The 'Grindhouse' star is upset that no one did anything to stop a transgender woman who 'verbally assaulted' her at a book signing event at Barnes and Noble in NYC.
- Feb 3, 2018
AceShowbiz - Rose McGowan has canceled all upcoming public appearances after getting into a heated argument with a transgender woman during a book signing event for her new memoir "Brave" at Barnes & Noble in New York City on Wednesday, February 31. The actress took to Twitter on Friday to express her disappointment at her publicists, managers, fans and employees at Barnes & Noble for not interfering with the confrontation.
"I am canceling upcoming public appearances because I have given enough. I have given beauty, in return I was VERBALLY ASSAULTED for two full minutes @BNBuzz by an actor paid to verbally assault a woman who has been terrorized by your system. And no ONE in that room did anything," she wrote. "And everyone from my publicists, t assistants, managers and every person sitting in their chairs frozen by their weakness, a weakness called COMPLICITY. The truth is you all failed me. Again. And again. And again."
And everyone from my publicists, t assistants, managers and every person sitting in their chairs frozen by their weakness, a weakness called COMPLICITY. The truth is you all failed me. Again. And again. And again.
— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) February 2, 2018
She added in another post, "I would like an apology from the manager of the Union Square @BNUnionSquareNY and all security people, and the audience, who did nothing and let the paid verbal assault of an assaulted woman happen. Cool?"
I would like an apology from the manager of the Union Square @BNUnionSquareNY and all security people, and the audience, who did nothing and let the paid verbal assault of an assaulted woman happen. Cool?
— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) February 2, 2018
At the book signing event, McGowan was taking questions from the audience when the woman, named Andi Dier, spoke up from the back of the room and asked McGowan about comments she had made on RuPaul's "What's the Tee?" podcast in July. "Trans women are dying and you said that we, as trans women, are not like regular women," Dier told her. "We get raped more often. We go through domestic violence more often. There was a trans woman killed here a few blocks [away]. I have been followed home."
The "Charmed" alum interrupted her to say, "Hold on. So am I. We are the same. My point was, we are the same. There's an entire show called ID channel, a network, dedicated to women getting abused, murdered, sexualized, violated, and you're a part of that, too, sister. It's the same."
Dier went on confronting the 44-year-old star, "You do nothing for them. Trans women are in men's prisons. And what have you done for them?" McGowan countered, raising her voice, "What have you done for women?"
McGowan said, "Don't label me, sister. Don't put your labels on me. Don't you f***ing do that. Do not put your labels on me. I don't come from your planet. Leave me alone. I do not subscribe to your rules. I do not subscribe to your language. You will not put labels on me or anybody. Step the f**k back. What I do for the f***ing world and you should be f***ing grateful. Shut the f**k up. Get off my back. What have you done? I know what I've done, God d**k it."
McGowan seemingly suggested that Dier was a "plant" from Harvey Weinstein sent to harass her. McGowan has accused the disgraced movie mogul of raping her in 1997. Dier denied this, telling The Daily Beast, "No. I'm not powerful enough to know someone like Weinstein. I live in a closet in East New York."
Barnes & Noble later released a statement which read, "Barnes & Noble strives to make every author appearance in our stores a positive experience both for the author and our customers. In this case, a heckler appeared in the crowd and tried to disrupt the event and they were escorted out of the store by security."
