Ryan released a statement released a statement on November 17th regarding an allegation made by a former wardrobe stylist who he worked with several years ago when he was working at E! News.
“Recently, someone that worked as a wardrobe stylist for me nearly a decade ago at E! News, came forward with a complaint suggesting I behaved inappropriately toward her. If I made her feel anything but respected, I am truly sorry.”
“I dispute these reckless allegations and I plan to cooperate with any corporate inquiries that may result. I treat all my colleagues with kindness, dignity, and understanding, as this is a principle that’s core to who I am. Throughout my 25 years in the entertainment industry, the majority of my co-workers have been women, and I’ve endeavored to foster a positive work environment of mutual respect and courtesy, as that’s how I believe it should be.”“I’m distraught that anyone or any situation would call that into question. I’m proud of my workplace reputation, and believe my track record will speak for itself. I’m an advocate for women. I will continue to support their voices.”
Okay, this one is a shocker. I find it difficult to picture. And while I am supportive of people coming forward to expose sexual harassment or sexual abuse, it’s really becoming a lot to deal with every single day.
What do you think of this one?
I think this has become the Salem witch trials.
The pendulum often swings far out before it settles down.
I wouldn’t have thought Ryan would be the target of these accusations. Of course I wasn’t there, but it doesn’t fit my impressions of him.
It’s the modern day McCarthy Hearings in Hollywood, where people’s careers will be ruined, and the will be blacklisted. And just like during the McCarthy Hearings, they won’t all be guilty.
I’m so sick of people coming out of the woodwork, after years of silence. If anyone was raped or sexually assaulted in any way, then the perpetrator should face criminal charges, but a lot of these disclosures border on being petty or what used to be considered “flirtatious” behavior. In the past, if a man or woman came on to you and was pushy about it, you told him/her to fuck off and that was usually it. Providing, of course, that they listened to you and stopped. If they didn’t, then you had entered the realm of criminal action. I remember, during the many years I was working, male and female co-workers used to joke around all the time in a way that could be construed as harassment these days. I was a happily married woman, but I used to kid around with someone I had worked with for years, and he with me. It was done in group situations, usually when we were having office lunches or get-togethers, There was nothing to it, we all had a good laugh, and there was no disrespect. We’d probably both be written up these days. I absolutely believe that we’ve come a long way since then, and are a lot more aware of what is probably appropriate, but things were very different 10, 20 years ago. When does flirting and suggestive joking become improper – it all used to be part of the dating game. Time for a reassessment, I guess. It will be a whole new learning game for everyone. What I’m saying here, in a long-winded way, is that anyone who truly used a position of power to impose their will on someone else should face the jury and take the punishment; however, others who were just acting like everyone else did in a different place and time, and who didn’t cause any harm, should be given a break. Times change, what’s OK and what’s not OK changes and all the people accused are not criminals.
…and, no, I don’t believe for a second that Ryan Seacrest is a sexual predator.
Not against women.
I don’t believe it either.
“I’m so sick of people coming out of the woodwork, after years of silence.” Which people are “coming out of the woodwork? Are you referring to the victims of sexual assault and rape?
Yes she is.
It’s funny how most of these men aren’t denying any of this (Roy Moore, Jeremy Piven and now Seacrest seem to be the only ones) yet people – and so often other women – will rush to their aid to defend things they have the good sense not to even try and defend themselves.
Yeah I don’t understand it at all.
Ryan Secrest did deny it. He said she came to him privately, asked him for money and he said he would not pay. He then released his own statement.
Well said–and I agree 100%.
Well said English Rose. I have worked in the same Govt office for the past 27 years and there remains ( thankfully) a culture of slapstick postcard style humour that at times verges on what would be deemed inappropriate by todays standards. The fact that we are all 50 something old timers probably accounts for the lack of current standards of propriety. I do however maintain my right NOT to be offended by my male colleague asking me ” how are the twins today?” its a long running joke and not in the slightest bit offensive to me. The world has gone mad…there is a distinct difference between sexual harassment and just normal male ,female slapstick humour…
Gross. Sexual harassment is all in how the recipient takes it. Nobody is saying you must be offended by “how are the twins”, but you’re trying to say there’s something wrong with someone who is offended?
Are you kidding??? Most women don’t come out to report because of the shame and fear, I’m one of them. I was harassed by one of the people in the news this month and I did speak out, no one listened. I applaud anyone with the courage to speak up, it shows how insidious this problem has been over decades. God your comments piss me off.
