Oprah Winfrey Steps Away From Russell Simmons Accuser Doc, Pulls From Apple+ (Exclusive)

[saintclaire87]

Exclusive: Oprah Winfrey is stepping away from the high profile Russell Simmons accuser documentary, pulls it from #ApplePlus https://t.co/5LPOAzXCXU
- The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) January 10, 2020

Oprah Winfrey is stepping away from a documentary that centered on a former music executive who has accused Russell Simmons of sexual misconduct

Comments

[analievelyn]

same. she seemed to not gaf about backlash to her giving a platform to wade and the other MJ accuser after finding neverland came out. she also is bff with gayle who was verbally assaulted by rkelly.

so it's not like she is known for not believing victims. and in signing up w/ those directors, it seems like she at least had faith in it at the beginning

[analievelyn]

im curious if there is a difference between support and believe for oprah. does the believe the assaults happened and she wants to further investigate, or what?

Also, I love kirby dick and amy ziering.

Ive only watched invisible war and twist of faith.

was the bleeding edge any good?

[fractalerrors]

She says believe and support but yeah it makes you wonder what happened

[analievelyn]

#ontddoesntread

and yeah, this doesnt bode well for the doc. however I am so fucking ready for it. had no idea it was in the works

[__nocturna]

it sounds like she thinks the doc is incomplete and poorly made. and if they premier it like that, i think it could do more harm than good if it doesn't do a good job of showing the evidence. may give cause for people to just say the accusers are lying. just my 2 cents.

[andisprohi]

sorry, but shit like this makes me believe the old rumor about her (initially wanting to give Nate Parker a platform to defend himself) :X

[hubbabubbabb]

Thank you. I really didn't want to think bad of Oprah (other than being a part of the 1%, but eh) for this.

[therearewords]

Hmreh on their part.

[cbluechicken]

Whew the amount of black people coming for Oprah about this is just a mess.

[sandrajane]

Those MJ nutjobs are celebrating.

[sugarspice101]

It's so stupid.