{"id":209829,"date":"2025-12-08T18:14:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T18:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/08\/judi-dench-says-its-time-to-release-harvey-weinstein-from-prison-whole-world-disagrees\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T18:14:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T18:14:17","slug":"judi-dench-says-its-time-to-release-harvey-weinstein-from-prison-whole-world-disagrees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/08\/judi-dench-says-its-time-to-release-harvey-weinstein-from-prison-whole-world-disagrees\/","title":{"rendered":"Judi Dench Says It&#8217;s Time to Release Harvey Weinstein From Prison, Whole World Disagrees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In her latest interview, Judi Dench spoke out about Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey.<\/p>\n<p>And, well \u2026 a lot of her fans probably wish she hadn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>You see, Dame Judi made the unfortunate decision to <em>defend<\/em> both Weinstein and Spacey, despite the fact that one of them is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/06\/harvey-weinstein-pleads-his-case-in-rare-interview-im-bad-but-im-not-a-rapist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">convicted rapist<\/a>, and the other has been credibly accused of sexual assault on multiple occasions.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-56289081-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Actress Dame Judi Dench and Harvey Weinstein attend a special screening for The Weinstein Company's Mrs. Henderson November 28, 2005 in New York City. \" class=\"wp-image-542294 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-56289081-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-56289081-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-56289081-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-56289081-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-56289081-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-56289081-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-56289081-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-56289081-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Actress Dame Judi Dench and Harvey Weinstein attend a special screening for The Weinstein Company\u2019s Mrs. Henderson November 28, 2005 in New York City. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Scott Wintrow\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Speaking with <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/documentaries\/dame-judi-dench-shakespeare-family-and-me-eyesight-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Radio Times<\/a><\/em>, Dench expressed sympathy for Weinstein, who has been experiencing health issues behind bars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI saw a bit of film of Harvey walking with two sticks and you think, \u2018Well\u2026\u2019 \u2018I knew Harvey and I knew him well and worked with him, and I had none of that experience \u2014 very fortunately for me,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<p>Weinstein was a producer on <em>Mrs. Brown<\/em>, the 1997 film in which Dench had her first lead role.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201ctwo sticks\u201d remark seems to refer to his recent court appearances, during which he was unable to walk under his own power (or so he claimed).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-56289029-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Actress Dame Judi Dench and Harvey Weinstein attend a special screening for The Weinstein Company's Mrs. Henderson November 28, 2005 in New York City. \" class=\"wp-image-542295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-56289029-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-56289029-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-56289029-768x1153.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-56289029-1364x2048.jpg 1364w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-56289029-639x960.jpg 639w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-56289029-719x1080.jpg 719w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-56289029-799x1200.jpg 799w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-56289029-scaled.jpg 1705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-56289029-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Actress Dame Judi Dench and Harvey Weinstein attend a special screening for The Weinstein Company's Mrs. Henderson November 28, 2005 in New York City. \" class=\"wp-image-542295 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-56289029-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-56289029-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-56289029-768x1153.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-56289029-1364x2048.jpg 1364w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-56289029-639x960.jpg 639w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-56289029-719x1080.jpg 719w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-56289029-799x1200.jpg 799w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-56289029-scaled.jpg 1705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-56289029-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Actress Dame Judi Dench and Harvey Weinstein attend a special screening for The Weinstein Company\u2019s Mrs. Henderson November 28, 2005 in New York City. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Scott Wintrow\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dench added that she has sympathy for Weinstein\u2019s victims, but she says, \u201cI imagine he\u2019s done his time\u2026 I don\u2019t know, to me it\u2019s personal \u2014 forgiveness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also advocated forgiveness for Spacey, and explained that she doesn\u2019t believe his alleged crimes should prevent future generations from enjoying his work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre we going to negate 10 years at the Old Vic and everything that he did, how wonderful he\u2019s been in all those films?\u201d Dench said of Spacey. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre we just not going to see all those films that Harvey produced? You cannot deny somebody a talent. You might as well never look at a Caravaggio painting. You might as well never have gone to see Noel Coward.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-469497784-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"US actor, producer and director Kevin Spacey poses with a special award recognising his contribution to British theatre during his tenure as Artistic Director of The Old Vic with British actress Judi Dench during the Lawrence Olivier Awards for theatre at the Royal Opera House in central London on April 12, 2015.\" class=\"wp-image-542296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-469497784-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-469497784-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-469497784-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-469497784-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-469497784-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-469497784-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-469497784-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-469497784-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"US actor, producer and director Kevin Spacey poses with a special award recognising his contribution to British theatre during his tenure as Artistic Director of The Old Vic with British actress Judi Dench during the Lawrence Olivier Awards for theatre at the Royal Opera House in central London on April 12, 2015.\" class=\"wp-image-542296 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-469497784-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-469497784-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-469497784-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-469497784-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-469497784-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-469497784-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-469497784-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-469497784-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">US actor, producer and director Kevin Spacey poses with a special award recognising his contribution to British theatre during his tenure as Artistic Director of The Old Vic with British actress Judi Dench during the Lawrence Olivier Awards for theatre at the Royal Opera House in central London on April 12, 2015.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo credit should read JUSTIN TALLIS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/11\/kevin-spacey-says-hes-homeless-after-sexual-assault-scandal-that-cost-him-his-career\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spacey recently revealed that he\u2019s \u201chomeless\u201d<\/a> due to being blacklisted by Hollywood in response to the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>On social media, most people seemed to feel little sympathy, noting that he brought most of his problems on himself.<\/p>\n<p>But apparently, Judi Dench sees things differently.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s important to note that she\u2019s 90, and she might, therefore, take a bit of an old school view of these matters.<\/p>\n<p>But hopefully, she\u2019ll avoid doing any irreparable damage to her legacy in her final years.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/12\/judi-dench-says-its-time-to-release-harvey-weinstein-from-prison-whole-world-disagrees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes In her latest interview, Judi Dench spoke out about Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey. And, well \u2026 a lot of her fans probably wish she hadn\u2019t. You see, Dame Judi made the unfortunate decision to defend both Weinstein and Spacey, despite the fact that one of them is a convicted rapist, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":209830,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-209829","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}