Former child star Matthew Lawrence said he was dismissed after refusing to undress for the director

The actor claims that his agency abandoned him and that he lost a huge role.


When the #MeToo movement took off in Hollywood in 2017, many people presented themselves to share their stories on sexual harassment, assault and assault misconduct they have undergone in the entertainment industry. And although most of the accounts were shared by women, among the heartbreaking stories, there were also allegations of men who suffered abuse. In a new episode of Podcast, actor Matthew Lawrence I just shared his own story, saying that a director had asked him to undress so that he could take pictures of him, and that the Lawrence agency dismissed him after refusing. Read the rest for more than the 43 -year -old child's account and his reflections on the "double standard" of men reporting a fault.

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Lawrence says that a famous director asked her to remove his clothes from a hotel room.

Matthew Lawrence hosting
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On The podcast Brotherly Love , which is organized by Lawrence and her brothers Andrew And Joey Lawrence , THE Boy meets the world The actor spoke of an inappropriate director with him.

"There have been several times in my life where I have been proposed to get a huge role," said Lawrence. "I lost my agency because I went to the hotel room - which I cannot believe that they would send me - of a very important director and winner of an Oscar, who was Presented in her dress, asked me to remove my clothes from my clothes, said he had to take polaroids from me, and that if I was doing X, Y and Z, I would be the next Marvel character. ""

Lawrence did not appoint the director or the project, and he did not say exactly when it happened. But he said he came out.

"I did not do this and my agency dismissed me, because I left this director's room," said the actor.

He thinks that men are faced with a "double standard".

Andrew, Joey, and Matthew Lawrence hosting
Fraternal love podcast / YouTube

Lawrence continued by saying that he believed that the stories of men of sexual abuse and harassment are received differently from women, and that it creates a "double standard" which makes men not want to come forward. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

"Not a lot of guys, in my opinion, have come out of it and talked about it in the industry," he said. But, he added, "now granted, I would say that it is probably about a third of what women go through the number of men."

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He used Terry Crews as an example.

Terry Crews at the
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THE Mrs Doubtfire Star has raised actor and host Crews Terry , who allegedly alleged that he had been sexually assaulted by a talented agent. (The agent, Adam Venit , denied allegation, and The parties have reached a jurisdiction regulations In September 2018, as indicated by USA today .)

"Terry Crew comes out and says it, people make fun of him , "Lawrence said." People do not support him. "He estimated that it is because the crew is" a man who represents masculinity ", adding:" I think that our society is less ready to hear than this situation happens with the men that they are with women . ""

The famous men who arise help to fight against stigma.

Joey, Andrew, and Matthew Lawrence at the 2017 iHeartRadio Music Awards
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In 2018, the Associated Press Talked to experts On sexual abuse concerning the reasons why men can hesitate to share their stories.

Joan Cook , a professor of psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine who treated men who have suffered assaults, said: "Many of them still marry this mentality of John Wayne. You yourself or the others."

Psychoanalyst Richard Gartner , who co -founded the Malesurvor organization, said that male celebrities pronounced help other men. "These are models for others to come forward, to tell their families, to find help," he said. "It becomes a less shameful thing when someone famous says it happened to them."


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