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Jason Isaacs Regrets Bringing Up Mikey Madison’s ‘vulva’
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What if we didn’t talk about anyone’s genitals? Jason Isaacs is walking back some comments made about onscreen nudity during press for The White Lotus. “I said the wrong words in the wrong way,” he clarified to Variety on March 19. “I used the phrase ‘double standard,’ which I didn’t mean at all. There is a [different] double standard — women have been monstrously exploited and men haven’t.” During an interview with CBS Mornings on March 14, Gayle King asked Isaacs about a scene with his White Lotus character’s exposed penis in episode four. “A lot of people are debating it. It’s all over the internet,” Isaacs said, regarding whether or not he wore a prosthetic. “And it’s interesting because the best actress this year is Mikey Madison at the Oscars. And I don’t see anybody discussing her vulva, which was on [the screen] all the time.” He added, “It’s interesting that there’s a double standard for men.”
“When women are naked, Margaret Qualley as well, in The Substance, nobody would dream of talking to her about her genitalia or her nipples or any of those things,” he continued. “So, its odd that there’s a double standard.”
Isaacs says he was attempting to deflect from the personal question. “I had been asked so many times in the same day by journalists, ‘Are you wearing a prosthetic?’ Which means, ‘Have I seen your actual penis? It’s very important for me to know if I’ve seen your penis,’” Isaacs told Variety. “It just strikes me as a bit weird and slightly obsessive. I thought I could have fun batting it off, but I batted it off very poorly.”
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