Regular readers of Heat Street will know that people would never let Casey Affleck, favorite for Best Actor for his performance in Manchester by the Sea, get away with kissing an interviewer on the Oscars red carpet.
Krista Smith, Executive Editor of Vanity Fair, is moonlighting as an ABC Academy Awards correspondent. She let Affleck kiss her on the cheek…because, well, that’s what they do on the Oscars red carpet.
But people who won’t forgive Affleck for settling suits alleging sexual harassment from two women who worked on his 2010 documentary film I’m Still Here (he was never charged) took exception to the scene.
weird watching Casey Affleck kiss that woman on the cheek for no reason just now #oscars2017
— toni (@miss_uppity) February 27, 2017
Fuck Casey Affleck. Unkempt serial harasser
— roxane gay (@rgay) February 27, 2017
Smith told Affleck “we’re all rooting for you” because red carpet interviewers expressing preference for each nominee they question is a time-honored Oscars tradition.
But again people weren’t buying it…
Interviewer To Casey Affleck “were all rooting for you” Me: NO WE’RE NOT NO NO NO
— Elliott Meyers (@shesnotperky) February 27, 2017
This woman just fawned all over Casey Affleck and how he is her favorite. Guess the assaults were ok to her? pic.twitter.com/M5d0cFG6eu
— Jennifer Gunter (@DrJenGunter) February 27, 2017
Others were hinting Affleck was borderline inappropriate with Halle Berry:
Sometimes you gotta pay attention to the background. Casey Affleck really going in for that hug. #Oscars #OscarsRedCarpet pic.twitter.com/i0IIdIerEu
— Reid Harris Cooper (@reidhcooper) February 27, 2017
Last eloquent word to Roxane Gay, the writer who returned her advance to Simon & Schuster when Milo was going to have his book published by the CBS-owned publishing house:
Fuck Casey Affleck. Unkempt serial harasser
— roxane gay (@rgay) February 27, 2017