{"id":104866,"date":"2022-10-22T15:27:29","date_gmt":"2022-10-22T15:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/mindy-kaling-reflects-on-matt-lauers-gross-comment-to-anne-hathaway\/"},"modified":"2022-10-22T15:27:29","modified_gmt":"2022-10-22T15:27:29","slug":"mindy-kaling-reflects-on-matt-lauers-gross-comment-to-anne-hathaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/mindy-kaling-reflects-on-matt-lauers-gross-comment-to-anne-hathaway\/","title":{"rendered":"Mindy Kaling Reflects On Matt Lauer’s ‘Gross’ Comment To Anne Hathaway"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Actor and writer Mindy Kaling has drawn applause for comments praising the way actor Anne Hathaway handled disgraced former NBC journalist Matt Lauer’s inappropriate comments during a 2012 interview. <\/p>\n

Kaling made the comments at HANDS<\/em> magazine’s annual Women in Hollywood Celebration, at which Hathaway was being honored with an award Kaling was presenting. <\/p>\n

At the dais, Kaling described Hathaway’s dispatching of Lauer as the moment she “fell in love” with the Oscar-winning actor. <\/p>\n

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u201cMindy Kaling spoke Monday about a moment of resilience that cemented her love for fellow actor Anne Hathaway.nhttps:\/\/t.co\/dEJ6rcSVoeu201d<\/p>\n

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The incident occurred during a 2012 interview around the release of the film adaptation of Les Miserables<\/em>for which Hathaway won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 2013.<\/p>\n

Kaling told the crowd:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cFrom the age of 18 years old [Hathaway] has been objectified regularly, and despite loving her as a performer I’ll tell you when I fell in love with her.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Kaling then recounted how Lauer had suggestively and accusatorily questioned Hathaway about an up-the-skirt photograph a paparazzo had taken of Hathaway at the film’s premiere as she was exiting a car.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the Today show the next morning, Matt Lauer said to her in this chastising, someone-has-been-naughty way, ‘Anne Hathaway I’ve seen a lot of you lately’.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Kaling then quipped of Lauer:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cFirst of all, gross. Are you like a lame uncle at Thanksgiving?\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Kaling then explained how Lauer asked Hathaway if she learned any lessons from the experience, as if it were her fault. <\/p>\n

And as Kaling explained, Hathaway had the perfect response:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Annie simply responded, ‘It kind of made me sad on two accounts’.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“‘One that we live in an age when someone takes a picture of someone in a vulnerable moment and rather than delete it and do the decent thing, sells it’.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“‘And I’m sorry that we live in a culture that commodifies sexuality of unwilling participants’.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Lauer would go on to be fired from NBC in 2017 amid accusations of sexual harassment and assault. <\/p>\n

On Twitter, people loved what Kaling had to say about the situation.
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u201cI’v not forgotten Anne Hathaway owning Matt Lauer in this interview.u201d<\/p>\n

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u201cMatt Lauer harassed women for years & TV execs enabled it. https:\/\/t.co\/MGuGEo5fsdu201d<\/p>\n

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u201c@HuffPost Love these ladies!!!!!!u201d<\/p>\n

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u201cI love this. https:\/\/t.co\/v1hXYDKffTu201d<\/p>\n

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u201c@people FCK THE PATRIARCHY!!u201d<\/p>\n

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Many others were also thrilled to see Hathaway looking so glamorous and happy at the HANDS<\/em> Women In, where she spoke about so-called “Hathahate” backlash she crashed around the time of her Oscar win. <\/p>\n

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u201cAww two queens! Anne Hathaway and Issa Rae sharing a moment at the ELLE Women in Hollywood event last night ud83dudc95nhttps:\/\/t.co\/JRACIBZ0O8u201d<\/p>\n

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u201c@DionneGrant @people Iu2019m enjoying the comeback of Anne Hathaway bc there was a moment where like 60% of people didnu2019t like her but couldnu2019t explain why.u201d<\/p>\n

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u201cIt was never cool to hate Anne Hathawayu201d<\/p>\n

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u201cI knew millennials were dumb when they said they hated Anne Hathaway like how tf do u hate heru201d<\/p>\n

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u201cRead Anne Hathaway’s Women in Hollywood speech, and it reminded me that she took all the dogging people gave her for Les Miserables (for years) and turned it into her Colossal performance. nnLong live the Queen of Genovia. https:\/\/t.co\/aztUa8U5bRu201d<\/p>\n

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Hathaway certainly hasn’t let any of this negativity stop her. every next movie, Armageddon Time<\/em>comes out next week, and she has six others in production.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n