Scarlett Johansson calls Ivanka Trump cowardly

New York April 7 (IANS) Actress Scarlett Johansson says Ivanka Trump is cowardly for not speaking out against father Donald Trump s policies.

On Wednesday Ivanka gave an interview -- her first since her father took oath as President -- in which she addressed accusations of being complicit.

Speaking on Thursday at the Women in the World festival Johansson said Ivanka s comments in the interview just baffled her reports telegraph.co.uk.

If you take a job as a public advocate then you must advocate publicly. She said the biggest change she would make was behind closed doors. Well I thought to myself that s empowering Johansson noted with deep sarcasm.

She added: This idea that behind a great man is a great woman. How about being next to them?

Johansson 32 said Ivanka was doing women a disservice.

It s such an old fashioned concept that to be a powerful woman you re going to be seen as bitchy. Well screw that. It s so old fashioned and uninspired and really cowardly. I was so disappointed in that interview she added.

In the interview Ivanka had said: If being complicit is wanting to be a force for good and to make a positive impact then I m complicit. I don t know what it means to be complicit but you know I hope time will prove that I have done a good job and much more importantly that my father s administration is the success that I know it will be.

Johansson had also impersonated Ivanka in a Saturday Night Live (SNL) skit on March 12 mocking her for remaining silent about her father s policies. In the spoof perfume advertisement Johansson plays Ivanka with a voiceover stating: A feminist an advocate a champion for women.

The Complicit ad parody ends with The fragrance for the woman who can stop all this... but won t.

--IANS
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