Brendan Fraser’s sexual assault claims against ex-HFPA president has come back to haunt Golden Globes
Brendan Fraser isn’t budging when it comes to abandoning an organization that he claims protected itself over those it’s supposed to honor.
In a new GQ cover profile, the actor – who is one of the Best Actor frontrunners for his performance in Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale” – said he “will not participate” at this year’s Golden Globe Awards, slated for Jan. 10, even if he does secure a nomination.
“I have more history with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association than I have respect for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association,” Fraser said, condemning the organization that stages the Golden Globes and bestows the awards. “No, I will not participate.”
“It’s because of the history that I have with them. And my mother didn’t raise a hypocrite. You can call me a lot of things, but not that,” he added.
In 2018, “The Mummy” actor alleged that former HFPA President Philip Berk had groped and assaulted him at a 2003 luncheon at the Beverly Hills Hotel — a claim that Berk later disputed. Fraser recounted the experience, saying then that it “made me retreat” and made him feel like “something had been taken away from me.