I’m so sorry you had that experience Lisaj.
I had Ryan Seacrest down as verrrrrrrry metrosexual. At this point, we have no details of the incident and when one person comes forward, there are sometimes others that follow.
However, I applaud all of these ‘people coming out of the woodwork’, as it was so compassionately put, and I can well believe the entertainment industry is a cesspit.
I agree, gross, and it should or will be covered by office policy. I experienced the same thing years ago, we laughed it off, but should not have. Growing up with zero respect from men in posotions of authority is not fun. Aside from being embarrassing, no one would likely believe you, and you could very well lose your job. It saddens me that folks today still giggle about it.
Thank you. I am appalled by some of the comments on this thread.
I agree totally, English Rose. All the frivolous accusations deflect the importance of actual attacks other women have suffered, and aren’t fair to decent men, either.
Which frivolous accusations? They’ve pretty well all admitted. I mean unless you have Roy Moore in mind.
I guess the Cathlic priests preying on kids for years were innocent. Those devious men and women who turned them in years later had a lack of manners and no sense of humor .Same with the children Kevin Spacey ….um….dated. He had a 12-year old boyfriend.
What an idiot.
Amen.
@EnglishRose I agree with you 100%, well said
Great post Englishrose. I worked in the UK during the 70’s and 80’s until I moved to Oz and I got my bum pinched and all sorts in those days. Absolutely agree, times have changed and things like that are not acceptable any more. The only things that have never been acceptable under any circumstances are interfering with children in any way and rape of men and women alike.
English, to me this is the crux of the problem. There was never a time when any of what you’re describing was ok with me and I resent anyone’s determination of that for me. Or for my children. I get to decide, not you or anyone else. Things were not different and it wasn’t and isn’t ok for someone to resent my speaking the truth, now or later. Or to touch me, or to say things I find offensive. I had these rights when I was younger, and I retain them. I think covering what was wrong then with a refusal to air it then, as was the norm, and answering the charges today with “It’s still the wrong time.” is never acceptable regarding truth. I know victims of very damaging assaults and this is a substantial part of the damage done to them. And as to rape and assault of children, “Keep it quiet!” was the norm. Many of those assaulted by priests most certainly did report and were refused justice.
Seacrest ripped off Kathy Griffin’s top at an award ceremony. That’s assault. She wasnt cool with it either. So, I am not so quick to dismiss the woman alleging his misconduct. That was a dickish move.
The truth comes out when more than one goes public and the behavior is outed as a pattern of abusive behavior. A small percentage of these allegations will be false, and those fake stories diminish the experiences of the majority who have legit complaints.
You are an idiot. It was a bit on the AMA’s they are friends and have been for years.
You’re wrong, TT. But thx for the laugh.
I do not believe Ryan Seacreest is a sexual predator towards women.
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I wasn’t going to go there. He could just be meterosexual. Very metro.
I’d go there. I don’t believe it.
Just like the women accusing George H. W. claiming he’a grabbing asses. He’s in his 90s and has Parkinson’s and is a wheelchair. Like please.
The issues of women who claim these types of “issues” are doing a disservice to the women who were truly taken advantage of.
For me, I think the current Me Too movement needs to stick to criminal acts like rape and molestation of children from decades ago.
For the more recent things, if the guy is already accused then sure, tell about the time he made you feel uncomfortable and made crude comments about your body or whatever as to support the bigger picture.
I’m not a fan of the Al Franken accuser who basically said a decade or more ago, on a USO tout when he was a comedian doing a comedy skit with her that she consented to that required a kiss that he stuck his tongue in her mouth and later he made a photo where he was pretending to grab her breasts through what looks like a bullet proof vest. She tells the heartbreaking story complete with tears and shaking and then ends with, “He apologized sincerely for making me feel uncomfortable, and I believe he is sincerely apologetic and we are good now.” Yet she continues to go on the talk show circuit to talk about the tongue kiss and how uncomfortable it made her. Really? If that is the worst thing that happened to you, count your blessings.
What needs to happen is that things like the Al Franken incident get address AT THE TIME.
That the Harvey Weinstein and Louis CK type shit get address at the time WITH THE POLICE.
