Saturday 19 November 2022 07:26 PM Quentin Tarantino calls Harvey Weinstein 'pathetic' in CNN interview trends now

CNN anchor Chris Wallace has grilled filmmaker Quentin Tarantino on his relationship with disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein asking why he 'didn't do more to stop him.'

Weinstein, the man who became the face of #MeToo allegations five years ago, is currently serving a 23-year prison sentence for sex crimes in New York. He has seven remaining charges set against him - two counts of rape and five other sexual assault counts.

In the revealing interview, Wallace is seen to probe Tarantino on the convicted rapist asking why he didn't do more to protect the women who had made allegations.

The Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill movie maker said that he had wished that he'd had a 'man to man' chat with Weinstein.

'For the most part, like I have always heard that Louis B Mayer did, and all the Hollywood moguls did to one degree or another,' he said.

'Again, it was easy to compartmentalize it to some degree. I feel bad about it now.

'But what I feel bad about is, I feel bad that I did not have a man to man talk with him about it.'

Tarantino said that he had never realized the severity of his actions but added that he didn't want to get involved in his friends 'pathetic' behavior.

'The reason I didn't was because that's a real hard conversation to have because I felt it was pathetic.

'I felt what he was doing was pathetic and I didn't want to deal with his pathetic-ness.'

If convicted on all counts, Weinstein faces a maximum sentence of 65 years to life in prison.

Tarantino claims he had never truly understood the serious nature of the sexual wrongdoings.

'I'd never heard the stories that later came out at all. I heard the same stories that everybody had heard,' he began to explain.

'What I wish, what I wish I had done was talked to Harvey about it and said, 'Harvey, you can't do this.'

Tarantino appeared uncomfortable as Wallace

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