IRINA VORONINA CLAIMS SHE WAS HARASSED
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In next weeks issue of Steppin' Out magazine, Russian actress/playboy model, Irina Voronina, complains to gadfly celebrity journo Chaunce Hayden that she was allegedly sexually harassed and then fired on the set of "Entourage".
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In next weeks issue of Steppin' Out magazine, Russian actress/playboy model, Irina Voronina, complains to gadfly celebrity journo Chaunce Hayden that she was allegedly sexually harassed and then fired on the set of "Entourage".
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Irina VoroninaIRINA VORONINA'S QUOTE:
Being on Entourage was a very weird experience. After doing two episodes for them I was asked to do a promo which ended up being the main title shot with the limo driving down Sunset Strip. I was asked to be in the limo with the boys. So myself and another actress were acting like we're having fun in the limo with the roof up. Meanwhile, the boys hands were all over us. But when the cameras stopped rolling we went back to just being ourselves, like any professional actress. I wasn't looking for anything else. But the boys were very direct about what they wanted to do later. It wasn't like I was just being hit on. They were hitting on me in a very diminishing way. They made me feel like a piece of meat sitting with a big star. So me and the other actress started to talk in Russian. We didn't want to be there because there was so much tension going on because we wouldn't let the boys do anything else. So the boys complained to the director and we were basically told that we weren't nice to the actors and that we're fired. We were told to go back to the base camp and sign out. They said we could drive around in a van for another three hours while they taped a chase scene or we can get out right now in the middle of Sunset strip in evening dresses in the middle of the night. And that's what they did. They left us standing in the middle of the street. The actors were just looking to have sex with me. But I made it clear there would be no after party. What you see on the show is how they really are. They aren't acting. I didn't want to be their sex toy so I go fired. Most of the people I work with are extremely professional. I should have called SAG and complained that I was being sexually harassed on the set. But I didn't know any better at the time. When the camera is off they shouldn't be touching me. But they didn't want to stop. I had to tell them to take their hands away when the cameras stopped filming. The worst offender was the main star of the show. Adrian [Grenier] was the worst when it came to verbal abuse. He kept making nasty comments to me. He got me the most upset. He was the instigator and everybody else played along. He set the mood.
Being on Entourage was a very weird experience. After doing two episodes for them I was asked to do a promo which ended up being the main title shot with the limo driving down Sunset Strip. I was asked to be in the limo with the boys. So myself and another actress were acting like we're having fun in the limo with the roof up. Meanwhile, the boys hands were all over us. But when the cameras stopped rolling we went back to just being ourselves, like any professional actress. I wasn't looking for anything else. But the boys were very direct about what they wanted to do later. It wasn't like I was just being hit on. They were hitting on me in a very diminishing way. They made me feel like a piece of meat sitting with a big star. So me and the other actress started to talk in Russian. We didn't want to be there because there was so much tension going on because we wouldn't let the boys do anything else. So the boys complained to the director and we were basically told that we weren't nice to the actors and that we're fired. We were told to go back to the base camp and sign out. They said we could drive around in a van for another three hours while they taped a chase scene or we can get out right now in the middle of Sunset strip in evening dresses in the middle of the night. And that's what they did. They left us standing in the middle of the street. The actors were just looking to have sex with me. But I made it clear there would be no after party. What you see on the show is how they really are. They aren't acting. I didn't want to be their sex toy so I go fired. Most of the people I work with are extremely professional. I should have called SAG and complained that I was being sexually harassed on the set. But I didn't know any better at the time. When the camera is off they shouldn't be touching me. But they didn't want to stop. I had to tell them to take their hands away when the cameras stopped filming. The worst offender was the main star of the show. Adrian [Grenier] was the worst when it came to verbal abuse. He kept making nasty comments to me. He got me the most upset. He was the instigator and everybody else played along. He set the mood.
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