Sexual Harassment/Assault & Abuse in Hollywood -- Discussion
#2276
re: Sexual Harassment/Assault & Abuse in Hollywood -- Discussion
Apparently, Chris Hardwick is a scumbag. Can't say I'm surprised here if true. I wonder if Janet Varney would weigh in.
Did Chloe Dykstra Just Accuse Ex-Boyfriend Chris Hardwick of ‘Long-Term Abuse,’ Career Blacklisting?
https://www.thewrap.com/did-chloe-dy...-blacklisting/
Did Chloe Dykstra Just Accuse Ex-Boyfriend Chris Hardwick of ‘Long-Term Abuse,’ Career Blacklisting?
https://www.thewrap.com/did-chloe-dy...-blacklisting/
Last edited by dex14; 06-15-18 at 08:27 AM.
#2277
DVD Talk Hero
re: Sexual Harassment/Assault & Abuse in Hollywood -- Discussion
#2278
DVD Talk Hero
re: Sexual Harassment/Assault & Abuse in Hollywood -- Discussion
Apparently, Chris Hardwick is a scumbag. Can't say I'm surprised here if true. I wonder if Janet Varney would weigh in.
Did Chloe Dykstra Just Accuse Ex-Boyfriend Chris Hardwick of ‘Long-Term Abuse,’ Career Blacklisting?
https://www.thewrap.com/did-chloe-dy...-blacklisting/
Did Chloe Dykstra Just Accuse Ex-Boyfriend Chris Hardwick of ‘Long-Term Abuse,’ Career Blacklisting?
https://www.thewrap.com/did-chloe-dy...-blacklisting/
#2279
re: Sexual Harassment/Assault & Abuse in Hollywood -- Discussion
#2280
DVD Talk Hero
re: Sexual Harassment/Assault & Abuse in Hollywood -- Discussion
I read Hardwick's book a few years ago and it was awesome, but I did hear that he was an asshole when not being the "nerd."
Didn't Harrison Ford punk him on his own podcast, because he sensed that Hardwick was a blowhard or something?
Didn't Harrison Ford punk him on his own podcast, because he sensed that Hardwick was a blowhard or something?
Last edited by Why So Blu?; 06-15-18 at 12:32 PM.
#2281
DVD Talk Hero
re: Sexual Harassment/Assault & Abuse in Hollywood -- Discussion
So is Talking Dead going to canceled, or will they get a new host?
#2282
#2283
DVD Talk Limited Edition
#2286
DVD Talk Legend
re: Sexual Harassment/Assault & Abuse in Hollywood -- Discussion
I remember when he mentioned their split on @Midnight. Vague story; no names; now "taking a break from the internet"; acting surprised that her story seen by people. I REALLY don't want to be skeptical of these stories but why be so vague then disappear so you don't have to answer questions? If you're gonna write a story about long term abuse, go all in and name the bastard with details. She knows very well everyone looking at that story will point to Chris, regardless of his name being written.
#2288
DVD Talk Legend
re: Sexual Harassment/Assault & Abuse in Hollywood -- Discussion
https://www.amc.com/shows/talking-de...chris-hardwick
If an un-named report can get someone axed and scrubbed, we're going down a dark rabbit hole.
#2289
DVD Talk Hero
re: Sexual Harassment/Assault & Abuse in Hollywood -- Discussion
Here's the link:
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/...180020028.html
Sorry, should have clarified that he was just scrubbed from Nerdist, a site he founded
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/...180020028.html
Chris Hardwick, the Nerdist founder and host of NBC’s game show The Wall, AMC’s Talking Dead aftershow and a regular emcee in Hall H at Comic-Con, has been scrubbed from the Nerdist website he founded after being accused of sexual abuse and “long-term abuse” by his former girlfriend Chloe Dykstra.
Legendary Entertainment, which owns Nerdist Industries where Hardwick launched his career as a comic and podcaster, just released a statement.
“Chris Hardwick had no operational involvement with Nerdist for the two years preceding the expiration of his contract in December 2017,” it reads. “He no longer has any affiliation with Legendary Digital Networks. The company has removed all reference to Mr. Hardwick even as the original Founder of Nerdist pending further investigation.”
The move comes after Dykstra, a TV personality and host, penned a first-person account of their three-year relationship that posted on Medium. Dykstra never mentioned Hardwick by name, but details about the “mildly successful podcaster” who grew into “a powerhouse CEO of his own company” suggest she was referring to him.
Dykstra, in an essay she said was part closure and part warning, detailed a relationship in which she was restricted from going out at night, having male friends, or speaking in public places, and was the victim of sexual assault. “I was expected to be ready for him when he came home from work,” she writes.
“I lost myself, both mentally and physically. I lost 15 lbs within weeks, started pulling out my hair (and had to get extensions regularly to hide it),” she wrote. “I generally stopped speaking unless spoken to while with him, drifting through life like a ghost. I would try to sleep in as late as possible so my days were shorter. I stopped listening to music entirely. I ceased to be. I was an ex-person.”
Dykstra said she left Hardwick after three years, and that after the breakup he made calls to companies “to get me fired by threatening to never work with them,” and that he and a female colleague “steamrolled my career.”
Deadline has not independently confirmed Dykstra’s accusations.
