Another sex scandal reveals Hollywood’s true colors

American Thinker:
By Rajan Laad

A few days ago, actor Brendan Fraser revealed he will not attend Hollywood’s Golden Globe Awards, to be held next year.

The Globes are the first awards ceremony that kicks off the award season in Hollywood.  The winners at the Globes often provide an indication of the results at the Oscars.  The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) stages the Globes.

Fraser is known to movie audiences primarily for the Mummy franchise.  Fraser was also part of smaller movies such as The Quiet American with Sir Michael Caine, Extraordinary Measures with Harrison Ford, and the Oscar-winning Crash.

Fraser is widely regarded as the frontrunner for the coveted best actor trophy next year for his comeback film role in The Whale, where he plays a morbidly obese literature professor attempting to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter.

When asked in an interview with GQ magazine whether he would go to next year’s Golden Globes if invited, Fraser replied:

I have more history with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association than I have respect for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. No, I will not participate.

It’s because of the history that I have with them. And my mother didn’t raise a hypocrite. You can call me a lot of things, but not that.

Fraser seemed to be referring to his 2018 allegations against Philip Berk, the former president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), where he said that Berk groped and assaulted him in 2003 during a luncheon at the Beverly Hills Hotel. MORE