Henry Cavill apologizes after #MeToo backlash

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'Henry Cavill has apologized after backlash over statements he recently made during an interview with GQ Australia.

The "Man of Steel" star talked to the magazine about his thoughts on the current #MeToo movement.

While the actor said, "Stuff has to change, absolutely, in terms of men's behavior," he also added: "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," he said. "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."

"It's very difficult to do that if there are certain rules in place," Cavill said.

"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'," he said. "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?"'

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... either full-throated support for it should be voiced or play dumb. By play dumb I mean this: "#MeToo has brought up complex issues. I agree they ought to be aired. But it is a complex area that I admit I have limited knowledge about. So making brief, broad-stroke statements about it seems inappropriate given the magnitude of the topic."

There. Feel free to use that word for word without attribution. No guarantee however that it will spare you criticism for not voicing 110% solidarity with the Sisters of Eternal Resentment and Outrage.

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