Gretchen Carlsonis speaking up about being a key figure in the filmBombshell.
“I couldn’t take part in any of these projects,” Carlson, 53, tells PEOPLE. “But to go see it with my family, it’s like there’s mom. I have to look at the big picture.”
She continued, “If these projects encourage any women to come forward then it’s totally worth it to me. I just have to look past the part of being able to participate.”
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Carlson has since turned her focus to other projects.
“I’m working incredibly hard to make sure women aren’t silenced anymore,” she tells PEOPLE. “I created a new organization three weeks ago called Lift Our Voices. We’re trying to eradicate non-disclosures so that women are not muzzled anymore.”
She adds, “That’s sort of my response to not being able to participate in these projects.”
Before the show started, Carlson spoke toThe Hollywood Reporteron the red carpet about possibly meeting Kidman, 52, at the award show.
“I’m sitting with Naomi Watts, who has become a great friend of mine since she portrayed me inThe Loudest Voice. I’m really hoping I can meetNicole Kidmanwho is portraying meBombshell,” Carlson said. “As you know, I can’t participate in these projects so I’ve never met Nicole yet. But I feel like she really captured my fighting spirit in the movie.”
Gretchen Carlson, Nicole Kidman.Axelle/Getty Images; P. Lehman/Getty Images
She added, “I’d also like to meet Meryl Streep because she apparentlyconvinced Nicole to take the role.”
Carlson leftFox & Friendsin 2013 and launched a new program calledThe Real Story with Gretchen Carlson. Shefiled a lawsuitagainst then-Fox News Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes in July 2016, claiming sexual harassment.
The lawsuit led to dozens of other women stepping forward with similar accusations against Ailes, who was forced to resign. Carlson and 21st Century Fox settled the lawsuit for $20 million, according toVanity Fair. Ailes died in May 2017.
Bombshellis in theaters and stars Kidman, Charlize Theron, Margot Robbie, John Lithgow and Kate McKinnon.
source: people.com
