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Deneuve and 99 other French women signed a
column in Le Monde last week saying the campaign, which saw
millions of women take to social media to share sexual
harassment stories, had gone too far and was fueled by a "hatred
of men".
In a letter in Liberation newspaper on Monday, Deneuve stood by
the statement that sparked an international outcry, but
distanced herself from comments made by other signatories.
In particular, she referred, without naming her, to former radio
presenter Brigitte Lahaie, who during a debate on French TV said
women could "orgasm during a rape".
"I'm a free woman and always will be," Deneuve said. "I send my
sisterly regards to all the victims of abject acts who would
have felt attacked by this column in Le Monde, and it is to
them, and them only, that I offer my apologies."
"Saying on a TV channel that you can orgasm during a rape is
worse than spitting in the face of all those who suffered from
this crime," she said.
But the 74-year-old actress said she did not like the "media
lynching" and "climate of censorship" she said was unleashed by
the #metoo campaign, known in France as #balancetonporc or "rat
out your abuser".
"An actor can be digitally removed from a movie, the director of
a great New York institution can be forced to resign for groping
somebody's buttocks 30 years ago with no other form of trial,"
she said.
"I don't like this pack mentality, all too common these days,"
she added.
(Reporting by Michel Rose; Editing by Matthew Mpoke Bigg)
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