After Rose McGowan slammed actresses who planned on wearing black to the Golden Globes to protest sexual harassment in Hollywood, Amber Tamblyn shot back.
“Rose McGowan is a friend and while I support her kind of movement, I do not support any woman (or man) shaming or taunting the movements of other women who are trying to create change,” Tamblyn, 34, tweeted Sunday, adding, “Telling us to all wear Marchesa? This is beneath you, Rose.”
Marchesa is the fashion line co-founded by Harvey Weinstein’s estranged wife, Georgina Chapman, in 2004.
McGowan, 44, had previously tweeted, “Actresses, like Meryl Streep, who happily worked for The Pig Monster, are wearing black @GoldenGlobes in a silent protest. YOUR SILENCE is THE problem. You’ll accept a fake award breathlessly & affect no real change. I despise your hypocrisy. Maybe you should all wear Marchesa.”
Tamblyn continued, “You don’t have to support and stand with us, but we stand and support you. You may take below the belt shots at us but we will not take them at you in return. Our movement is big. And a black dress is just the beginning of the darkness that will be drained from every industry across the country by the time we’re done. That’s a promise. And we stand together in this fight, shoulder to shoulder, weapon to weapon, woman to woman (and man), body to burned body. And our arms are open. And our hearts two fold. And our fire will be a universal scorch. Heed the mantra: #ChangeIsComing.”
Asia Argento, who, like McGowan, accused Weinstein of rape, replied to Tamblyn, “I wish you’d have written this thread addressing it directly to @rosemcgowan, or even better, called or texted her, since you are friends.”
Tamblyn responded, “Asia, I did. I spoke to her for over an hour.”
McGowan’s former “Charmed” co-stars also chimed in.
“You just did to @rosemcgowan what you claim you don’t support her doing to others,” Holly Marie Combs tweeted to Tamblyn. “Every activist for every cause the world over has different methods but share a common and more important message that should remain the same. And undiluted above all else.”
Tamblyn replied to Combs, “Her statement was public and hurtful to some women so a public response was earned. I spoke to her at length today, she knows how I feel. I love Rose fiercely, that will never change. To be critical of an action is not to condemn the person behind it. There’s your common message.”
Alyssa Milano, who’s been an outspoken advocate of the #MeToo movement since its inception — and who’s been a previous target of McGowan’s ire due to her friendship with Chapman — was more diplomatic and indirect, writing, “I stand by every woman in the pursuit of permanent change and gender equality.”
As of press time, McGowan hadn’t responded to any of Tamblyn’s tweets.