Ellen Barkin had a deeply personal connection to Brett Kavanaugh’s testimony on Thursday. It reminded her of the behavior of her own rapist.

The Animal Kingdom actress and self-proclaimed badass isn’t known for holding back, so she didn’t while watching the Supreme Court nominee’s at times fiery and at other times weepy rebuttal to Christine Blasey Ford recounting her allegations of sexual assault. Barkin, 64, posted a series of tweets, many using the hashtag #MeToo, while watching it unfold, including this one — in which she compares Kavanaugh’s tears to the tears of her own attacker — which has gotten some attention.

I have seen men cry like kavanaugh, the one who cried at my feet after smashing my face thru a glass coffee table, the one sobbing and screaming until i understood it was my fault for making him angry enough to attack me.

Deny, attack, become the victim…cry if you are able. — Ellen Barkin (@EllenBarkin) September 27, 2018





“I have seen men cry like Kavanaugh, the one who cried at my feet after smashing my face thru a glass coffee table,” wrote Barkin. One commenter — who identified themselves only as USASTRONGAGAIN — called the Sea of Love and Ocean’s Thirteen star a load of names (like “idiot” and “clueless”) and questioned her about the attack. In her reply, Barkin said that during the attack, which took place “43 yrs ago,” making her about 21 years old, she was “repeatedly raped for 5 hours.”

43 yrs ago…I could tell you the location. Yes, my best friend was present when we spoke to nypd but that’s it… no wait, I could give you all the details I remember of being repeatedly raped for 5 hours. https://t.co/7ckDtFMJcH — Ellen Barkin (@EllenBarkin) September 28, 2018





She also noted that she did report it to the New York Police Department, and posted another tweet regarding what she was told by police in 1975.

I also remember the nypd telling me there was nothing they could do but plz call if my rapist comes for me again https://t.co/EP0v21xNyj — Ellen Barkin (@EllenBarkin) September 28, 2018





Barkin posted several other tweets expressing her not-so-subtle opinions about Kavanaugh’s emotional testimony.

I would love to play poker w Kavanaugh. He just sat down and the tells on display are shocking. Guilty as fuck. — Ellen Barkin (@EllenBarkin) September 27, 2018





Make no mistake, kavanaugh’s emotion is real. He is a guilty man living with the shame of exposure. Choke on it — Ellen Barkin (@EllenBarkin) September 27, 2018





If you question a man, esp one more powerful than yourself, and his response is outrage, chances are he has something to hide. Of this i am sure. #MeToo #TimesUp — Ellen Barkin (@EllenBarkin) September 28, 2018





She also had harsh words for Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, whose finger-pointing rant about being a “single white man” who “will not shut up” was also criticized.

Lindsey Graham deserves exactly what every woman lives in fear of. #MeToo — Ellen Barkin (@EllenBarkin) September 27, 2018





Barkin — who has said, “If being a badass is being a person who doesn’t take s*** from anyone, then yes, that would be me” — has been a voice during this time of #MeToo and #TimesUp. In March, when director Terry Gilliam, whom she worked with in 1998’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, criticized the #MeToo movement, she had this brow-raising reply:

My hard won advice: never get into an elevator alone with terry gilliam — Ellen Barkin (@EllenBarkin) March 17, 2018





In another tweet in 2017, Barkin writes, “Why couldn’t you keep your mouth shut and stay gone,” and reacting to Gilliam criticizing the #MeToo movement as “simplistic” and “silly,” she wrote, “terry gilliam is the last man to admonish a movement that is trying to protect women from abusive men. #MeToo.”

Barkin was one of the early actors to go on the record about disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein’s improper workplace behavior. While she was never a victim of his sexual advances, she said in an Oct. 27 New Yorker story that Weinstein frequently verbally abused her, calling her a “c***” and “c*** bitch” while filming Into the West, which he produced. The “repercussions are real,” if people dared to take him on, she said. “I was terrified Harvey was going to make it impossible to go back to work, with those tentacles of his.” She added, “This fear of losing your career is not losing your ticket to a borrowed dress and earrings someone paid you to wear. It’s losing your ability to support yourself, to support your family, and this is f***ing real whether you are the biggest movie star or the lowest-pay-grade assistant.”

While so many Hollywood stars have come forward over the last year to speak out about mistreatment, Barkin said in another interview in June that she doesn’t see things changing that much for women in the industry. “Not in my lifetime anyway,” she told InStyle. “We’re talking about centuries of ingrained behavior, and considering we are an industry that trades on sex, I don’t ever expect to see any other real dynamic.”





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