Spike Lee Apologizes For His Comments Defending Woody Allen

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With the movie business still on hold, director Woody Allen enjoyed downtime with wife Soon-Yi this week.Pictured strolling down Madison Avenue in New York on Monday the 84-year-old movie maker held hands with his 49-year-old wife of 22 years.The outing came just after Woody's friend Spike Lee apologized for defending him in a new interview. Downtime: Woody Allen, 84, is pictured out in New York on Monday holding hands with wife Soon-Yi, 49Lee, 63, told New York radio station WOR 710 on Friday: 'I'd just like to say Woody Allen's a great, great filmmaker.

Spike Lee issued an apology after defending his “friend” Woody Allen and criticizing the "cancel culture" in a recent interview. Lee appeared on a radio show in New York City Friday where he defended the “Annie Hall” director, who has been accused in the past of past sexual abuse by his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow when she was 7.The allegations, which were the subject of multiple investigations that ultimately ruled in Allen’s favor, resurfaced in 2017 when the filmmaker’s estranged son, Ronan Farrow, was instrumental in bringing about the “#MeToo” movement with his reporting on now-disgraced figures in Hollywood, like Harvey Weinstein.

Spike Lee has been in the headlines a lot lately. Obviously, he’s out there promoting his new Netflix feature, “Da 5 Bloods,” which arrived on the service last Friday.

Spike Lee is “deeply” sorry for remarks made in support of his fellow filmmaker Woody Allen amid longterm allegations of sexual abuse.The Do The Right Thing director spoke out in defense of Allen during an interview on New York radio show In the Morning on Friday (June 12, 2020), insisting he disagrees with the way his pal has been blacklisted in Hollywood following molestation claims by his estranged daughter, Dylan Farrow.“I’d just like to say Woody Allen is a great, great filmmaker and this cancel thing is not just Woody,” Lee said.“And I think when we look back on it we are going to see that – short of killing somebody – I don’t (know) if you can just erase somebody like they never existed.”“Woody is a friend of mine… so I know he’s

Spike Lee is “deeply” sorry for remarks made in support of his fellow filmmaker Woody Allen amid longterm allegations of sexual abuse.

Spike Lee is taking back the statements he made defending Woody Allen. In an interview with New York City radio station WOR’sIn the Morningprogram on Friday, the Da 5 Bloods director got candid about Allen and "cancel culture." "I’d just like to say Woody Allen is a great, great filmmaker and this cancel thing is not just Woody," Lee said on the show.

Spike Lee is “deeply” sorry for remarks made in support of his fellow filmmaker Woody Allen amid longterm allegations of sexual abuse.The Do The Right Thing director spoke out in defence of Allen during an interview on New York radio show In the Morning on Friday, insisting he disagrees with the way his pal has been blacklisted in Hollywood following molestation claims by his estranged daughter, Dylan Farrow.“I’d just like to say Woody Allen is a great, great filmmaker and this cancel thing is not just Woody,” Lee said.“And I think when we look back on it we are going to see that – short of killing somebody – I don’t (know) if you can just erase somebody like they never existed.”“Woody is a friend of mine… so I know he’s going through it

June 13, 2020Allen recently criticised “self-serving” members of the film community who denounced him in relation to the ongoing abuse allegations.“The actors have no idea of the facts and they latch on to some self-serving, public, safe position,” he told The Guardian.

Filmmaker Spike Lee has issued an apology after supporting Woody Allen against the sexual abuse allegations, now stating his words were ‘wrong’. The Da 5 Bloods director received backlash after suggesting Woody, 84, does not deserve to be ‘cancelled’ over the historic allegations that he molested his adoptive daughter, Dylan Farrow, during her childhood.Woody has always vehemently denied the claims of which he has never been charged or convicted. Now backtracking on his comments, Spike tweeted: ‘I Deeply Apologise. My Words Were WRONG.

Earlier this week, the filmmaker, Spike Lee, came to bat for his friend in the movie-making business, Woody Allen. Allen has been accused of molesting his adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow, over twenty years ago and Spike Lee defended him in a new interview with 710 WOR’s In The Morning program.

Anita Bennett editorSpike Lee says he was “wrong” to defend Woody Allen against “cancel” culture.In a Friday interview on New York City radio station 710 WOR’s “In the Morning” program, Lee discussed Allen’s fall from grace with hosts Len Berman and Michael Riedel.“I’d just like to say Woody Allen is a great, great filmmaker and this cancel thing is not just Woody. And I think when we look back on it we are going to see that — short of killing somebody — I don’t know that you can just erase somebody like they never existed,” Lee stated.The director appeared on the program to promote his new Netflix film Da 5 Bloods.

Jordan Moreau Director Spike Lee has defended controversial filmmaker Woody Allen against being canceled by some people in Hollywood.In an interview on New York City radio station WOR’s talk show “In the Morning,” Lee shared his thoughts on how Allen has been treated with hosts Len Berman and Michael Riedel“I’d just like to say Woody Allen is a great, great filmmaker and this cancel thing is not just Woody.

In today’s edition of “why are you doing talking about this?” director Spike Lee raised his hand as a Woody Allen supporter for no reason at all and called him “a friend” amidst the sexual abuse allegations that have followed Allen for decades. READ MORE: Alec Baldwin Defends Woody Allen Podcast & Calls Blackout Tuesday A “National Day Of Whatever” Lee went on New York’s WOR 710 radio to promote the release on “Da 5 Bloods” on Netflix, when the conversation suddenly turned to the topic of Woody Allen, as things tend to do.

Spike Lee took a break from basking in the positive reviews for his new film Da 5 Bloods to call out the treatment his fellow director Woody Allen has received.During an appearance Saturday on New York station WOR's In The Morning show,Lee, 63, addressed the Manhattan director as his 'friend' and talked up his directing talents, while criticizing the concept of cancel culture, according to The Wrap.Allen's adopted daughter Dylan Farrow accused him of molesting her in 1992 when she was seven, and the allegations received renewed public attention beginning in 2014.

Spike Lee is coming to the defence of embattled director Woody Allen, who has become a Hollywood pariah amidst accusations of daughter Dylan Farrow that he molested her when she was a child; Allen has continually denied his daughter’s allegations.

Spike Lee is speaking out against “cancel” culture and how it has affected his friend Woody Allen.

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