Amanda Seyfried and Adam Brody Slammed for ‘Tone Deaf’ Comments on Harvey Weinstein

Amanda Seyfried and Adam Brody are facing backlash over their recent ‘tone deaf’ remarks about disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein.

Seyfried, 39, and Brody, 45, discussed their knowledge of the Weinstein ‘rumors’ while appearing together on Variety’s Actors On Actors series last month.

In a snippet shared to Variety’s Instagram, Seyfried claimed she ‘didn’t know the extent’ of Weinstein’s abuses while Brody said he ‘knew he was scary’ but ‘hadn’t heard anything sexual’ until Weinstein was exposed in 2017.

The conversation took a bizarre turn as Seyfried recalled her own past encounter with Weinstein, with both her and Brody smiling and laughing throughout.

She recalled being awestruck by Weinstein, who she described as the ‘big papa of the room,’ when he agreed to attend the premiere of her 2013 film Lovelace.

The actress shuttered as she remembered ‘giving him the biggest hug’ at the event.

Seyfried and Brody’s Actors On Actors episode was released on June 9 amid Weinstein’s highly-publicized rape and sexual assault retrial in New York City.

Two days alter, Weinstein was found guilty of sexually assaulting his former assistant but not guilty of forcing oral sex on a teenage model. The judge declared a mistrial on a third charge of rape after the jury failed to reach a unanimous decision.

Fans were left outraged by both Seyfried and Brody ‘laughing’ during the Weinstein discussion, with many calling them out in the comment section of Variety’s post.

DailyMail.com has reached out to representatives for both Seyfried and Brody for comment. 

Amanda Seyfried and Adam Brody after facing backlash over their recent ‘tone deaf’ remarks about disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein. Seyfried, 39, and Brody, 45, discussed their knowledge of the Weinstein ‘rumors’ while appearing together on Variety’s Actors On Actors series last month

‘This is far from funny omg how repugnant of them,’ one IG user wrote, with another adding: ‘The way they are both laughing during this story is quite disturbing.’

Many also refused to believe that the actors ‘didn’t know’ about the Weinstein allegations, which industry figures have claimed was an ‘open secret’ in Hollywood.

‘Oh they know. Everyone in hollywood knows,’ one Instagram user claimed, with another fan going as far as to accuse Brody and Seyfried of ‘lying.’

‘Genuinely curious how they “didnt know” when every actor I’ve met in Los Angeles including myself, heard stories about that dude. I moved here in 08, everyone knew, if they say they didn’t, they’re [lying],’ the fan commented.

However, several Variety followers came to Brody and Seyfried’s defense as they praised the duo for being ‘genuine’ during the conversation.

‘Love her honesty,’ said one fan of Seyfried’s Weinstein story.

The topic of Weinstein came up after Seyfried alluded to a ‘moment’ she had at the Sundance premiere of her film Lovelace

Brody remembered that ‘Harvey Weinstein bought’ Lovelace, in which Seyfried plays real-life porn star Linda Lovelace, during the 2013 festival.

He also recalled Weinstein attending a Sundance ‘party’ but encouraged Seyfried to tell the story how she remembered it.

‘I remember seeing him drive away. This was pre-everybody admitting that he was the way everybody knew he was but I —,’ Seyfried began before Brody interrupted her.

‘I knew [Weinstein] was scary, but I actually didn’t know…,’ he said.

‘[Didn’t know] to the extent,’ Seyfried added. ‘I didn’t know the extent.’ 

In a snippet shared to Variety’s Instagram , Seyfried claimed she ‘didn’t know the extent’ of Weinstein’s abuses while Brody said he ‘knew he was scary’ but ‘hadn’t heard anything sexual’ until Weinstein was exposed in 2017

The conversation took a bizarre turn as Seyfried recalled her own past encounter with Weinstein, with both her and Brody smiling and laughing throughout

Brody claimed that he ‘hadn’t heard anything sexual’ but appeared to suggest that he mostly likely ‘wouldn’t have’ since Weinstein’s victims were women.

‘I had heard, like, a few rumors,’ Seyfried admitted. ‘I see,’ Brody replied.

Seyfried then launched into her story about inviting Weinstein to the Sundance premiere of Lovelace.

‘Yeah, I remember seeing him in a car and I’m like, “Harvey!” Seyfried began before letting out a laugh and remarking, “Oh, I’m so stupid.”‘

She continued: ‘Slow motion, he’s like rolling down his window and I’m like, “Are you gonna come to Lovelace tomorrow?” And he’s like, “Um, I’m supposed to fly out in the morning. When is it?”‘

Seyfried said she told Weinstein the details and that he told her, ‘”I’ll make it there!”‘

At the time, Seyfried was thrilled that Weinstein had agreed to attend the premiere.

‘And then I looked to Abby, my agent, who’s still my agent, of course, and she was like, “Oh my God, Amanda, that’s so great.”‘

Weinstein attended the premiere like he said he would and ended up ‘buying’ Lovelace during the festival.

‘He’s like, “I bought it,”‘ Seyfried remembered Weinstein telling her. ‘And I gave him the biggest hug and I’m like, “Oh my God, thank you.”‘

Seyfried reenacted the hug for Brody by hugging herself in her seat.

She later found out that it was actually Weinstein’s brother Bob Weinstein’s company Radius-TWC who purchased the distribution rights.

Seyfried and Brody’s Actors On Actors episode was released on June 9 amid Weinstein’s highly-publicized rape and sexual assault retrial in New York City; Weinstein seen on June 12

Fans were left outraged by both Seyfried and Brody ‘laughing’ during the Weinstein discussion, with many calling them out in the comment section of Variety’s Instagram post

 

Many also refused to believe that the actors ‘didn’t know’ about the Weinstein allegations, which were believed to be an ‘open secret’ in Hollywood

However, several Variety followers came to Brody and Seyfried’s defense as they praised the duo for being ‘genuine’ during the conversation. ‘Love her honesty,’ said one fan of Seyfried’s Weinstein story

What she remembered most about her entire experience with Weinstein was the ‘excitement’ in the room at the premiere.

‘It was just the excitement with which the whole room was buzzing. And I gave him the biggest hug,’ she recalled.

‘I’m like, you know, “Harvey bought it.” And he was like the big papa of the room.’

Seyfried stopped mid-story to exhale and dramatically wipe Weinstein’s ‘hug’ off of her. 

‘But it’s just the way it was,’ she continued. ‘We all needed him to want our project if it was an indie because that meant it was gonna go somewhere.’

‘Yeah, yeah. Wild,’ said Brody. ‘I remember him at the party.’ 

Seyfried then interrupted him to joke, ‘Where is [Weinstein] now?’ Brody then sarcastically added: ‘Yeah, what is he doing?’

‘I’m just kidding,’ said Seyfried. ‘So f***ed up.’ 

Brody then continued his story about seeing Weinstein at the film’s after-party.

‘I remember him bouncing around the party a bit and like the, you know, whispers [that], “He’s behind you.” But that’s sort of it. I didn’t get to hug him.’

Seyfried declared that ‘Hollywood is a safer place’ now because Weinstein was ‘like the dictator kind of.’ 

‘He set the tone. He was the number one,’ Brody said.

‘And also people were scared of him’ added Seyfried. ‘And if people are scared of somebody, the right things don’t happen.’