Kremlin News Anchor Thinks America Doesn't Have Enough Sex
For all Russia's meddling in our cyber lives, they seem to have missed all the good porn.
“There's no sex," said Russian anchor and sex denier Dmitry Kiselev, speaking about the U.S. Yesterday Kiselev took on the accusations against Harvey Weinstein in his widely watched news show Vesti Nedeli, on Kremlin-owned channel Rossiya-1. Kiselev condemned Americans for giving accusers the benefit of the doubt, and mourned the death of "impulsivity, spontaneity, and passion" in America.
In a translation by The Moscow Times, Kiselev said, “There's no sex, just as there is no masculinity and no femininity. There isn't even anything homosexual. There isn't anything at all." He continued, "Now everything can be seen as dirty harassment." Kiselev apparently does not see the line between a spontaneous "romantic adventure" and James Toback masturbating onto your leg in a hotel room.
Kiselev also expressed concern that Netflix had cut ties with Kevin Spacey after accusations of sexual harassment from several men, which is a sharp pivot for a man who once said on Rossiya that the hearts of homosexuals who die in car accidents should be buried or burned, because they are "unsuitable for the continuation of life."
To say the least, the Russian response to the accusations against Weinstein has been very different from the outrage that gripped Hollywood. Last month Meduza approached numerous filmmakers and actors to ask what they thought about the Weinstein accusations. Some denied ever experiencing or hearing about sexual harassment in Russia. One actress described sexual assault as "wonderful." Producer Zhora Kryzhovnikov explained that in Russia, there's no imperative to respond to scandals as a professional community. "If I’m being honest," Kryzhovnikov said, "the reaction I hear more often than anything is 'poor guy.' I get the feeling that Russian society sees this as a joke, like some kind of prank or ridiculously inflated misunderstanding." Kryzhovnikov's analysis seems especially true of Kiselev, who said the "brutal seriousness" of Hollywood's response to Weinstein "threatens to destroy the humor in people's relationships."
We don't hate sex, just Harvey Weinstein.
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