I have three daughters aged 6, 8 and 10 and come from a generation of incredibly proud and ambitious women. Trust me, I’ve come across all sorts of ‘Harvey Weinsteins’ in my career and you know what? I’ve come out on the other side without compromising any of my moral values. I do not need to speak up now because I dealt with it the moment it happened.

How? Well for starters, by not going to any hotel room a ‘Harvey’ invited me to, by not getting naked when a ‘Harvey’ requested it, by not going to ‘Harveys’ party or having smiling photos taken with ‘Harvey’ and lastly, by not having to thank a ‘Harvey’ for advancing my career because I advanced my own career. As soon as I ‘smelt a Harvey’ I put up all defences so that the ‘Harvey’ got the message loud and clear: ‘This is a no-go-zone’. To be fair, the ‘Harveys’ I encountered quickly got the message I wasn’t going to 'tango' with them.

The problem with Hollywood actresses only now, suddenly choosing to speak out after all these years is that A - they should have spoken up as soon as it happened and B – they should NOT have profited off or chosen to continue to associate themselves with someone they believe is so bad. By choosing to continue doing business with him under his 'terms' and not speaking up at the time, they are sending the wrong message to young women. This is 100% NOT the message I want to send to my daughters. If you believe something is morally wrong do NOT go with the flow - not even a 'bit'.

It is NOT okay to go into the lion’s den unless you want to be eaten and if you do choose to ‘dance’ with the devil because that is good for your career then be prepared for your morals to suffer. We must send the message to all women that united we stand not necessarily in speaking up after the fact but in taking immediate moral, preventative action as far as possible, against sexual predators. We must have the inner strength to take action on what is right and believe in ourselves enough to know we can do it on our own terms – without ‘Harveys’. At the core of all this, we must understand the difference between right and wrong and do the right thing even if it means it will be bad for us in the short term.

Plus, we need to be careful how much we are prepared to carve off our morals in the pursuit of fame and fortune. After my ‘stint’ as a candidate on BBCs The Apprentice, my then agent, wanted my consent to make up lies that he knew would get my name in the papers. I obviously said no way and was shocked when he told me that most stars will just about say or do anything to remain in the public eye! I sacked this agent. When I get in the papers, it’s for the right reasons and the right reasons only. I hope that the actresses speaking up now are finally doing it for the RIGHT reasons.

As my daughters grow up, I will teach them what my mother taught me – your morals come before your career. You must never choose to put yourself in a situation that requires you to downgrade your morals in any way, shape or form – period. No career is worth doing anything you aren't morally comfortable with - not even Hollywood.

And what is ‘moral’? Well, moral is simply the principles of right and wrong behaviour. In my opinion, it is right to guard your body and pride from the ‘Harveys’ of the world and I’d rather sweep streets for the rest of my life than enter Harvey Weinsteins hotel room for a ‘meeting’ or compromise myself to remain in the public eye. Thankfully, in the long term, you cannot go wrong doing the right thing.