Woody Allen: I should be poster boy of #MeToo Movement for never abusing women on my set

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In the wake of the #MeToo movement, a handful of stars who have worked with Allen — including Greta Gerwig, Ellen Page and Timothee Chalamet — publicly apologized for their association with the filmmaker. On Sunday night, Allen insisted that he is innocent and expressed his support for #MeToo.

"I think in any situation where anyone is accused of something unjustly, this is a sad thing. I think everybody would agree with that," he said. "Everyone wants justice to be done. If there is something like the #MeToo movement now, you root for them, you want them to bring to justice these terrible harassers, these people who do all these terrible things. And I think that’s a good thing."

Allen went on to say that it's unfair for him to be grouped with people like Weinstein, who has since been charged with rape and other felony sex crimes.

"What bothers me is that I get linked with them," Allen said. "People who have been accused by 20 women, 50 women, 100 women of abuse and abuse and abuse — and I, who was only accused by one woman in a child custody case which was looked at and proven to be untrue, I get lumped in with these people."

The director then declared that he should be the "poster boy" for #MeToo.

"As I say, I’m a big advocate of the #MeToo movement. I feel when they find people who harass innocent women and men, it’s a good thing that they’re exposing them. But you know I, I should be the poster boy for the #MeToo movement," he said. "Because I have worked in movies for 50 years. I’ve worked with hundreds of actresses and not a single one — big ones, famous ones, ones starting out — have ever, ever suggested any kind of impropriety at all. I’ve always had a wonderful record with them."

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