Actor Andy Dick Has Been Fired For Sexual Misconduct & No One’s Surprised

Among the wave of long-overdue sexual misconduct allegations emerging out of Hollywood and the entertainment industry, exposing so-called ‘open secrets’ which should have been blown open long ago, there are a few not-so-surprising allegations.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, actor and comedian Andy Dick has been fired from the upcoming indie film Raising Buchanan in the wake of a series of sexual harassment allegations. Dick has been accused of “groping, nonconsensual kissing and licking, as well as sexually propositioning at least four people on the film”.

It is also alleged that he made a number of ‘off-colour’ remarks about the Harvey Weinstein allegations which caused some crew members uncomfortable, though it is not clear what those statements actually were.

His response to allegations, as provided to THR, does not look particularly good:

I don’t know the difference between sexual harassment and trying to get a date. In the ’70s, all the girlfriends I got was by kissing and licking their cheek. I don’t know anymore. There were beautiful women and beautiful guys on the set. I flirt with them. I might kiss someone on the set and ask them to go to dinner. They are the ones that took it south.

He went on. “I didn’t grab anybody’s genitals,” the 51-year-old continued. “Of course I’m going to proposition people. I’m single, depressed, lonely and trying to get a date. They can just say no, and they probably did and then I was done.”

None of this is particularly surprising. Allegations of sexual misconduct have followed Dick for basically his entire career. There’s a wrap at Vox today outlining the breadth of the accusations against him, all of which have been very much in the open for a long time. The phrase “Everyone has an Andy Dick story” has become something of a popular LA aphorism.

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Dick is currently promoting a documentary about his life called – you guessed it – Everybody Has an Andy Dick Story.

The atmosphere in Hollywood at the moment is certainly pulling many instances of of harassment and abuse into the spotlight – but a few of them, like those surrounding Dick, were already there. It’s good that consequences are starting to be felt.

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