Charlize Theron won't ever name 'scumbag' director
The 49-year-old actor previously opened up about an unnamed director she worked with early in her career, and accused him of greeting her in his pyjamas for an audition at his home, before putting "his hands on (her) knees", at which point she left.
Reflecting on why she has never revealed the identity of the director, she told the Call Her Daddy podcast: "I don't want the story to be about him. It's not because I'm protecting him or anything."
The Old Guard 2 star admitted the director "got nervous" after she initially opened up about the allegations on The Howard Stern Show in 2019.
"He got nervous for a little bit," she said.
"He heard me tell the story and he knew it was about him, and he wrote me a pretend letter trying to explain his behaviour and how I must have misunderstood it, which is classic, isn't it? It's so classic.
"I won't even f***ing say your name because you know you're the scumbag. You know it's you. If anybody ever asked me about him, I would be completely honest - and he knows that.
"I kind of like that he's got to be on a hot seat. He doesn't know when it's going to come. I kind of like that a little more."
The Oscar winner noted that at the time she "didn't know what the audition process looked like", but she still had a feeling that "this isn't right".
"It was this director's house. The little voice inside me definitely said, 'This isn't right.' But then, the other voice in me says, 'Well, I don't know. Maybe it is right.'"
Charlize Theron refuses to name the "scumbag" director she has accused of sexual harassment.
The 49-year-old actor previously opened up about an unnamed director she worked with early in her career, and accused him of greeting her in his pyjamas for an audition at his home, before putting "his hands on (her) knees", at which point she left.
Reflecting on why she has never revealed the identity of the director, she told the Call Her Daddy podcast: "I don't want the story to be about him. It's not because I'm protecting him or anything."
The Old Guard 2 star admitted the director "got nervous" after she initially opened up about the allegations on The Howard Stern Show in 2019.
"He got nervous for a little bit," she said.
"He heard me tell the story and he knew it was about him, and he wrote me a pretend letter trying to explain his behaviour and how I must have misunderstood it, which is classic, isn't it? It's so classic.
"I won't even f***ing say your name because you know you're the scumbag. You know it's you. If anybody ever asked me about him, I would be completely honest - and he knows that.
"I kind of like that he's got to be on a hot seat. He doesn't know when it's going to come. I kind of like that a little more."
The Oscar winner noted that at the time she "didn't know what the audition process looked like", but she still had a feeling that "this isn't right".
"It was this director's house. The little voice inside me definitely said, 'This isn't right.' But then, the other voice in me says, 'Well, I don't know. Maybe it is right.'"
Charlize Theron refuses to name the "scumbag" director she has accused of sexual harassment.
The 49-year-old actor previously opened up about an unnamed director she worked with early in her career, and accused him of greeting her in his pyjamas for an audition at his home, before putting "his hands on (her) knees", at which point she left.
Reflecting on why she has never revealed the identity of the director, she told the Call Her Daddy podcast: "I don't want the story to be about him. It's not because I'm protecting him or anything."
The Old Guard 2 star admitted the director "got nervous" after she initially opened up about the allegations on The Howard Stern Show in 2019.
"He got nervous for a little bit," she said.
"He heard me tell the story and he knew it was about him, and he wrote me a pretend letter trying to explain his behaviour and how I must have misunderstood it, which is classic, isn't it? It's so classic.
"I won't even f***ing say your name because you know you're the scumbag. You know it's you. If anybody ever asked me about him, I would be completely honest - and he knows that.
"I kind of like that he's got to be on a hot seat. He doesn't know when it's going to come. I kind of like that a little more."
The Oscar winner noted that at the time she "didn't know what the audition process looked like", but she still had a feeling that "this isn't right".
"It was this director's house. The little voice inside me definitely said, 'This isn't right.' But then, the other voice in me says, 'Well, I don't know. Maybe it is right.'"
Charlize Theron refuses to name the "scumbag" director she has accused of sexual harassment.
The 49-year-old actor previously opened up about an unnamed director she worked with early in her career, and accused him of greeting her in his pyjamas for an audition at his home, before putting "his hands on (her) knees", at which point she left.
Reflecting on why she has never revealed the identity of the director, she told the Call Her Daddy podcast: "I don't want the story to be about him. It's not because I'm protecting him or anything."
The Old Guard 2 star admitted the director "got nervous" after she initially opened up about the allegations on The Howard Stern Show in 2019.
"He got nervous for a little bit," she said.
"He heard me tell the story and he knew it was about him, and he wrote me a pretend letter trying to explain his behaviour and how I must have misunderstood it, which is classic, isn't it? It's so classic.
"I won't even f***ing say your name because you know you're the scumbag. You know it's you. If anybody ever asked me about him, I would be completely honest - and he knows that.
"I kind of like that he's got to be on a hot seat. He doesn't know when it's going to come. I kind of like that a little more."
The Oscar winner noted that at the time she "didn't know what the audition process looked like", but she still had a feeling that "this isn't right".
"It was this director's house. The little voice inside me definitely said, 'This isn't right.' But then, the other voice in me says, 'Well, I don't know. Maybe it is right.'"
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