Janet Street-Porter reveals industry exec asked for a ‘lend’ of her from husband :-: Metro
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Janet Street-Porter has revealed her husband was asked by a man in the TV industry to ‘lend’ her to him to further her career.
The Loose Women panel were discussing the sexual misconduct allegations which have been made against Harvey Weinstein.
Other high-profile women, including Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Lawrence, have also told their stories of being sexually harassed by other men in the movie industry.
Christine Lampard, Linda Robson, Lisa Riley and Janet were talking about their own experiences of sexual harassment, and Janet shocked with her story.
The 70-year-old said: ‘I have to be careful legally, but there was a person who said to my husband, he asked for me to do stuff with him to really help my career, would my husband lend me to this bloke.’
She added: ‘It’s not just in the film inudstry. It’s in office, the canteen, the annual Christmas party. The things that used to happen in this building, in the underground car park.
‘And it’s not just women. You’d get young boys who had just left school getting rapidly promoted. There was a lot of that going on in music and movies.’
Lisa also said she had been propositioned by film and TV execs, but added that she knew of girls who would use the opportunity to ‘further their careers’.
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The actress said: ‘Without naming any names, I know for a fact that there are girls my age who did use their sexuality to gain in their career.
‘It’s how they’ve got to sleep at night, if their conscience can lay, then that’s their prerogative.’
Loose Women continues weekdays at 12.30pm on ITV.
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