10 explosive revelations from Harvey Weinstein’s first prison interview

The journalist also mentioned Weinstein’s brother, Bob, who was “heavily involved” in building the now defunct The Weinstein Company.

Asked if he was surprised when his sibling cut him off after the scandal, Weinstein said, “Not at all.”

“He is desperate to work and this has also killed his career,” he added. “He’s just hoping that I can get him to go back to work. But unfortunately for him, they’re never going to let him go back to work. He’s stuck there with me. But that wasn’t a surprise. There was a lot of bad blood between us over the last few years of The Weinstein Co..”

He also strongly denied Bob’s claims that he destroyed the company, stating that he saved it instead.

“Hit after hit after hit. And it wasn’t just the movies. I built our television company. People don’t know this, but one of the last things I did was bring in Taylor Sheridan Yellowstone. Sheridan wanted to cast Robert Redford, but I said, ‘You have to get Kevin Costner.’ And it became a huge hit. But then this happened and people forget about it,” he said of his contributions to The Weinstein Company.