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Megyn Kelly landed the first TV interview with TV reporter Lauren Sivan, who, just a few days ago, alleged that Harvey Weinstein masturbated in front of her after trying to kiss her.

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00:00I find it very irritating when you get the, why didn't you go to HR? Yeah. You know, do you live

00:05in this world? Do you understand the realities of the power imbalance in a given workplace?

00:09Megyn Kelly landed the first televised interview with TV reporter Lauren Sivan,

00:13who just a few days ago alleged that Harvey Weinstein masturbated in front of her after

00:18trying to kiss her. Sivan revealed on Megyn Kelly Today that after the New York Times reported

00:22claims against Weinstein for decades of alleged sexual harassment, the Hollywood producer's

00:28bizarre statement to the outlet was the final straw that inspired her to speak out. Sivan said

00:32of Weinstein, there is no remorse. There was no acknowledgement of the type of behavior that

00:36was going on. If he did this with me, who is just a stranger, who is not an actress in Hollywood

00:41and doesn't need anything from him, I can only imagine how many other women something like this

00:46has happened to. She added that she believes all of the women who've alleged harassment by Weinstein.

00:51Kelly also asked Sivan why she didn't come forward with her experience right away. According to the

00:55reporter, I didn't know what going public would do to me. She added that she also wondered if

01:00she had done something wrong to make this happen.

01:02And also there's that feeling that I'm sure so many women feel of shame.

01:07Sivan also recalled how Weinstein called her at her TV station the next day. She says the media

01:12mogul told her what a great time he had and that they should do it again, which produced a groan from

01:17the audience. While Sivan was not in a workplace environment with Weinstein, Kelly brought out two

01:22employment experts to talk about why women are reluctant to speak out or go to human resources

01:27when they experience sexual harassment at work. Kelly and the employment expert said that while

01:31accusers are barred from retaliating, in reality, people in the company can do multiple subtle things

01:37to retaliate against sexual harassment accusers.

01:39How can you expect 22-year-old women to challenge someone who has so much power, so much money, so much

01:44authority? We have to put better safeguards in place so women feel comfortable coming forward.

01:48The Weinstein Company's board of directors fired Harvey Weinstein on Sunday in light of new information

01:53about his misconduct. For the full interview with Sivan on Megyn Kelly today and more on this

01:58ongoing story, head to THR.com. For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.

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