Jessica Chastain defends Matt Damon over reports of covering up for Harvey Weinstein

Jessica Chastain has been vocal about calling out Harvey Weinstein and supporting the sexual assault victims since the matter came to light. When her co-star on The Martian, Matt Damon’s name popped up in a report suggesting he helped kill a story in 2004 about the Indie mogul’s reported misconduct, she did feel disappointed.

This is heart shattering https://t.co/xqgrH5Smgp

— Jessica Chastain (@jes_chastain) October 9, 2017

On Wednesday, Damon denied the reports saying he had no idea about the story. He said Weinstein had asked him to call The Wrap founder Sharon Waxman to vouch for Fabrizio Lombardo, who ran Miramax’s Italian office, the distribution company for Weinstein, and Damon agreed to call the reporter.

“As I recall, her piece just said that Russell and I had called and relayed our experience with Fabrizio,” said Damon.

Waxman corroborated Damon’s statement.

I endorse Matt Damon’s statement. He called me briefly,wasn’t informed – nor shld he have been – abt investigative aspect of piece. @thewrap https://t.co/kTbOdYY7C8

— Sharon Waxman (@sharonwaxman) October 10, 2017

Chastain then took to Twitter show her support for her co-star. “I’ve spent time with him on …read more