On October 10, 2017, McGowan accused actor Ben Affleck of lying for saying he was "angry" over Weinstein's alleged abuse of women but failing to indicate whether he knew about it even though she had told him Weinstein had acted inappropriately towards her. She still declines to watch herself on-screen: “There are so many layers of meta going on there that it kind of blows your mind in a way that’s not right.
[71] "Women fight on," she wrote afterwards. And it’s horrible. McGowan stated, "We are more than deciding what to wear. In the show, about the trio of witches using their combined powers to protect innocent lives from evil beings, McGowan played the character from season four until its final eighth season. This is normal to so many people.
I have an indictment of the gay community right now. I'm not trying to be a pop star, but I did make music that heals in a new way. One of the revelations in She Said was a memo written to Weinstein by the attorney Lisa Bloom in December 2016 in which Bloom suggested discrediting any allegations McGowan might make against Weinstein by planting negative stories in the media “re her becoming increasingly unglued.” It’s difficult to fully conceive of the toll this kind of mental and emotional campaign against someone could take. At the time, she emphatically denied that the cocaine was hers, although she later pleaded no-contest to reduced misdemeanor charges in court, and she has spoken openly about using recreational substances on Twitter. McGowan appeared on a Brian Transeau track called "Superfabulous", from his album Emotional Technology, which was also featured on the final Charmed soundtrack, The Final Chapter. [39][40][41] On January 31, 2018, Citizen Rose, a four-part documentary series produced by Bunim/Murray Productions following McGowan and her role in the Me Too movement premiered. Argento allegedly enacted Weinstein’s exact pattern of abuse—isolating someone in a hotel room, performing nonconsensual oral sex on him, tying career opportunities to sexual compliance—on an underage boy.
[38], On January 30, 2018, McGowan released a memoir, Brave, in which she details her childhood and her account of the assault by Harvey Weinstein and its aftermath. "And to the men out there, stand up. Commentators questioned whether she was pretentious, self-aggrandizing, under the influence of drugs, or all three.
During an interview with Living TV, she said, "I was actually thinking of going back and doing more soulful tunes and older tunes ... and I would love to, when I have a little bit more time." [44], McGowan appears in the art film Indecision IV, which combines dance and gender issues. The 17-minute piece premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, to critical acclaim; Way Too Indie noted: "This was a real gem of a short film.
But McGowan, during the same period, was struggling. [62][63] In May 2007, it was reported that they confirmed their relationship while appearing hand-in-hand at the Cannes Film Festival. [65] They reportedly split in October 2009. “The information I was getting was horrific stuff, horrific, and there was nowhere to put it. [17] DVD Verdict's Cynthia Boris wrote that McGowan brought "a youthfulness" and "a fresh viewer perspective" to Charmed, further noting that "fans have come to enjoy her presence on the show. The New York Times revealed, in October 2017, that she received a $100,000 settlement from movie mogul Harvey Weinstein in relation to an alleged sexual assault in 1997. The killing remains unsolved. My heart just broke for the cause. She has two half-siblings. She appeared briefly in the music video for the 2014 single "Break the Rules" by Charli XCX.