Molly Ringwald says 'predators' took advantage of her during her rise as an '80s film star.
"I never really felt like I was part of a community when I was in Hollywood just because I was so young, really," Ringwald, 56, recalled during Monday's episode."I wasn't into going out to clubs. I feel like I'm more social now than I was then. I was just too young."
"Oh, I was taken advantage of," Ringwald said."You can't be a young actress in Hollywood and not have predators around. I wasn't raped bythat was all like, 'It's not all Harvey Weinstein. He's not the only one.'" Ringwald described an audition in her 20s when she was allegedly asked to let the lead actor put a dog collar around her neck.
"Everyone says and I do believe is true, that times were different and what was acceptable then is definitely not acceptable now and nor should it have been then, but that's sort of the way that it was," Ringwald said of the '80s."I feel very differently about the movies now and it's a difficult position for me to be in because there's a lot that I like about them.
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