Brendan Fraser: the actor will not go to the Golden Globes

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Actor Brendan Fraser has said he will not attend Hollywood's Golden Globe Awards next year after accusing their former president of assaulting him. is tipped for awards success for his return role in The Whale.

In 2018, he said Philip Berk, head of the organizing body of the Golden Globes, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, fondled his ass in 2003.

Fraser previously said the incident "set me back" and "feeling reclusive".

The HFPA found that Mr. Berk had "touched" Fraser inappropriately, but that it "was intended to be taken as a joke and not as a sexual advance".

Asked in a new interview with GQ if he would go to next year's Golden Globes if he was invited, Fraser replied, "I have more history with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association than I have respect for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. No, I will not attend p as.

"It's because of the history I have with them. And my mother didn't raise a hypocrite. You can call me many things, but not that."