Olivia Munn says at the height of the #metoo movement, she had a “traumatic” experience on a movie set that got the studio to offer a seven-digit settlement-which she rejected because she did not want to sign a non-disclosure agreement.
The actress told her story on the Tuesday episode of Monica Lewinsky’s podcast “Reclaiming”, as People first reported Wednesday. Munn did not name the film, studio or any people involved, but said she reported that the event around 2017 reports on Harvey Weinstein’s abominable behavior with women catalyzed the broader #metoo movement.
“I had to submit complaints to the studio, and there are many other little things that come with it, but it came to this place where I was offered a lot of money,” Munn said. “Seven digits to accept, I suppose, their apology and those with recognition of it. But it came with an NDA. “
Munn did not like the idea of an agreement on disclosure, but not because she planned to ever speak publicly about the incident – rather she did not like the optics to trade her right to speak for money and was even concerned about the studio may leak her agreement to discredit her.
“This was like the bill, Harvey Weinstein that started everything,” she said. “This was that time period, and that’s when people were aimed at anyone who signed a NDA who said:” Oh, you did it just for the money. “So I was afraid that my vote and speaking would only turn some kind of validity into my vote.”
Munn took the matter as far as a meeting with studio lawyers, but at one point she said that one of them used a “disrespect” tone to emphasize that she was offered a lot of money. She said that her anger and frustration made her reject the offer on site.
“I wasn’t thinking about negotiating,” she said. “I didn’t think of anything except how disrespectful it was.”
Listen to the entire exchange on ”Recovery“Podcast or in the video above.
