When news first broke that Morrissey had defended both Kevin Spacey and Harvey Weinstein in an interview with German publication Spiegel Online, there was the slight hope that maybe something in the translation was lost and the singer didn’t really have the shocking opinions that the article suggested. However, all hope was lost when The Sunday Times printed an interview where Moz defended his comments, as The Hollywood Reporter points out.
In the interview, Moz said, “You must be careful as far as ‘sexual harassment’ is concerned, because often it can be just a pathetic attempt at courtship. I’m sure it’s horrific, but we have to keep everything in proportion. Do you not agree? I have never been sexually harassed, I might add.”
It was enough that it caught the attention of Donald Trump Jr., who tweeted out the story without any explanation.
Morrissey Doubles Down on Defense of Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey https://t.co/dnT9ZfovQB
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) November 27, 2017
Morrissey has been critical of President Trump in the past, but they also seem to hold another similar value. At a concert in Chicago over the weekend, Morrissey spoke about the recent print media quotes, and called all of print media into question, much in the same way that Trump has co-opted the term “fake news” to make anything that is critical of him seem illegitimate. “That was the last print interview I will ever do,” he said. “Unless you see the words form in my mouth and then you see or hear the words come out of my mouth, please, if you don’t see that, I didn’t say them.” Check out the video of the statement below.
