Accountability in Entertainment • Page 317

First person I thought of.

 

Andrew Callaghan released his response... Not sure what to think of it.

 

Deleted already

 

It’s still there if you go to his instagram. It’s not good.

 

TLDR?

 

He kind of apologizes but not really and says he doesn’t want to make it about himself but mentions his movie and channel 5 several times and kinda blames mental health and alcohol issues. He says he’s going to take a step back but also says if people don’t want to watch channel 5 anymore he understands so I feel like he’ll be back in 6 months.

 

Seems like he is apologizing to his collaborators but never really to the victims

 

Between Andrew and Justin I've been wondering, what would a proper response look like from the abuser? Is there even a "right way" to do it? Can anyone think of any examples?

 

Well to start I would avoid saying something like “I’ve always taken no for an answer” when the issue you’re currently under fire for is habitually refusing to take no for an answer

 

Agreed.

I wasn't trying to come off as arrogant with my questions, I was genuinely curious. Apologies if it came off that way.

 

The number of young girls that Justin Roiland has done this to is absolutely insane. I don’t think we will ever know the full scope. And he’s been doing it since as soon as he could, as soon as the power he got from his show allowed him to. New texts keep coming out, all the same behavior.

 

It’s a valid question though and one I don’t have an answer for.

 

I don’t think there’s really a single correct response given that each scenario and survivor are so different. Generally speaking though, I think there’d have to be an acknowledgement of their actions, a display of understanding the harm caused, and then their plan going forward for rehabilitation and growth as well as a commitment to giving up their platform. And then we’d have to actually see it happen.

ETA: it also really depends on what the survivors are asking for. If there’s any specific actions or donations requested that would all also have to be accounted for. I don’t think there’s necessarily a right or correct statement but those are the things I usually look for

 

There's no right response but there is a bare minimum that's almost never met

 

Not an abuser, but Jenna Marbles did a good job at apologizing for past racist videos and has deplatformed herself for years now. That's the only decent example I can think of.

 

As someone who has been in a psych ward I really don’t believe someone would actively choose that over just owning up to your shit, it’s not a place to lay low like a rehab or something it’s extremely serious and they likely wouldn’t even admit him unless it was necessary

 

I did not see all the other developments tho yikes

 

I respect Jenna so much for that but I also miss her so much

 

Dan Harmon is usually the example that’s cited the most. He owned up to his problems, apologized, it was accepted by the person he mistreated and he was allowed to continue his career. Of course, he kind of screwed it up by gloating about he avoided being canceled.

 

There was an article a few years ago about how Ray Rice now travels around the country to talk to young men in football about domestic violence. At the time I remember it being more a "this is a stupid thing to ruin your career over" and less "this is an awful thing to do" so I'm not sure how that's evolved or devolved but it was surprising to see someone use themselves as the example in that way. I'm not condoning him or anything he's done, nor am I claiming he's rehabilitated or anything. I don't know the details of therapy and work he's done since the initial public altercation. Just seemed like a better step than most end up taking

 

I think turning around and using your platform for good rather than abusing it can be a good thing. Obviously there’s a lot of factors to take into account if that should be the course of action.

 

This is from over a decade ago so not a “new” thing but I genuinely had no idea about this, and now it’s going around on twitter and just…wow. In case anyone else didn’t know about this:

 

hollywood always defends its own

 

Yeah that’s gross if true but not surprising considering the wide support for Woody Allen. I’m happy with things like that making the rounds every now and then to get more people aware and inch toward having these actors/directors answer for it.

 

I think some others signed without knowing what it was but yeah most didn't