The sexual harassment scandal surrounding former Hollywood executive Harvey Weinstein seems to not be letting up at all. Many women have come forward in the past few weeks explaining their interactions with the disgraced Hollywood exec and now we can add Lupita Nyong'o to the list. In an op-ed piece written for the New York Times, Nyong'o spelled out her interactions with Weinstein who she described as someone you need to know in the business but also someone to be very cautious around.

Nyong'o discussed how she first met Weinstein in Berlin while still a student at the Yale School of Drama and said her first impression of the producer was one who was authoritative yet charming. However, later down the line, she recalled an encounter with Weinstein while working on a film that left her uncomfortable. According to Lupita, Weinstein offered to give her a massage, and she initially dismissed the idea as a joke. But after Weinstein led her to a room and attempted to put his hands on her, Lupita said she panicked and found the quickest way out of the situation. She spoke of how she flipped the situation and offered to massage him instead:

Part of our drama school curriculum at Yale included body work, using massage techniques on one another to understand the connection between body, mind and emotion, and so I felt I could rationalize giving him one and keep a semblance of professionalism in spite of the bizarre circumstance. He agreed to this and lay on the bed. I began to massage his back to buy myself time to figure out how to extricate myself from this undesirable situation. Before long he said he wanted to take off his pants. I told him not to do that and informed him that it would make me extremely uncomfortable.

Lupita goes on to explain other uncomfortable interactions with Weinstein, wrapping up her op-ed by stating:

Now that we are speaking, let us never shut up about this kind of thing. I speak up to make certain that this is not the kind of misconduct that deserves a second chance. I speak up to contribute to the end of the conspiracy of silence.

Source: nytimes.com