Abigail Breslin breaks the silence. The 28-year-old actress spoke out for the first time in a lengthy social media post about the lawsuit filed by the film's production Classifiedin which she co-starred with Aaron Eckhart. In November 2023, the star of Little Miss Sunshine was sued for accusing her co-star of “aggressive, degrading and unprofessional” behavior on set in a letter to a union, SAG-AFTRA.
The complaint has since been withdrawn, according to the message from the actress, who was still described as “hysterical” for her allegations. While the affair between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni regarding accusations of sexual harassment on the set of It Ends With Us (Never again) and a smear campaign continues, Abigail Breslin spoke out on the “male toxicity” that she observed during her career and on the fate reserved for women denouncing the behavior of certain colleagues.
“Publicly humiliated”
“Recently in my career, I raised concerns about a co-worker and was deemed 'hysterical.' I was told that my fears were a figment of my imagination. Now that I see this pattern repeating itself, I realize that this is the norm,” she wrote, specifying that her post was motivated by new “attempts to destroy career and work of a colleague.”
“When a former employer filed a lawsuit against me (the suit was withdrawn), after I filed a confidential complaint against a co-worker for unprofessional behavior, I was left with the stupid and naive impression that they would believe me,” she explained. “Instead of being believed and protected, I was the subject of a complaint for having the audacity to speak out. I was publicly humiliated and defamed in the process.”
“Scapegoats”
These revelations gave way to questions from the star about the negative reactions that could overwhelm certain alleged victims and make them “scapegoats”. “The audience…I often wonder why are we always so excited to see a woman destroyed? “, she asked. “Why are we always so quick to defend a man accused of inappropriate behavior, but if a woman speaks out… She's clearly a liar? »
Returning to the #MeToo movement of 2017 against sexual assault in cinema, the young actress also deplored the constant current of “waves of injustice” necessary to unravel languages, which are then quickly forgotten. “It was like a pat on the head, a consolation prize accompanied by an eye roll as if we were just constantly complaining about a gas station not carrying our favorite brand of tampons,” said she noted.
