Bill Maher defended Woody Allen and dismissed the child abuse allegations leveled against him by his adoptive daughter, Dylan Farrow as 'improbable.'
to the hilt and calling Dylan Farrow’s accusations that the filmmaker sexually abused her when she was seven “very improbable.”podcast. The conversation had turned to that specter of “cancel culture,” and Couric mentioned an article about the challenges of separating the art from the artist with regard to Allen and his new movie,Rather than follow Couric into that murky, intellectually challenging gray area, Maher went straight to: “I don’t think he committed that crime.
In casting doubt on Farrow, her mother, Allen’s ex-wife Mia Farrow, Maher said, “The other party had motivation and vindictive.” That skepticism spread to the, which Maher suggested could not be trusted because it was “all from her point of view.” , when she was in high school.
Couric did try to push back, arguing there were a lot of “pretty sketchy and damning” details in the documentary, like Allen’s alleged predilection for having his girlfriends “dress up in little anklets and Mary Janes and baby doll dresses.” Maher replied: “Do you think he’s the first guy who wanted his girlfriend to dress in anklets and baby doll ? That’s what we grew up on, that’s what we find sexy… that doesn’t make you a pervert.
Last but not least, Maher expressed his distaste for the various actors who’ve decided not to work with Allen anymore orKeanu Reeves Joins 'Sonic 3' as Shadow1 hour ago
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