Men should never make women feel sexually degraded. But not all acts are the same. Roy Moore should have been arrested and tried forty years ago and put under the jailhouse. Why didn’t anyone come forwar when he first started seeking political office? We need to start speaking up sooner. I hope that is the outcome of this movement. BTW, I’ve looked at the handwriting and it autograph in the yearbook matches. HOWEVER, I do give some credence to the D. A, thing.
Each case needs to be looked at and a judge or a police officer needs to asssess the credibility and determine if a crime has been committed. Companies need to address this crap through HR.
As someone else said here, we can’t throw everyone into the Harvey Weinstein bucket. He just needs to be castrated.
You couldn’t report it 20 years ago when you were 25, needed a job and it was your boss – get real.
Of course you could. There were other jobs. But that was not my point. We are trying to CHANGE THINGS NOW. The idea that you have to keep putting up with sexual abuse in order to keep your job is the EXACT thought process the current movement is trying to change.
That is very naive TT. But that is why more women.need to come out of the “woodwork”
TT I don’t think that’s the thought process we’re trying to change – it’s the attitude of men that they can get away with this because nobody really listens when women say these things happened. As this thread demonstrates, plenty of people are ready to be skeptical even though sexual assaults have no greater rate of false reporting than any other crime.
If I was a 90 year old paraplegic with Parkinson’s I’d be grabbing asses. IJS.
George HW has been grabbing derrieres for decades, even those of teen girls, using the same tired old joke as an excuse. The “old man in a wheelchair” doesn’t fly. Look up the words frotteur & frottage. The man has a long-term paraphilia.
Exactly
I do not need to look up the word frottage, because that’s exactly what I would be doing if I was a 90 year old in a wheelchair.
Also I’m a predatory homosexual so I already know what it means. Hide your hunky husbands on the tube in rush hour. I’m just saying.
My gaydar says he’s verrry metro.
I always thought that he was deep in the closet and that seemed odd to me, like who cares…..
Wait. This accuser is a woman? Umm….
Stop. He has a girlfriend.
I must admit, there was an accusation with a child and a male faculty member at my school once. I liked the person who was accused. (as it turned out it was a false accusation and someone in the home was the actual perp, which sucked) but when my Ass Prince who I was friends with told me about the accusation, I said, because I am me, “was the child a girl or a boy?” She said it as a girl and I immediately knew it never happened and she looked at me like I had two heads. And yes, he had “a girlfriend.”
You’re never going to drag Tyler Perry out of the closet, I thought it would happen when his mother died, but it didn’t. Ditto Ryan. I think Ryan is probably settled in on being Bi.
“Ass Prince”! There goes my coffee on my PJs. That’s just as hilarious as Danielle Staubs “hole playbook”.
“Ass Prince”! There goes my coffee on my PJs. That’s just as hilarious as Danielle Staubs “hole playbook”.
I had an Ass Prince I really hated once. That was my personal phrase for referring to him. I did it so much talking with friends outside the school it became incredibly difficult not to refer to him and all subsequent ass princes as such…
I was not universally loved by my administrators.
OMG this is what i am going to use as a pet name for my other half when i fall in love.
After one particularly good sex session, I will jokingly call him my Ass Prince, and eventually I will make it stick.
He will never know where it came from, but I will come back and tell you guys all about it.
Tyler Perry….wasn’t that dui about 4yrs ago the time when the rumors started or someone was about to out him?
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People have to report sexual abuse when they are ready to take on the blow back. Many people fear the consequences of standing and fighting for themselves. Males are less likely to report rape/molestation than females. What is worse than making a delayed accusation is making a false claim.
If the accusation is a shakedown and bluff, then Ryan is courageously (and courteously) calling it. He’ll encourage a full, lawyerly, investigation of himself, certain of the outcome. He must play poker a lot – this is classic.
I hate that everyone seems to have a story.. and we probably do. But , all this stuff from everyones past. Egaads.. It would probably crash a ton of servers.
We all do. I have a ton. And guess what? They’re all from women. Some random, some bosses and superiors. I guarantee most people like me do. I know ALL of the gay people I know can empathise. I wonder why there’s not a metoo for us.
I am getting a sense of a classic witch hunt. Go for the big name and the shock value. I just do not see Seacrest as that type judging from all the accolades he gets from females who have worked with him over the years.
Wrong equipment.
I say that after 25 years in broadcasting he has horrible grammar.
He’s a talk show host and a radio personality. That’s hardly broadcasting. Also 25 years ago he was in high school.