Bill Maher Questions Why #MeToo Movement Didn’t Hit Music Industry

Bill Maher is questioning why it looks as if the music business was by no means impacted by the #MeToo Movement till now, with Sean “Diddy” Combs’ current arrest.

Because the #MeToo motion went viral in 2017, tons of of highly effective folks have been accused of sexual offenses, with some Hollywood notables being convicted, together with disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.

However on Friday’s episode of Actual Time with Bill Maher, whereas talking with writer Fran Lebowitz, the comic introduced up Combs’ federal prices and its affect on the music business as a complete.

“I’ve been asking this question for seven years, since 2017 when the #MeToo thing happened,” Maher stated. “Why… why not the music industry? I mean, they went after NPR pretty bad. They got like, four, five guys from NPR, like old guys who posted, like, an outrageous limerick on the doorway of the bookshop.”

“The music industry is this open cesspool of misogyny, and frankly, rape and sexual harassment, and somehow, the angel of death has flown over them,” the host added earlier than asking, “Why do you think that is?”

Lebowitz responded, “I think because this is a capitalist country, and the music industry is much more lucrative than NPR. That would be my guess.”

“A lot of the stories about everybody starting with #MeToo, I’d heard a lot of these stories for many years,” she continued. “So, Puffy, this was not exactly a state secret. But it was a state secret apparently to them.”

Along with dealing with federal intercourse trafficking and racketeering prices, Combs has additionally been hit with quite a few lawsuits from women and men, together with ex Cassie Ventura, who accused him of rape and abuse in a grievance filed towards the rapper final November. Extra not too long ago, Thalia Graves alleged in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that Combs drugged and raped her in 2001.

The rapper is at the moment in jail awaiting trial after being denied bail after pleading not responsible to intercourse trafficking and racketeering prices. His arrest got here months after the FBI raided his Los Angeles and Miami properties.