Diana Keaton defends Woody Allen against sexual harassment accusations, amid women in Hollywood coming together against sexual predators.
In a Twitter post made on Tuesday, Keaton said, "Woody Allen is my friend and I continue to believe in him."
The post came alongside a clip of the award-winning director's interview with Steve Kroft defending himself against allegations that he sexually assaulted his adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow. "It might be of interest to take a look at the 60 Minute interview from 1992 and see what you think," Keaton added in the post.
Keaton, who rose to fame through Allen's movies such as "Annie Hall" in 1977, "Interiors" in 1978, and "Manhattan" in 1979, has always been supportive of the 82-year-old director.
In 2014, Farrow published an open letter in The New York Times, where she singled out Keaton and a few other actresses as she detailed Allen's alleged abuse when she was only seven years old. "What if it had been you, Emma Stone? Or you, Scarlett Johansson? You knew me when I was a little girl, Diane Keaton. Have you forgotten me?" she wrote.
In an interview with The Guardian later that year, Keaton said she was not bothered in the least by Farrow's article, saying, "I saw her maybe three times. I didn't know her."
Even then, she expressed her full support for the director, who she described as the "strongest person" she has ever met.
Allen has always denied the accusations and has never been charged of anything due to lack of evidence. However, in light of the #metoo and Time's Up movements, his alleged act of sexual abuse has been put to the spotlight once again.
Keaton and Alec Baldwin are only two of the few who still stand by the director. Colin Firth, Greta Gerwig and Kate Winslet have earlier expressed their regrets for working with Allen and others accused of sexual harassment.
