Actress Jacqueline Bisset admits she’s “unsympathetic” toward women who came forward during the #MeToo movement and feels that women are partially to blame for any sexual harassment.
“I understand as an idea, it’s important that men behave, but I do really think it’s important that women behave, too,” the international actress, 80, exclusively tells Page Six. “I think how you dress, what your subtext is very, very important. It’s very dangerous and not to be played with.”
The “Day for Night” star opines that perhaps women are free of any blame if “you don’t know anything about men,” but adds that she’s “very unsympathetic to these stories, these #MeToo things.”
She adds, “You have to be very careful what you put out [there].”
The #MeToo movement began going viral in 2017 following the exposure of movie producer Harvey Weinstein’s myriad alleged abuse and assaults against female employees and actresses.
Dozens more men in the fields of politics, media and entertainment were also brought down by the #MeToo movement including former CBS honcho Les Moonves, comedian Louis C.K., and former “Today” show anchor Matt Lauer.
Bisset suggests that as an antidote to possible harassment women “need to learn the word ‘no’ or the F-word or something and you have to do it and you can get through it without any problem.”
The actress, who says she’s never to have experienced any sexual harassment, first came to the US from the UK in 1967.
“I was very determined not to have anything happen to me and I was completely devoted to that idea,” she says.
Bisset had roles in movies like “The Detective,” “Airport,” and “Murder on the Orient Express.” But it was her appearance in 1977’s “The Deep” that solidified her star status — undoubtedly helped by the film’s memorable promotional posters, featuring Bisset in a clinging, wet white T-shirt.
In a 2021 interview with the Post, Bisset says she was horrified by the images.
“I tried to get the thing stopped,” she revealed. “I tried to get an injunction on them.”
Bisset’s latest role is in “Loren & Rose,” in which she plays an aging actress looking to reinvigorate her career.
The actress says she was immediately drawn to the part because of the script.
“The script is so well-written and it really vibrated for me when I read it,” she shares. “I was like. My God. This is really a fantastic role.”
Bisset, who sounds vibrant and sharp in the interview, credits her stamina with taking “an interest in things and I’m fairly active.”
Being “active” includes manual labor.
“I go on the roof,” she explains. “I do the brickwork. I do all kinds of jobs, I just get down to it. I’m not afraid of hard work.”
The “Class” star also stresses the importance of diet.
“I eat lots and lots of vegetables and I steam them,” she says. “I personally believe that you could change the health of Americans if the government gave everybody a steaming basket and a pot and taught them how to steam food.
“It’s so delicious! And you also need a bottle of cold-pressed olive oil and a lemon. You can absolutely eat like a queen with steamed vegetables, olive oil and lemon!”
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