Actor Henry Cavill thought he was being honest in GQ Australia interview about his hesitation to dating stating he’s afraid of the witch hunt that has become the #MeToo movement. Well, Cavill was forced to apologize for wrong think after massive backlash for his honesty.

In the interview, Cavill was first questioned about what he’s learned from the #MeToo movement:

“I’ve been fortunate enough to not be around the kind of people who behave that way. To my memory there’s been no moments where I look back and think, ‘Ooh, OK, maybe someone shouldn’t have gone through that’. I know there have been situations with people I’ve worked with being perhaps overfamiliar with some of the actresses. But, I’ve always walked up to them and said, ‘Hey, are you all right? That’s creepy’.”

He was then questioned about his own behavior:

“I like to think that I’ve never been like that. I think any human being alive today, if someone casts too harsh a light on anything, you could be like, ‘Well, OK, yeah, when you say it like that, maybe.’ But it’s such a delicate and careful thing to say because there’s flirting which, for example, in a social environment is in context – and is acceptable. And that has been done to me as well, in return.”

Cavill would add:

“Stuff has to change, absolutely. It’s important to also retain the good things, which were a quality of the past, and get rid of the bad things. There’s something wonderful about a man chasing a woman. There’s a traditional approach to that, which is nice. I think a woman should be wooed and chased, but maybe I’m old-fashioned for thinking that.”

And then Cavill would get to the heart of the situation:

“It’s very difficult to do that if there are certain rules in place. Because then it’s like: ‘Well, I don’t want to go up and talk to her, because I’m going to be called a rapist or something’. So you’re like, ‘Forget it, I’m going to call an ex-girlfriend instead, and then just go back to a relationship, which never really worked’. But it’s way safer than casting myself into the fires of hell, because I’m someone in the public eye, and if I go and flirt with someone, then who knows what’s going to happen?”

He adds:

“Now? Now you really can’t pursue someone further than, ‘No’. It’s like, ‘OK, cool’. But then there’s the, ‘Oh why’d you give up?’ And it’s like, ‘Well, because I didn’t want to go to jail?’”

Cavill doesn’t appear to be alone in this belief. A recent study from LeanIn.org reveals:

“Male managers are three times as likely to say they are uncomfortable mentoring women and twice as uncomfortable working alone with a woman The hesitation to meet with women outside of work is even more pronounced: Senior men were 3.5 times more likely to hesitate having a work dinner with a junior female colleague than a male one–and five times more likely to hesitate to travel for work with a junior woman.”.

It didn’t take long for progressives to create outrage and spin his comments out of context.

Folks are going to gloss right over Henry Cavill saying that he’ll just go back to an ex instead of dating, where he might be called a rapist. You can rape people that you’ve consensually slept with before too, Hank. Consent isn’t something that’s “grandfathered” in. — April (@ReignOfApril) July 12, 2018

This is absurd. If Henry Cavill doesn’t want to be called a rapist then all he has to do is… not rape anyone. The mental gymnastics some men are doing to position themselves as “victims” of #MeToo is insane. pic.twitter.com/nafnZiaXGH — Helen Price (@HelenRPrice) July 11, 2018

If you can't tell the difference between welcome flirting and harassment/assault, you have a big problem. — Rachel Molnar (@Rachel_Mol) July 11, 2018

Cavill since apologized for the backlash to his comments through a rep to The Hollywood Reporter,

“Insensitivity was absolutely not my intention. In light of this I would just like to clarify and confirm to all that I have always and will continue to hold women in the highest of regard, no matter the type of relationship whether it be friendship, professional, or a significant other,” the statement read. “Never would I intend to disrespect in any way, shape or form.”

“This experience has taught me a valuable lesson as to the context and the nuance of editorial liberties,” the statement continued. “I look forward to clarifying my position in the future towards a subject that it so vitally important and in which I wholeheartedly support.”

Despite the irrational outrage, people did defend Cavill from the backlash

“Huh, this Henry Cavill interview is good, I wonder why he’s so reticent to talk to the press.” ::sees Cavill getting dragged for utterly innocuous comments about #MeToo:: “Yeah, see, this is why we can’t have nice things.” https://t.co/sEEP33ZfJb? — Sonny Bunch (@SonnyBunch) July 12, 2018

Y'all mad at Henry Cavill but he's for real speaking some facts. Some men are afraid that an innocent gesture can be perceived as harassing if that's what the women says, because in the #MeToo culture the man can never defend his name and its usually taken as fact. He's not wrong — Ace Epperson (@Detroit_Paws_) July 12, 2018

#HenryCavill is getting attacked for speaking the truth….welcome to 2018 where you get bitched at for having different views on the #MeToo movement. pic.twitter.com/Tk04CyYf0M — Charlotte (@Charlieanne1494) July 12, 2018

Creating fake outrage over Henry Cavill comments on #metoo is exactly what Cavill was talking about. Feminism is so contested these days and anything off edge is deemed unacceptable. — Aravind Rahul (@aravindvrahul) July 12, 2018

Were Cavill’s comments “controversial” and should he have apologized? Does he have a point about the #MeToo movement?

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