Christina Hendricks recalls sexist media questions after breakout out on Mad Men

The Guardian

“There certainly was a time when we were very critically acclaimed, and getting a lot of attention for our very good work and our very hard work, and everyone just wanted to ask me about my bra again," Hendricks tells The Guardian. "There are only two sentences to say about a bra." She adds: “Boy, do you think anyone in the entertainment industry comes out unscathed and not objectified? I don’t know one musician or one model or one actor who has escaped that. I have had moments – not on Mad Men; on other things – where people have tried to take advantage of me, use my body in a way I wasn’t comfortable with, persuade me or coerce me or professionally shame me: ‘If you took your work seriously, you would do this …’ Maybe it was my modelling background, but I knew to immediately get on the phone and go: ‘Uh oh, trouble. That’s where it’s very much a job. We need to talk to the producers and handle this professionally.” Hendricks also addressed the sexual harassment allegation against Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner from his former writer Kater Gordon. “My relationship with Matt was in no way toxic,” she says. “I don’t discount anyone’s experience if I wasn’t there to see it, but that wasn’t my experience. Was he a perfectionist, was he tough, did he expect a lot? Yes. And he would say that in a second. We were hard on each other.”