Kate Beckinsale lashes out at critics over Weinstein post

Kate Beckinsale is firing back. The 46-year-old actress answered critics who took her to task following an emotional Instagram post she shared on Friday in the wake of Harvey Weinstein’s sentencing. In the post from Friday, the actress detailed how the disgraced movie producer allegedly lashed out over her decision to wear an all-white suit …

Kate Beckinsale is firing back.

The 46-year-old actress answered critics who took her to task following an emotional Instagram post she shared on Friday in the wake of Harvey Weinstein’s sentencing.

In the post from Friday, the actress detailed how the disgraced movie producer allegedly lashed out over her decision to wear an all-white suit to the 2001 premier of “Serendipity,” which starred Beckinsale and was produced by Weinstein’s Miramax studio.

As the actress claims in the post, Weinstein invited Beckinsale and her daughter over for a playdate with his daughters. However, once alone with Weinstein, Beckinsale alleges the convicted producer started screaming “you stupid f—ing C–T, you C–T you ruined my premiere,” verbally dressing her down for not wearing a more suggestive outfit.

Since posting the image and its commentary on her Instagram, Beckinsale has received criticism from followers. The “Underworld” actress, however, has chosen to address the criticisms head-on.

When one follower questioned her motives for going to Weinstein’s house in the first place, Beckinsale replied, “He was my boss. He had not so far been abusive, nor had I seen any evidence on the one movie I had worked on with him. He couched it as a playdate for our kids.”

Another follower, agreeing with Beckinsale’s response, found the actress replying to her. “I think she thinks I gaily took my child to a known rapist house,” Beckinsale notes, “I had no idea what was coming partly because the element of shock and surprise is one of the things he got off on.”

When pressed by another follower as to why she did not speak out earlier about her experiences, Beckinsale replied, “you truly don’t understand any of the dynamics of anything about this. I’ve tried quite hard to explain In the comments but your hatred of women is showing and it’s ugly and you are part of the problem.”

This, of course, isn’t the first time the English-born actress has spoken out about Weinstein.

In 2017, she posted a story to Instagram that alleged the Oscar-winning producer had invited her to his hotel room at the Savoy Hotel. Just 17 at the time, Beckinsale alleged that when she arrived in his room, Weinstein was clad in a bathrobe and offered her alcohol. She was ultimately able to extricate herself from the situation, leaving “uneasy but unscathed.”

As Beckinsale noted in the 2017 post, “I would like to applaud the women who have come forward and to pledge that we can from this create a new paradigm.” The date of Beckinsale’s post is, of course, significant in that just a week before, Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey published what would become the landmark New York Times piece outlining the patterns of abuse that would land Weinstein in jail three years later, facing a sentence of 23 years in prison for sexual assault and rape.