In case you hadn’t heard, Matthew Weiner was recently accused of the kind of sexual harassment one might imagine happening on an episode of Mad Men.
Writer Kater Gordon claims the show’s creator asked her to get naked and told her she owed it to him.
Now writer-producer Marti Noxon (pictured above), a TV veteran who ran two seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and created UnREAL and Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce, has now come out in support of her former coworker.
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Not only does she say she remembers the day after the alleged incident, she has her own assessment of Weiner’s bad behavior.
She even calls him an “emotional terrorist” and compares him to his character Pete Campbell!
Ch-ch-check out Marti’s Twitter indictment of her old boss and his way of working (below)!
On the subject of Matt Weiner and #MadMen
About a week ago Kater Gordon, a young female writer who worked on Mad Men bravely came forward with her account of being sexual harassed by Matt Weiner. While sharing writing duties with him, she recalls that he causally mentioned 1/
— marti noxon (@martinoxon) November 17, 2017
something to the effect of “you owe it to me to show me your naked body.”
I believe her. I was at work with her the day after what she described transpired. I remember clearly how shaken and subdued Kater was — and continued to be from that day on. 2/
— marti noxon (@martinoxon) November 17, 2017
Responding to her statement, Matt claimed he would never make that kind of comment to a colleague. But anyone with an even cursory knowledge of the show Mad Men could imagine that very line coming from the mouth of Pete Campbell. 3/
— marti noxon (@martinoxon) November 17, 2017
Matt, Pete’s creator, is many things. He is devilishly clever and witty, but he is also, in the words of one of his colleagues, an “emotional terrorist” who will badger, seduce and even tantrum in an attempt to get his needs met. 4/
— marti noxon (@martinoxon) November 17, 2017
This personality type can not help but create an atmosphere where everyone is constantly off guard and unsure where they stand. It is the kind of atmosphere where a comment like “you owe it to me to show me your naked body”… 5/
— marti noxon (@martinoxon) November 17, 2017
may — or may not — be a joke. And it may — or may not — lead to a demotion or even the end of a career. 6/
— marti noxon (@martinoxon) November 17, 2017
Everyone at Mad Men, regardless of gender or position, was affected by this atmosphere. Why did we not confront him more or report him to our parent companies? Well, for one, we were grateful to him for the work and truly in awe of his talents. 7/
— marti noxon (@martinoxon) November 17, 2017
For another, it was hard to know what was real when moods and needs shifted so frequently. Self-advocacy is important and I agree we all need to do it more and rely on less on faulty institutions to do it for us 8/
— marti noxon (@martinoxon) November 17, 2017
But it is very difficult when the cost is, at best, fear and uncertainty — and at worst the loss of a job and ruined reputation. Taking that action is one thing to contemplate if you have money in the bank and family to fall back on 9/
— marti noxon (@martinoxon) November 17, 2017
but quite another for people from all walks of life without a safety net. And when sexual favors are lightly added to the bag of tools one might use to stay employed and valued, it can be destabilizing or even devastating. 10/
— marti noxon (@martinoxon) November 17, 2017
It may not be illegal, but it is oppressive. I witnessed it and, despite the fact that that I was a senior consultant on the show, I also experienced it in my own way in my days at Mad Men. 11/
— marti noxon (@martinoxon) November 17, 2017
I believe Kater Gordon.
— marti noxon (@martinoxon) November 17, 2017
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