Kate Beckinsale Says She's Been Groped On Set, Forced Into Photo Shoot Post-Miscarriage
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After Blake Lively's allegations against Justin Baldoni on the "It Ends With Us" set, Beckinsale spoke out about harrowing stories from her own career.
Kate Beckinsale opened up in a social media post about being mistreated and belittled over the course of her career.
In a video posted Monday on Instagram, the “Pearl Harbor” actor detailed being groped, injured, insulted, and made to participate in a photo shoot shortly after having a miscarriage in a variety of incidents over the years, though she did not name names or identity the productions involved.
She recalled a production involving a perpetually drunk male co-star who caused Beckinsale, as well as the crew, to have to wait around for hours for him to learn his lines. When she complained about this behavior, the crew repeatedly referred to her as a “bitch” and “cunt,” she said.
She recounted being put in “unsafe situations” in two separate movie shoots, and injured at least once during choreographed fight scenes, alleging that some male stars get a “thrill” out of being able to “legally” hurt a woman. And when she was 18, she said, she was “felt up” by a crew member, only for two female co-stars to dismiss her when she tried to talk to them about it.
Beckinsale also detailed being “forced” to take part in a photo shoot the day after a miscarriage, while she was still “bleeding out.” She said the publicist told her if she didn’t do the shoot, she would be sued.