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Dame Judi Dench is all about forgiveness when it comes to her friend Harvey Weinstein ... and she thinks we should cut the disgraced producer some slack. He completely agrees!

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00:00You have heard the buzz that Donald Trump may pardon Diddy.

00:03There's even been talk about R. Kelly.

00:07Well, let's throw another name into the ring.

00:10Harvey Weinstein.

00:11Yes, although this one is not coming from the White House,

00:15some would say it's coming from across the pond.

00:19From Dame Judi Dench, who is feeling more than sympathy for Harvey Weinstein,

00:25saying it's time to let him out, that he's done his time.

00:30So they have history, obviously.

00:33In Hollywood, they have Hollywood history,

00:35in that she was one of the stars of Shakespeare in Love.

00:38She actually won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress on that one.

00:44He has tentacles all over Hollywood.

00:46And he championed that, right?

00:48He was a big part of the campaign for the Oscars for that movie

00:51in all the categories as nominated.

00:53This is what Dame Judi Dench had to say about Harvey

00:57when she saw a photo of him.

01:00She said, I saw a bit of film of Harvey walking with two sticks.

01:04I think she means canes.

01:05And you think, well, I imagine he's done his time.

01:09I don't know.

01:10To me, it's personal.

01:12Forgiveness.

01:12You know, it's interesting that she's saying this

01:17because she knows the way that's going to be received in Hollywood.

01:20Certainly.

01:21And you can see there's some courtesy.

01:23Very savvy.

01:24She's very savvy.

01:25And she knows there are a lot of people who are going to say,

01:27oh, my God.

01:28So he's right now serving a 16-year sentence?

01:30He's serving a 16-year sentence.

01:32He has served six and a half years of it already,

01:34if you count the time in Rikers when he was being tried.

01:36And he's really sick.

01:38He's got cancer.

01:39He had a heart, open heart surgery last year.

01:42He has leukemia.

01:42He's 73 years old.

01:44It's not going to get better.

01:45And it's a hard time that he is serving in prison.

01:47What I will say about Judi Dench is she is extremely savvy.

01:50She's also quite old.

01:51She's advanced in age.

01:52And I don't think she cares about blowback at this point.

01:54She's not really active in movies anymore.

01:57I have another theory about this.

02:00If this were five years ago, people would be stunned at it.

02:05But when you look at the pardons that Donald Trump has given,

02:09you know, from January 6th to, you know, now considering Diddy,

02:13which I think, by the way, is going to happen,

02:16it's not that it's normalized.

02:18There's not going to be a presidential pardon of Harvey Weinstein.

02:21I just...

02:23Look, Dan Judi Dench saying she would like...

02:26He's part of the liberal establishment.

02:27If this is one thing...

02:28Here's the thing.

02:29That's not...

02:29I think the same thing as a presidential pardon.

02:31I tend to agree with you, but I wouldn't bet.

02:34I wouldn't bet.

02:35So you think because she has floated this out here

02:38that then the White House would jump on board?

02:40I don't know.

02:41I mean, Donald Trump...

02:42He hates Hollywood.

02:43Donald Trump doesn't like Hollywood,

02:45but at the same time, I think he's going to pardon Diddy.

02:48That's fair.

02:49So what's the difference?

02:49But what Diddy was convicted of...

02:51What Diddy was convicted of is way different

02:54from what Harvey Weinstein was...

02:55The conviction, yes.

02:56And actually, Harvey...

02:57That is true.

02:58He can't pardon him for the state offenses.

02:59It's a state offense.

03:00He's serving for rape in New York.

03:01Yes, the convictions, yes.

03:03Yeah.

03:03But the Cassie video that everybody...

03:05You're talking about Diddy.

03:06We're talking about Weinstein.

03:07Weinstein can't be pardoned by Trump

03:08because he's serving a sentence for a state offense.

03:10Right.

03:11So this would have to be the governor,

03:12and that's not going to happen.

03:13That ain't going to happen in New York.

03:15That is not going to happen in California.

03:16It ain't going to happen in New York,

03:17and it wouldn't happen in California.

03:18If you're Harvey Weinstein, and you heard this,

03:19and in fact, we reached out,

03:21and his people did say that...

03:22Give us a statement where basically,

03:24Harvey thanked her for making those comments,

03:26said that she's always been a pivotal part of his career.

03:29She also mentioned Kevin Spacey.

03:30So he thanked her,

03:32but that's where this is going to end.

03:34There's no way he's getting at it.

03:36You've got to wonder how others in town think about it because...

03:41Think about Harvey?

03:42As outrageous as, you know, the things he did,

03:47he also resurrected careers.

03:51He got her her only Oscar.

03:52She's one of the most decorated actresses in history.

03:54Her only Oscar is for Shakespeare in Love.

03:56Gwyneth Paltrow.

03:56The convictions are so much different

04:00when you compare them to Diddy.

04:01Oh, no, no.

04:01I agree.

04:03Christina from Texas here.

04:04I think Judi Dench is entitled to her feelings,

04:06but the only people with any business or right

04:08to discuss forgiving Harvey Weinstein are his victims.

04:11Forgiveness belongs to the survivors, not the bystanders.

04:14And her personal history with him

04:15doesn't outweigh the women who came forward

04:17or the trauma that they now carry.

04:20I think her compassion is her choice,

04:22but that doesn't mean he has done his time,

04:24and it certainly doesn't cancel out the damage he caused.

04:26And just because he's sick doesn't mean he gets a pass.

04:29He was found guilty.

04:30He needs to serve his sentence.

04:31Yeah, let me ask you something, though.

04:32I hear you.

04:33If this were a man, a male actor who made the suggestion,

04:39would you be more outraged than the fact that it's a woman?

04:43I'd be equally outraged.

04:45Either way, it's not okay.

04:47Okay.

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