter-dylan-farrow/) has called out [Justin Timberlake](http://time.com/5106284/justin-timberlake-remembers-janet-jackson-super-bowl-wardrobe-malfunction/) for working with her adoptive father [Woody Allen](http://time.com/5107547/dylan-farrow-woody-allen-cbs-interview/), who she accused of sexually assaulting her as a child more than 20 years ago. After Timberlake tweeted a joking question about the meaning of having your cake and eating it too, Farrow responded by criticizing him for supporting the [Time’s Up](http://time.com/5083809/times-up-hollywood-sexual-harassment/) movement while praising a “sexual predator.” Timberlake wore a Time’s Up pin to the 2018 Golden Globes after starring in Allen’s 2017 film _Wonder Wheel_. “Random question: Can someone please explain the saying, ‘You just want your cake and to eat it too,'” Timberlake wrote. “What else am I about to do with a cake??” “The saying means, for example, you can’t support [#TIMESUP](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TIMESUP?src=hash) and praise sexual predators at the same time” Farrow replied. “You can’t retain your credibility as an activist (i.e. – retain the cake) and, at the same time, praise a sexual predator (i.e. – eating the cake).” Allen has always denied the allegations brought against him by Farrow. > [](https://twitter.com/RealDylanFarrow/status/955831368415698944) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5115063/justin-timberlake-dylan-farrow-woody-allen/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5115063/justin-timberlake-dylan-farrow-woody-allen/"},"headline":"Dylan Farrow Called Out Justin Timberlake for Working With Woody Allen By Using His Own Tweet Against Him","datePublished":"2018-01-23T20:06:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:49:59.272Z","description":"\"You can’t support #TIMESUP and praise sexual predators at the same time\"","url":"https://time.com/5115063/justin-timberlake-dylan-farrow-woody-allen/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Justin Timberlake"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"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/5115063/justin-timberlake-dylan-farrow-woody-allen/","name":"Dylan Farrow Called Out Justin Timberlake for Working With Woody Allen By Using His Own Tweet Against Him"}}]}] ```