In March, NBC renewed its Hardwick-hosted game show The Wall for a 20-episode third season, though no premiere date was announced. AMC also just announced his summer bridge talk show Talking With Chris Hardwick returns this Sunday.
On Thursday, BBC America announced that Hardwick would moderate the network’s Doctor Who panel at Comic-Con in San Diego next month. Hardwick, a Comic-Con panel host staple, is also penciled in to host AMC’s The Walking Dead panel in Hall H as in years past.
NBC and AMC have not responded to requests for comment on Dykstra’s post, and reps for Hardwick also declined comment.
Legendary Entertainment, which owns Nerdist Industries where Hardwick launched his career as a comic and podcaster, just released a statement.
“Chris Hardwick had no operational involvement with Nerdist for the two years preceding the expiration of his contract in December 2017,” it reads. “He no longer has any affiliation with Legendary Digital Networks. The company has removed all reference to Mr. Hardwick even as the original Founder of Nerdist pending further investigation.”
The move comes after Dykstra, a TV personality and host, penned a first-person account of their three-year relationship that posted on Medium. Dykstra never mentioned Hardwick by name, but details about the “mildly successful podcaster” who grew into “a powerhouse CEO of his own company” suggest she was referring to him.
Dykstra, in an essay she said was part closure and part warning, detailed a relationship in which she was restricted from going out at night, having male friends, or speaking in public places, and was the victim of sexual assault. “I was expected to be ready for him when he came home from work,” she writes.
“I lost myself, both mentally and physically. I lost 15 lbs within weeks, started pulling out my hair (and had to get extensions regularly to hide it),” she wrote. “I generally stopped speaking unless spoken to while with him, drifting through life like a ghost. I would try to sleep in as late as possible so my days were shorter. I stopped listening to music entirely. I ceased to be. I was an ex-person.”
Dykstra said she left Hardwick after three years, and that after the breakup he made calls to companies “to get me fired by threatening to never work with them,” and that he and a female colleague “steamrolled my career.”
Deadline has not independently confirmed Dykstra’s accusations.
In March, NBC renewed its Hardwick-hosted game show The Wall for a 20-episode third season, though no premiere date was announced. AMC also just announced his summer bridge talk show Talking With Chris Hardwick returns this Sunday.
On Thursday, BBC America announced that Hardwick would moderate the network’s Doctor Who panel at Comic-Con in San Diego next month. Hardwick, a Comic-Con panel host staple, is also penciled in to host AMC’s The Walking Dead panel in Hall H as in years past.
NBC and AMC have not responded to requests for comment on Dykstra’s post, and reps for Hardwick also declined comment.
#2290
DVD Talk Legend
re: Sexual Harassment/Assault & Abuse in Hollywood -- Discussion
If he's that horrible (and I'm not excluding the possibility) how'd he get Lydia to marry him? They seem to be very happy together. And she certainly isn't be told to stay behind; almost every picture I see of him is of both of them.
#2292
DVD Talk Hero
re: Sexual Harassment/Assault & Abuse in Hollywood -- Discussion
It might be presented without names, but everyone "in the know" knows exactly who she meant, and a lot of them are probably putting things together. You can bet that tongues over at Nerdist and AMC have been wagging like crazy this morning.
#2293
DVD Talk Legend
re: Sexual Harassment/Assault & Abuse in Hollywood -- Discussion
Of course; that's kinda what I meant. The story is un-named but literally everyone reading it knows who she means, for better or for worse. I just opened my twitter and people are liking posts blasting the guy into oblivion yet his name hasn't even been officially mentioned. If it's true, fuck him. If not, his career is getting destroyed by an article that doesn't even mention him.
#2294
DVD Talk Hero
re: Sexual Harassment/Assault & Abuse in Hollywood -- Discussion
Good thing his wife is a rich heiress, because he's pretty much done.
Though he did make quite a bit of money when selling Nerdist.
#2295
DVD Talk Legend
re: Sexual Harassment/Assault & Abuse in Hollywood -- Discussion
No personal interaction but she knows he's a piece of trash? And it sounds like she'll blindly believe any story from a woman, true or false?
It's looking like there's truth to this story but the vagueness is still unsettling.
It's looking like there's truth to this story but the vagueness is still unsettling.
#2296
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#2299
DVD Talk Limited Edition
re: Sexual Harassment/Assault & Abuse in Hollywood -- Discussion
Yvette Nicole Brown is a big TWD fan and frequent guest on Talking Dead. She is known for having a notebook that she takes notes in while watching TWD and also getting really emotional when characters die on the show. I would think that most TD fans find her annoying.
She was also just a guest on AMC's "Unapologetic" which is basically an after show for "Dietland". Aisha Tyler hosts that show and she's also been on TD, so she could also be a candidate to replace Hardwick, if it even comes to that.
She was also just a guest on AMC's "Unapologetic" which is basically an after show for "Dietland". Aisha Tyler hosts that show and she's also been on TD, so she could also be a candidate to replace Hardwick, if it even comes to that.
#2300
DVD Talk Legend
re: Sexual Harassment/Assault & Abuse in Hollywood -- Discussion
Those are the two names that immediately sprung to mind for me as well. Aisha Tyler would probably get the first nod for her prior experience hosting shows.