Marlon Wayans says Weinsteins ‘raped’ him with bad movie deal

Marlon Wayans reiterated his belief that it takes offensive material to reach comedic heights, comparing a bad film deal with the Weinstein brothers to the experiences of numerous women who accused Harvey Weinstein of rape and sexual assault.

The comments come from an interview with The New York Times“ David Marchese was released just nine days after the shocking overturn of Weinstein’s conviction in New York. Marchese asked Wayans if the new thing irritated him Scary movie had been announced since Wayans and his brothers had created this project, only to be dropped from the franchise in the third installment. Wayans initially replied that it didn’t bother him, but then took a swipe at the Weinsteins when Marchese asked if he was still getting money from these projects.

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“No, that’s a completely different conversation. I like to say that those Weinsteins,” Wayans chuckled, “raped everyone.”

“Not the same,” Marchese replied.

“Business,” Wayans clarified. “In the truest sense of the word and in business terms. We all got a little taste. “They were terrible people,” he added.

Wayans has claimed that Bob and Harvey Weinstein forced him and his brothers out of prison Scary movie The franchise was abandoned without warning and the deals were done behind his back. Bob Weinstein denied that the decision to move forward without the Wayans was aggressive Just.

Returning to the Weinstein joke, Marchese continued to press Wayans, asking him about the thought process in deciding whether or not to tell an offensive joke. Wayans replied that he was thinking of the audience, then continued with the Weinstein joke: “I wanted to say: Not only did he rape women, he raped —–, we did business with him.” ( Wayans used a profanity that spilled out of the podcast recording Just. The entire joke was unprintable in Marchese’s article.)

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When Marchese responded to the joke with “Oof,” Wayans took up the issue and revealed the particular term he and his brothers had for overbearing reactions to offensive jokes.

“See your answer? Me and my brother, we used to be in a writers’ room. We’ve always been edgy with our humor. So when people react like, “Oh God,” we used to call it “getting on a white bike.” Brothers would get upset about it, but white people: Oh, I don’t know, and they start backpedaling,” Wayans said.

“When you’re in a situation, I can talk about things from a different perspective,” Wayans continued. “When I talk about Bob and Harvey and say that, it’s because there is harm there. Because we were victims. But in store, not physically. I think a monster is a monster, and these monsters appeared in business too.”

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