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Oprah Steps Down From Producing Documentary Featuring One Of Russell Simmons’ Accusers

<p class&equals;"p1">Roommates&comma; it looks like <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;oprah-winfrey-donates-13-million-to-morehouse-college&sol;">Oprah<&sol;a> has officially stepped down from being the executive producer for a &num;METoo documentary that featured Russell Simmons’ accusers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1">Along with stepping down from the documentary&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;deadline&period;com&sol;2020&sol;01&sol;oprah-winfrey-appletv-russell-simmons-sundance-documentary-kirby-dick-amy-ziering-response-1202827400&sol;">Deadline<&sol;a> reports the documentary is also being pulled from Apple TV&plus; distribution&period; In a statement Oprah gave&comma; she said&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1">I have decided that I will no longer be executive producer on <i>The Untitled Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering Documentary<&sol;i> and it will not air on Apple TV&plus;&period; First and foremost&comma; I want it to be known that I unequivocally believe and support the women&period; Their stories deserve to be told and heard&period; In my opinion&comma; there is more work to be done on the film to illuminate the full scope of what the victims endured and it has become clear that the filmmakers and I are not aligned in that creative vision&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1">She also added&colon; Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering are talented filmmakers&period; I have great respect for their mission but given the filmmakers’ desire to premiere the film at the Sundance Film Festival before I believe it is complete&comma; I feel it’s best to step aside&period; I will be working with Time’s Up to support the victims and those impacted by abuse and sexual harassment&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1">The documentary will still premiere at the Sundace Film Festival next month&period; Oprah grew wide criticism when she announced she would be apart of the documentary to begin with&period; Celebrities like 50 Cent took to Instagram to put in his two cents &lpar;pun intended&rpar;&period; 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