Summary
- Jennifer Aniston expresses disapproval of cancel culture and questions the concept of redemption, emphasizing that not everyone should be condemned like Harvey Weinstein.
- Aniston shares her personal experience with Weinstein, describing him as someone unpleasant to be around and recalling a time when he pitched her a movie and she had someone stay in her trailer.
- The upcoming season of “The Morning Show” will move away from cancel culture and explore the future of the network, with unexpected alliances and characters confronting their core values. New cast members, including Jon Hamm and Nicole Beharie, will join the show.
Jennifer Aniston is not happy with cancel culture. Earlier this year, the Friends alum reflected on how shows like the acclaimed and popular sitcom that made her famous has become offensive for new generations, and how things are harder now for comedians. After being at the eye of the storm a few days ago after liking an Instagram post from Jamie Foxx, for which the actor had to apologize, Aniston is opening a debate once again by slamming against cancel culture in an interview with The Wall Street Journal:
“I’m so over cancel culture. I probably just got canceled by saying that. I just don’t understand what it means… Is there no redemption? I don’t know. I don’t put everybody in the Harvey Weinstein basket.”
Weinstein has become one of the most famous and controversial cases in Hollywood’s history, after the former producer was accused of several charges related with sexual misconduct and assault. In February 2020, he was sentenced to 23 years in prison, while 16 more years were added in 2022. The case sparked the #MeToo movement, which was one of the triggers for cancel culture as we know it today, although that was not its purpose at all.
Aniston also shared her own experience with Weinstein, revealing that while she never had a direct conflict with him, it was not a pleasant company to be around:
“He’s not a guy, you’re like, ‘God, I can’t wait to hang out with Harvey.’ Never. You were actually like, ‘Oh, God, OK, suck it up.’ I remember actually, he came to visit me on a movie to pitch me a movie. And I do remember consciously having a person stay in my trailer.”
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The Morning Show Is Stepping Away from Cancel Culture in Season 3
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Although The Morning Show, which Aniston stars in and produces along with Reese Witherspoon, originally addressed the cancel culture and the #MeToo movement with Mitch Kessler’s storyline, the upcoming season will take a different path.
Here’s the official synopsis for the new episodes:
“This season, the future of the network is thrown into question and loyalties are pushed to the brink when a tech titan takes an interest in UBA. Unexpected alliances form, private truths are weaponized and everyone is forced to confront their core values both in and out of the newsroom.”
Along with Aniston and Witherspoon, who will reprise their roles as Alex Levy and Bradley Jackson, season three will bring back Billy Crudup as Cory Ellison, Mark Duplass as Charlie Black (aka Chip), Nestor Carbonell as Yanko Flores, Karen Pittman as Mia Jordan, Desean Terry as Daniel Henderson, Julianna Margulies as Laura Peterson, Greta Lee as Stella Bak, and Ruairi O’Connor as Ty Fitzgerald.
And of course, there’ll be some new additions. Jon Hamm is coming on board to play Paul Marks, a businessman who sees UBA as a place with a lot of potential and takes advantages of the network’s crisis to show his power. He’ll be joined by Nicole Beharie (Miss Juneteenth), Tig Notaro (Army of the Dead), Stephen Fry (Wilde), Natalie Morales (Dead to Me), Clive Standen (Vikings), Alano Miller (Dexter: New Blood), and Lindsay Duncan (His Dark Materials).
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