'DEEPLY OFFENSIVE': Rose McGowan slams Natalie Portman's red carpet tribute

Rose McGowan is walking back her stinging attack on Natalie Portman for wearing a cape at the Academy Awards with snubbed female directors' names stitched into its lining, admitting she ''lost sight of the bigger picture''.

Rose McGowan regrets criticising Natalie Portman for making a fashion statement about the lack of recognition for female directors at the Oscars.

"I lost sight of the bigger picture”

Rose McGowan has expressed regret for her attack on Natalie Portman over the latter’s Oscar dress “protest”, which took aim at the exclusion of women from the best director Academy Award nominations.

Rose McGowan has expressed regret for her attack on Natalie Portman over the latter’s Oscar dress “protest”, which took aim at the exclusion of women from the best director Academy Award nominations. 

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Actress Rose McGowan called out Natalie Portman for hardly working with any female directors throughout her long career.McGowan's critique comes after Portman wore a cape embroidered with the names of female directors during the 92nd Academy Awards, which nominated no women in the category of Best Director.Portman then responded to McGowan.After Natalie Portman arrived at the 2020 Oscars red carpet donning a cape with the names of female directors who weren't nominated for the Best Director

LOS ANGELES -- On an Oscars red carpet filled with dramatic dresses and designer tuxedos, Spike Lee and Natalie Portman wore clothing that made a personal and political statement.

Rose McGowan is not among the many fans of Natalie Portman's look.In case you missed it, Portman like Greta Gerwig (Little Women), Lulu Wang (The Farewell), and Lorene Scafaria (Hustlers) embroidered onto it. "I wanted to recognize the women who were not recognized for their incredible work this year in a...subtle way," she said on the red carpet.

Natalie Portman is setting the record straight after some serious drama with Rose McGowan!

Natalie Portman has responded to Rose McGowan’s social media critique of her red carpet protest at the Oscars. The “Black Swan” star created a stir with her decision to wear a black and gold Dior dress that included a cape embroidered with the names of snubbed female directors.

Natalie Portman has said her Oscars cape which was embroidered with the names of female filmmakers was a “simple nod” to colleagues after being criticised by actress Rose McGowan.

Natalie Portman is determined to create more work for female directors after actress and activist Rose McGowan criticized her for wearing a red carpet statement cape to the Oscars, featuring the names of the women who missed out on nominations.

Natalie Portman is determined to create more work for female directors after actress and activist Rose McGowan criticised her for wearing a red carpet statement cape to the Oscars, featuring the names of the women who missed out on nominations.

McGowan, a prominent activist in the #MeToo movement, attacked Portman in a Facebook post published after the ceremony, in which she branded the outfit “the kind of protest that gets rave reviews from the mainstream media for its bravery”.

By Bruce Haring