Harvey Weinstein is in a medical unit on Rikers Island — sick and in a wheelchair — but his prison interview with The Hollywood Reporter says he still blames his downfall on Gwyneth Paltrow and the #MeToo era.
In the interview, the 73‑year‑old producer rages about his health, his legacy, and the women whose stories brought him down. Weinstein claims he spends 23 hours a day in his cell, talks mainly to guards and nurses, and fears he will “die in here” as he deals with major health problems. Amid everything, he is preparing for another retrial in New York, currently scheduled for April. And from that cell, he recalled his link to Paltrow.
Harvey Weinstein says Gwyneth Paltrow ‘stabbed him in the back’ as he rants from RikersHarvey Weinstein’s sit‑down interview from Rikers marks his first major on‑the‑record conversation since his arrest, where he continues to deny Gwyneth Paltrow’s “massage” allegations.
Paltrow has said for years that, in the mid‑1990s, after he cast her in Emma at the age of 22, Weinstein called her to his suite at the Peninsula Beverly Hills for what she thought was a work meeting. But she told The New York Times he invited her for a massage.
The actor says she told her boyfriend at the time, Brad Pitt, who later confronted Weinstein at a theater event. But the former film producer told a very different version of the story in the interview, claiming that he ended a “nice meeting” by asking, “How about a massage?” and says Paltrow replied, “No, I don’t think so.” He added, “I got the message. I never put my hands on her.”
Moreover, he claimed that Pitt did approach him and that he told the actor, “Don’t worry, Brad. I got it.”
From secret source to public accuser
Behind everything, Paltrow did far more than tell one story. In their book She Said, reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey describe her as an early, secret source who helped them reach other women. Once the 2017 Times investigation ran, Paltrow went public. She spoke to the paper, later to The Howard Stern Show, and became one of the most prominent Hollywood figures to say Weinstein had crossed the line with her and with many others.
Now, Weinstein deems that a betrayal. In The Hollywood Reporter interview, he says Paltrow “owes her career” to him and accuses her of making “a big deal over nothing” and wanting “to be part of the crowd.” He adds, “I won’t forgive her for that.”
What’s next for Harvey Weinstein
While Harvey Weinstein talks about old Oscars and past hits in the Rikers interview, he still remains in prison, his health has declined, and his legal team is getting ready for another New York trial after his first conviction there was overturned on procedural grounds — all while Gwyneth Paltrow and many other women stand by their accounts. However, he insists, “I will be proven innocent. That I promise you.”
Paltrow’s role in the 2017 reporting has made her central to Weinstein’s fall, but the courts and history will decide how much weight his latest version of events really carries.
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