Alyssa Milano Shares 3 Things Hollywood Can Change After Weinstein’s Scandal

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Alyssa Milano is not only a terrific actress, but she’s a hardcore activist and mother who started the #MeToo campaign, encouraging women to let the world know they, too, were also victims of assault so that everyone can see how global this issue is.

Thankfully, Alyssa sat with Entertainment Weekly to share what she thinks needs to change in Hollywood following Harvey Weinstein’s sexual harassment scandals.

“We really have to try to shift the focus away from this being just a Hollywood issue because I think [that focus does] a disservice to every single victim who isn’t in the entertainment industry,” she said. “I think a good start is that there should be no funding for any artists accused of wrongdoing in this manner. Whether that means Woody Allen, or Roman Polanski or Harvey Weinstein — that means a zero-tolerance policy.”

She continued: “I also think these companies have boards for a reason right? I don’t see how any board member just turns a blind to something like this, especially when the board is set in place specifically to ensure that everything is going in a way that’s positive for the company and that all the power does not reside in one person.”

Finally: “People need to feel they can come forward and they will be listened to and there will be a result,” she said. “So often we come forward and nothing is done and it makes us feel like we are screaming into the wind … If somebody is claiming to be harassed and abused it’s our duty to support and protect that person … I had a woman tell me a story yesterday about being on a set and she was being sexually harassed by somebody on the crew. When she went to the producer the producer said, ‘you’re talking about a friend of mine’ and so she was fired. But don’t tell me that doesn’t happen in any business. That could happen in an office, in a hospital, just as easily as it could happen on a set.”

“We elected a president who admitted to ‘grabbing them by the p—y,’” she notes. “There are serious cultural issues here we have to fix.”

Read more at EW.