“I just don’t want to see this turn Hollywood into something that takes away from the films being made,” Manson said.
“That’s not to disrespect those people that are saying the allegations. I just think that if you have something to say, you should say it to the police, not to the press and handle it that way first and foremost. That’s what I would do.
“There are always allegations, of course, but when someone starts complaining about something that happened that seems a little bit not as serious as sexual assault, I think that’s insulting to people who have been sexually assaulted.”
He continued, “It pissed me off when someone says, ‘I got an inappropriate gift’ or something, that’s not the same as being harmed.
“Maybe all men are bad or all men can’t do anything inappropriate. It makes you feel you can’t even say… or if I meet her and if I look at her the wrong way, I’m going to be accused of something wrong.”
Manson views the whole movement as a “snowball effect” that “could really ruin a lot of people’s lives that don’t need to be ruined.”
You can watch his comments on the #metoo movement below at the 31-minute mark.
