Katherine Ryan explains decision to ‘call out predator’ on TV show
nme.comconfronted an unnamed comedian during the taping of a TV show for being a “perpetrator of sexual assault”.Speaking to Desert Island Discs yesterday (October 1), Ryan was asked about the interview last year in which she spoke about an unnamed comedian.“I got a lot of pushback, like, ‘Why won’t you say who it is?’ It’s because everyone knows who it is.
What they’re asking me for is the women’s names. And that’s what I won’t give and that’s why I was reluctant to talk about it,” she said.“There are a few women’s names that I think investigators are looking for and that’s what they’re asking me for.
No one’s asking me for his name. So it’s funny how people go straight to accusing, ‘You are the problem. You won’t give his name.’ It’s like, we’re not the problem.“I had a choice.
I could go to work with someone whom I believe to be a perpetrator of sexual assault, or I could turn down the job. Those were my options.
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