Time's Up CEO Tina Tchen Resigns Amid Andrew Cuomo Controversy

The entire Time’s Up board, including Shonda Rhimes and Eva Longoria, are now stepping down — just over a week after the CEO resigned for her role in the Andrew Cuomo sexual harassment scandal. Time’s Up announced the shakeup in a statement over the weekend, acknowledging the "current crisis" engulfing the sexual harassment victims’ advocacy group.

pic.twitter.com/sRlUZfXnYZTime’s Up’s board of directors also announced Thursday that Monifa Bandele, formerly of MomsRising and most recently the group’s COO, would be the new interim CEO, effective August 31. The board, which is led by attorney Nina Shaw, also issued a statement on the heels of Tchen’s departure, praising her dedication to making workplaces more fair and equitable.

Twitter, Tchen — the former chief of staff to Michelle Obama — said she's “spent a career fighting for positive change for women” but she wasn't the right person to lead the #MeToo-era organization at this time.“I am especially aware that my position at the helm of TIME'S UP has become a painful and divisive focal point, where those very women and other activists who should be working together to fight for change are instead battling each other in harmful ways,” she wrote.Tchen's resignation

Just days after making it through a duo of pivot stakeholders meeting that put her besieged  leadership under a spotlight, Tina Tchen has quit as the head of Time’s Up

Tina Tchen, the former chief of staff for Michelle Obama who became president and CEO of Time’s Up Now and the Time’s Up Foundation, has stepped down from the pro-women’s group.Tchen’s resignation comes amid a time of crisis for the organization, which was founded in Jan.

If Sandra Lee was caught up in any feelings over Andrew Cuomo’s resignation, she certainly hid them well when she touched down at Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday (Aug. 25).

Cynthia Nixon is doubling down on her criticism of former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The 55-year-old star ran against the 63-year-old politician in the 2018 gubernatorial race and lost. Earlier this month, Cuomo stepped down from his position as governor after an investigation by New York Attorney General Letitia James found that he sexually harassed 11 women, including staffers and women who did not work for his administration.

Cynthia Nixon threw some shade at former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo just hours after he officially resigned from office.

Cynthia Nixon had nothing but shade for former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo after his International Emmy Award was rescinded following his sexual harassment scandal.  The "Sex and the City" alum reacted to the news Tuesday on Twitter with an icy zinger.  "The difference between me and Andrew Cuomo? Neither of us is governor, but I still have my Emmy(s)," she tweeted.  Nixon won two Primetime Emmy Awards over the course of her acting career: one in 2004 for outstanding supporting actress in a

Cynthia Nixon is throwing some shade at former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.

Former Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo‘s honorary Emmy has been taken away from him amid the New York Attorney General’s findings that he sexually harassed women, causing him to step down from his position in government.

Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is no longer an Emmy winner.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, set to leave office tonight amid allegations of sexual harassment, blasted New York Attorney General Letitia James and his critics, calling his demise was the result of “intense political pressure” and a “media frenzy.”

Chris Cuomo has broken his long-held on-air silence regarding his brother. The CNN anchor addressed Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s sexual harassment scandal and resignation during Monday’s “Cuomo Prime Time”. Andrew has denied acting inappropriately, but said he would step down to “let government get back to governing.”

Chris Cuomo has broken his long-held on-air silence regarding his brother. The CNN anchor addressed Gov.

Sandra Lee, 55, has been spotted kissing her new beau Ben Youcef, 42, in Paris after the pair got engaged! Multiple sources confirmed the happy news to Page Six, after the couple were spotted looking so in love while strolling around Paris, showing off her huge ring — see the pics here. Sandra said ‘yes’ nearly two years after her split from Andrew Cuomo, and just days after the infamous New York governor resigned amid a sexual harassment scandal.

Update (8/13/21 2:55 p.m. ET): New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie announced that the assembly will suspend the impeachment investigation against Governor Andrew Cuomo in a statement on Friday August 13.

Alec Baldwin doubled down on his comments on NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo following his resignation on Tuesday amid allegations of sexual harassment.

to the real deal here. And watch the Colbert version here, or below:On #LSSC tonight: Our editors had time to play around with the footage of Andrew Cuomo’s resignation speech. pic.twitter.com/oWvMKbfmvx

Not everyone is pleased to see Governor Andrew Cuomo resign.