Actor Matthew Lawrence claimed that he was fired from his company after he refused to strip for an Oscar-winning director who was reportedly providing him a task in an upcoming Marvel movie.
Lawrence, 43, made the revelation Saturday on his podcast “Brotherly Love” which he hosts together with his two different siblings, Andy and Joey Lawrence.
The “Boy Meets World” star opened up the episode by expressing his assist for the “#MeToo” motion saying it was a “good factor” whereas claiming that he had been propositioned by administrators — each women and men — a number of occasions for a serious position in varied movies.
“There have been many occasions in my life the place I’ve been propositioned to get an enormous position,” mentioned Lawrence. “I’ve misplaced my company as a result of I went to the lodge room, which I can’t consider they might ship me to, of a really outstanding Oscar award-winning director who confirmed up in his gown, requested me to take my garments off and mentioned he wanted to take Polaroids of me.”
“After which if I did X, Y and Z, I might be the subsequent Marvel character. I didn’t do this, and my company fired me as a result of I left this director’s room,” continued Lawrence.
The Put up reached out to Lawrence for remark.
Lawrence, who didn’t give a particular title or location concerning the incident, claimed that he’s not the one man this occurred too.
“A number of different pals have gone by way of it. Each women and men,” continued the 43-year-old.
The “Mrs. Doubtfire” star additionally claimed there’s a double normal in Hollywood and that males who’re sexually harassed don’t obtain the identical degree of assist as girls do.
For instance, the 43-year-old recalled the 2016 incident the place Terry Crews claimed he was groped by WME agent Adam Venit at a celebration and other people didn’t consider him.
“Terry Crews comes out and says it; persons are laughing at him. Individuals don’t assist him,” mentioned Lawrence. “They kick him out. Why? As a result of he’s a person that represents masculinity, and I feel our society is much less prepared to listen to that state of affairs occurring with males than they’re with girls.”
Crews, 54, received an apology from Venit two years later in 2018 and shared it on Twitter.
