Chelsea Handler on Juanita Broaddrick: ‘Every Victim Deserves To Be Heard’
On Friday night, Chelsea Handler addressed the Twitter dustup she had with Bill Clinton accuser Juanita Broaddrick.
Earlier this week, the comedian took to Twitter to attack alleged child molester and GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore.
Imagine being molested by an older man. Then that man denies ever doing it and then goes on and gets elected to United States senate. What kind of message does that send to young girls everywhere? And men to all the men who abuse women?
— Chelsea Handler (@chelseahandler) November 12, 2017
And Broaddrick, who alleges she was raped by the former president, responded.
Yeah, @chelseahandler I can imagine. I was raped by the Arkansas AG who then becomes Governor & President and NBC held my interview explaining the rape until after his impeachment hearing. But I’m sure you don’t want to go there. https://t.co/s9W8NZsaZ3
— Juanita Broaddrick (@atensnut) November 13, 2017
Handler followed up with an apology, saying that she “believes her.”
I’m sorry I’m just seeing this, @atensnut. You are right and I apologize to you for not knowing your story. Democrats along with Republicans and the rest of the worlds’s political parties all need to do better and respect the firsthand accounts of victims. I believe you. https://t.co/VDIFmCvg7g
— Chelsea Handler (@chelseahandler) November 16, 2017
On Real Time, Handler was asked about the exchange.
“Ever victim deserves to be heard,” she said. “Anyone who’s alleging any sort of assault or abuse needs to be listened to.”
Bill Maher then asked if we “need to re-look” at Clinton for his assault claims.
“Isn’t the jury out on that?” Handler asked. “We got what Bill Clinton was, okay? He had a lot of sex with a lot of people.”
Maher pushed back that the discussion is about “forced sex, which is a crime.”
“You’re right,” Handler responded. “Do we have to look back at that? Yes. I’m not going to disbelieve a woman… It is my job right now––we’re in the area where we have to believe in every woman because we’ve done such a poor job at believing each other.”
Watch the clip above, via HBO.
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